Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] of [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could ask for a trial , but I was not confident of the judges ' honesty . |
| 2 | He admits that the concept of Wabi is alluring to the vendor but then damningly turns and claims that it 's a solution to the problems of the vendor community , not those of the customers ' . |
| 3 | The Committee was generally critical of the universities ' past role , and clearly hoped that the CNAA might be persuaded to take on what might prove to be a very substantial validating function . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , safety was not one of the Dreadnoughts ' strong points , and there were some horrible accidents were one car , failing to stop in time , piled into the back of the other injuring and even killing passengers on the steps . |
| 5 | The tiny circuit is a paradise for fast starters and with odd exceptions this is not one of the Bears ' strong points . |
| 6 | And if the scientists felt that they could speak with certainty , how much more so the lesser publicists and ideologists who were all the more certain of the experts ' certainties , because they could understand most of what the experts said , at least in so far as it could still be said without the use of higher mathematics . |
| 7 | Those most involved also experience most feedback and are more aware of the governors ' and the LEA 's response to the report . |
| 8 | Frequent television viewers were significantly more aware of opinion poll findings , more aware of party leaders ' activities , more aware of second-rank politicians ' activities , and more aware of the parties ' campaign themes . |
| 9 | Yet nearly two-thirds of the Boards ' revenue came from the generally larger industrial and commercial consumers . |
| 10 | The enquiry service is the most important of the clearinghouses ' information dissemination methods and all the national clearinghouses operate one . |
| 11 | Mr Matthews reckons that about half of the banks ' retained earnings comes from securities gains . |
| 12 | Regional spice monopolies were bitterly fought for , claimed and lost again by Portuguese , Spanish , Dutch , French and English adventurers , who spilled as much of the locals ' blood as each other 's in the process . |
| 13 | Integral to at least some of the philosophers ' thinking is the idea that the individual is part of a collective ; a member of society . |
| 14 | But For every person at Aldermaston there are hundreds who share at least some of the protestors ' fears , without their fanaticism . |
| 15 | Franco was fully aware of the monarchists ' discontent . |
| 16 | You could say that , somehow , he made the most convincing of the would-be-leaders ' speeches . |
| 17 | An introductory placard , for example , tries to distance the gallery from a transcendent notion of history by stressing that exhibits are the product of selection and choice , and therefore representative of the organisors ' views . |
| 18 | Quite predictably many of the respondents ' suggestions — even very basic ones — would require considerable funds to implement . |
| 19 | He had constantly called for reductions in the burdens of taxation on both corporations and individuals and regularly denounced the federal government for being too big , too meddlesome and too wasteful of the taxpayers ' money . |
| 20 | They 're afraid of their fears and they feel that by talking about it the children will actually have more problems , so children , being very aware of the adults ' fears , will not talk . |