Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Only when it became clear that the rules made it impossible for them to shake the landowners ' grip on the zemstvos did interest decline so that the last pre-war zemstvo elections were marked by peasant apathy . |
2 | I found the authors ' expert discussion of the role of the electroweak force in promoting optical activity in biopolymers quite fascinating . |
3 | After a short and furious rest in the potato store I entered the women 's hospital , inflexibly determined on an inspection . |
4 | Perhaps it was unkind of me , but I mentioned the Workers ' Education Classes . |
5 | I 'm Raymond , and I attend the Friends ' Meeting here . |
6 | The first time I visit the Ladies ' Pond , I exclaim to Kelly , ‘ It 's like a Fellini film , ’ to which she says in a lazy Scottish brogue , ‘ Perhaps … |
7 | I remember a tenants ' association was set up and they demanded that we meet them . |
8 | I wonder if I could have belonged to revolutionary movements , even if they were as just as — I find the panthers ' movement and the Palestinians ' movement to be very just — but this belonging , this sympathizing with them is at the same time dictated by the erotic charge which the Arab world in its totality or the black American world represents to me , to my sexuality . |
9 | I saw the kwai 's body for myself . ’ |
10 | But above all , I saw the sabs ' devotion to the cause . |
11 | My memory was vaguely stirred when I saw the authors ' name . |
12 | I saw the millionaires ' mile in Miami , Florida , where the richest people live marooned on small islands in a bay . |
13 | It failed to strike me immediately , and I questioned the judges ' decision — replacing it with one of the entries to the three veneers class . |
14 | I sang the children 's song ‘ If you 're happy and you know it , clap your hands ’ , which required hand-clapping and foot-stamping after each line . |
15 | I 'm sorry , I I took the cowards 's option last night . |
16 | Erm and I think the tenants ' group came to us and , and asked us if we would set up an advice session for tenants moving out , which could be situated in the flats , and could be run on a regular basis . |
17 | I do n't think anybody knows exactly how they 'd react to that you know sort of And I think the women 's support group has created the frame work that 's enabled us . |
18 | There was no chance of my winning the women 's event here . |
19 | Erm I liked the children 's nursing , I was always you know fond of children . |
20 | I said the kids ' crusade was curdling now , everyone had overdosed , but she would n't listen . |
21 | I had a visitors ' visa , renewed annually but I simply forgot and let it go for two months . |
22 | She says : ‘ I check the women 's blood pressure on the hour for five hours . |
23 | Very young children of four or five were put to work making matchboxes ; Lady Dilke , leader of the Women 's Protective and Provident League ( which became the Women 's Trade Union League in 1889 ) reported hearing a mother in Shoreditch saying ‘ Of course we cheat the School Board … |
24 | Although she no longer dominated the proceedings , Tamar was certain that it was the older woman 's presence which dampened the workers ' enthusiasm and made the meal and the dancing which followed , restrained and formal . |
25 | In this connection it is worth bearing in mind that a hospital birth will be recorded in the registration district in which the hospital stands and not in the district which contains the parents ' home . |
26 | They will have to find the right balance between rule by unwieldy committee and by a chosen few ( or fewer , as at Clifford Chance , which has a partners ' council but where power , in practice , largely rests with the managing partner ) . |
27 | The highest point in this reluctance to intervene with governmental activities was reached in the mid-1950s when the House of Lords interpreted a statutory provision , which limited the courts ' jurisdiction to review a compulsory purchase order on land , so broadly that even fraud by public servants was held not to entitle the owner to bring an action . |
28 | There is some uncertainty about the extent to which aligning the deuterons ' spin could improve the D-D reaction rate — it could be between 1–5 to 2–5 times higher with polarised deuterons . |
29 | Spend several days visiting all 15 sites which include eight of Northamptonshire 's U.S. air bases , memorials to the Groups who flew from them , nearby villages and churches which commemorate the airmen 's stay and pubs and towns along the route , haunts of WWII servicemen , or pick and choose those sights of particular interest . |
30 | Maintenance of health in the long term depends on the management protocols which control the animals ' welfare and staff access . |