Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think the consumer would ev say that and I think sometimes one forgets er people forget the consumer I mean the erm er but obviously by us going onto the Hong Kong route we are going to reduce British Airways and Cathay Pacific 's profits on that route considerably , we we think that because our costs are considerably less than British Airways , and I suspect considerably less than Cathay Pacific , that the player that er could be around in thirty or forty years ' time is Virgin Atlantic . |
| 2 | If you push yourself to your absolute limits and suffer terribly , the chances that you will be able to motivate yourself to suffer equally in two or three days ' time are practically zilch . |
| 3 | The Long Service presentations are an annual event to which everyone with twenty five or more years ' service is invited , together with the immediate family of those receiving their award . |
| 4 | ( 5 ) Directors ' service agreements of more than 12 months ' duration are open for inspection by any shareholder under CA 1985 , s318 . |
| 5 | But we do not have to follow him further , to the view that authentic Producers ' Co-operation is to be found in factories owned and ultimately controlled not by the men and women working in them , but by the members of the Consumers ' Co-operatives whose capital built and equipped the factories , and employed labour to work in them . |
| 6 | At the end of Koch 's discourse McFadyean took the floor , disagreed with the eminent doctor , and described his own research in which he was certain that infected cows ' milk was responsible for tuberculosis in young children . |
| 7 | The only other case where there was the suggestion of an explicitly sexual motive and which had more than three days ' coverage was the murder of a 9-year-old boy which was reported in two national newspapers — the Daily Mail ( on three days ) ; the Daily Mirror ( on one day ) — and much fuller coverage in the local newspaper , the Lancashire Evening Post . |
| 8 | It was vital that 3 months ' treatment be given to Rhys before his third birthday to avoid irreversible deterioration . |
| 9 | Suppose that the current par yields on bonds that will mature in one , two and three years ' time are given respectively by 10,10.25 and 10.75 per cent . |
| 10 | Clapp et al have shown that cord blood between 25 and 31 weeks ' gestation is particularly rich in haemopoietic stem cells . |
| 11 | Withdrawals can be made penalty free if 90 days ' notice is given ; instant access means 90 days ' loss of interest . |
| 12 | Setting up the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group was very different . |
| 13 | In order to support this position , one has to accept : ( i ) that the intention — recklessness distinction is the most significant dividing line for serious injuries , more relevant than factors such as premeditation or provocation ; ( ii ) that this is a workable distinction for the courts , especially in impulsive crimes , where the definition of intention may be fulfilled by a momentary realization of what is happening ; ( iii ) that it is so significant that a difference in maximum penalties between life imprisonment and five years ' imprisonment is appropriate ; and ( iv ) that there is not a strong case for phrasing the offences in terms of endangerment rather than of causing physical harm . |
| 14 | Members of the Transport and General Workers ' Union are taking part in a postal ballot after a breakdown of pay negotiations . |
| 15 | The Transport and General Workers ' Union was the first domino to fall in Walsh 's strategy . |
| 16 | We have seen that on 13 June the Court of Appeal had decided in Heaton 's case that the Transport and General Workers ' Union was not accountable for the action of its shop stewards . |
| 17 | Yes , Transport and General Workers ' Union was , yes . |
| 18 | Second it can be argued that the relationship between community care plans and local authorities ' practice is not straightforward , but remains to be evaluated . |
| 19 | But cognitive theories ' rationalism is male-identified , drawing on dominant conceptions of the masculine nature of logical , coherent thought . |
| 20 | Any payment you have made is non-returnable unless 14 days ' notice is given or there are exceptional circumstances to be taken into account . |