Example sentences of "[art] [noun] ' [noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not taken , it would pose a grievous threat to the Germans ' right when they made — as Falkenhayn planned — a second attempt to outflank the Allied left . |
| 2 | While the three-quarters enjoyed the glory , there were hard-working displays from back-row forwards Ben Clarke and Richard Webster while lock Damien Cronin took most of the Lions ' line-out as they shaded this department 18–16 . |
| 3 | He regretted the Ryans ' intractability because he felt it made Eileen unhappy . |
| 4 | Something of the MLs ' agony as they fought their way towards the quays can be seen in the diagram on page 41 . |
| 5 | He was still interested in politics , and for a while a fairly active member of the Labour party , especially during the miners ' strike when he and Solowka canvassed on their behalf . |
| 6 | S 40 provides that a charitable company must obtain the Commissioners ' consent before it makes a change in its objectives . |
| 7 | S 41 states that a charitable company must get the Commissioners ' consent before it carries out certain transactions with its directors , such as payments in respect of loss of office or retirement . |
| 8 | The only carpet was in the best room , or the visitors ' room as they called it . |
| 9 | Six minutes from the end Murdoch again came to the visitors ' rescue when he dived to block a shot from Hateley . |
| 10 | Souness will conduct tonight 's team talk at the pre-match hotel and then take a seat in the directors ' box as he starts a five-match touchline and dressing room ban . |
| 11 | John O'Loan , head of Sky News , received the judges ' award because they ‘ noted the increasing significance of Sky News as a contributor to the journalistic mix ’ . |
| 12 | He had come to the comrades ' attention when he wrote an article in the journal of the Right-On wing of the Communist Party , Marxism Today , shortly before the £750 GLC pre-feasibility study was completed in November 1984 . |
| 13 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 14 | This , however , did not conclude the matter in the applicants ' favour for they then had to show that the warrant to intercept ( which Taylor J. accepted was issued ) was not granted in accordance with the established criteria . |
| 15 | Mr MacGregor rejected Opposition charges that the Government 's plans had been torpedoed by the banks ' withdrawal when he made a statement to the Commons yesterday . |
| 16 | He built and endowed almshouses in Barnet for the Leathersellers ' Company when he was its master in 1836–7 . |
| 17 | They stumbled and laughed down the tiny lane to the Littles ' cottage where they parted . |
| 18 | overlap with auction house chatter in that aristos are always selling the contents of the servants ' hall if they 've fallen on super-taxed times , or buying things if their grandfathers went offshore . |
| 19 | PAT EDDERY can kiss goodbye to the jockeys ' championship after he losing his appeal yesterday against the careless riding ban imposed last week by the York stewards . |
| 20 | But Dixon , who spent nine years at Stamford Bridge , may have to settle for a place on the subs ' bench as he continues his return from a back injury . |
| 21 | Held , ( 1 ) that on an appeal to the High Court from a decision of justices under the Children Act 1989 fresh evidence could be adduced only with leave in exceptional circumstances , and the court would not interfere with the exercise of the justices ' discretion unless it considered that their decision was plainly wrong or that they had erred in principle ; and that , further , an interm order would not lightly be interfered with in view of its temporary nature and the often provisional character of the evidence ( post , p. 271A–B ) . |
| 22 | A flouncy negligee and a pair of tights lay over one chair ; the tiny television was perched on another ; a soggy packet of frozen spinach lay beside the gas-ring ; on the crumpled candlewick of the bed an Evening Standard was open at the entertainments ' page so she could decide which film to go and see . |
| 23 | SIMON PARKE , whose selection for England in the World Championships was dogged by controversy , began to repay the selectors ' faith as he beat the Canadian No. 1 , Sabir Butt , and the effects of influenza here yesterday , writes Richard Eaton from Kuala Lumpur . |
| 24 | At the girls ' establishment where she had been sent at huge expense to learn music and French and to carry out the ornate disciplines conceived by the headmistress — including communal teeth-washing in the gardens , winter and summer , and then communal gargling into the rosebeds , which the headmistress regarded as a form of manure-spreading — the pain was put down to growing too fast . |
| 25 | At first Miss Outram told them to ask their mothers , but feeling she might lose the girls ' confidence if she blocked their curiosity she took a more direct approach . |
| 26 | She made small-talk with Amy and Roger Dyson and greeted about fifty more guests before excusing herself to go to the ladies ' room where she met Elaine powdering her nose . |
| 27 | Initially she welcomed the professionals ' involvement because she believed this might result in help and advice in identifying the reasons for Tom 's deteriorating behaviour . |
| 28 | The prize at stake is immense , but Leeds have five players walking a disciplinary tightrope and they risk missing out in the champions ' league if they collect a second caution . |
| 29 | By a notice of appeal dated 18 February 1991 the second defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that the judge erred ( 1 ) in concluding that the first defendant was not acting as the plaintiffs ' agent when he procured the signature of the second defendant to the legal charge dated 3 July 1987 ; and ( 2 ) in not finding that the execution of the charge was procured by the undue influence and material misrepresentation of the first defendant and thereby in not setting aside the charge . |
| 30 | ( a ) Public law proceedings Article 3 of the APO ensures that public law proceedings are commenced in the magistrates ' court unless it is appropriate to consolidate with existing proceedings elsewhere . |