Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 If you go to the normal parents ' class you get -Oh yeah — another one , does n't know a lot , just got pregnant for the fun of it , but the midwives , Ros and Maureen , they treat you different .
2 This unexpected reassurance followed a meeting with the European Publishers ' Council which claimed the EC 's planned restrictions on the advertising of tobacco , alcohol , food , drugs and toys inhibited free trade and commercial freedom of speech .
3 There was the largest hornets ' nest he had ever seen , hanging right in his path .
4 As he told little aphorisms from Rumi or the anecdotes of Ferdowsi 's Shah Nama — the Mughal Emperors ' favourite storybook-his gentle voice soothed away the irritations of modern Delhi .
5 Ballot papers on strike action are ready to be sent out to Football League players if talks on the Premier League do not meet the satisfaction of the Professional Footballers ' Association which wants a say in the new set-up .
6 Where Janice is concerned , Stevely said he had watched , almost spellbound , as she turned , in the space of 12 months , from " a seemingly ordinary nine handicapper " into the Scottish Girls ' Champion she is today .
7 " I would go through agony , " she remembers , citing the instance of the British Girls ' Championship she played at Dunbar when she was no more than 10 years of age .
8 While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth .
9 Changi Jail was still there , though , together with the old sergeants ' mess he 'd known 40 years earlier .
10 A South Korean government delegation led by Prime Minister Kang Young Hoon visited North Korea on Oct. 16-19 for a second session of the joint Premiers ' talks which had begun in September .
11 ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job .
12 So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ?
13 The measures attracted criticism from the National Magistrates ' Association which on June 12 issued a document arguing that a more wide-ranging " cleaning-up of politics and the administration " was needed .
14 Moscow was operating within the United Nations ' scenario which would leave the present regime in place after the departure of Soviet troops .
15 The first freshers ' dinner I went to in Oxford — this is where the the people who 've just come up erm are introduced to college life and so on — erm the amount that 's allocated to each student is two sherries before dinner , three or four glasses of wine , different wines , with dinner and then something or other — port — after dinner .
16 During the fifth Premiers ' talks there were strong rumours that arrangements had been discussed for a summit meeting between President Roh and his veteran North Korean counterpart , Kim Il Sung , early in 1992 .
17 Within minutes of the disaster , Blairman 's offered me a desk and telephone , Mallett 's provided porters and storage for the 60 years ' accumulation which had to be out of Mount Street in two days .
18 This is a view shared by the Educational Publishers ' Council which claims that independent schools spend twice as much as state schools on books and equipment per pupil .
19 It was n't like that at my hubby 's last Kirk , telling you the Young Mothers ' Meeting we had there was Really Radical .
20 Before qualifying , Tony was involved in the Trainee Solicitors ' Group and is now involved in the National Committee of the Young Solicitors ' Group which he sees as an important role both socially and in terms of his work .
21 Like all the other officers ' wives she wore a uniform of their own devising , pale-green skirt and shirt .
22 The thirty days ' standard he applies to his suppliers is the thirty days standard he expects from his customers .
23 In all probability , however , in the modern solicitors ' partnership it will have been agreed to leave goodwill out of account ( see below ) .
24 So this I thought about doing something on the erm , the new schools ' group what we when we finish the .
25 I arrived slightly early ; she was n't yet home from the local girls ' school she goes to , so Elaine and I drank tea and talked while we waited .
26 THE local artists ' exhibition which has been occupying Oriel Court , an empty office block on Omega Park , Alton , since March 16th , is to run for an extra week — until April 3rd — due to popular demand .
27 We were treated as an accepted channel of communication with the mass of independent objectors and were often the only other organization apart from the local councils ' consortium whom Michael Barnes asked to comment when dramatic announcements were made .
28 After a few moments ' deciphering he rang Gerald Venables ' number .
29 After a few hours ' rest I had something to eat .
30 A printing firm has gone into liquidation , giving staff just a few hours ' notice they were losing their jobs .
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