Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | This irony was only accentuated by the refugees ' initial belief that their exile was to be brief , a few days perhaps , at most a month , after which — in the manner of other civilians who had abandoned their homes in the midst of battle — they would return to their houses and fields to resume the life which had been interrupted by war . |
| 2 | The big machines are only powered by the ratepayers ' money , and that woman who threatened to tie herself to a willow tree represents thousands upon thousands of ratepayers who share her ( and Constable 's ) convictions about the essential nature of a river . |
| 3 | Adopting techniques long employed by the solicitors ' profession , the brochure sets out personal accounts of government legal work by serving lawyers . |
| 4 | A general war weariness , grievances over high taxation , and a deep fear amongst the Anglican majority of the population that the Church was now in greater danger from Protestant Nonconformists than it was from popery , all worked to the Tories ' advantage . |
| 5 | The thousands of miles of new hedgerows in the Midland countryside , when they came to full growth after a generation , added enormously to the bird population , especially with the extermination of the larger hawks and kites as pests , a process that is abundantly recorded in the church-wardens ' accounts or the field-reeves ' books of Midland villages . |
| 6 | They are often sited in very desirable locations : mental hospitals , in particular , such as the former county asylums which sprung up after the Lunacy Act of 1847 , are located on the outskirts of towns , in landscaped grounds thoughtfully planned for the patients ' well-being . |
| 7 | He similarly assumes that exile players are only qualified for the clubs ' ostensible countries of origin . |
| 8 | The parties of the centre-right coalition suffered substantial losses in nationwide local elections on Oct. 18 in what was widely seen as the voters ' initial verdict on the austerity measures . |
| 9 | On May 3 the remains of Enver Hoxha and 12 other " former leaders of the Party of Labour " ( the PLA — the former ruling party , later renamed the Socialist Party of Albania — SPA ) were discreetly transferred from the Martyrs ' Cemetery in Tirana to a public cemetery in the suburbs of the city . |
| 10 | What is common to these and related responses is that if we take the starting of the wipers to be an effect we believe at least that there is some type of circumstance which is uniformly connected with the wipers ' starting . |
| 11 | The government had not intervened in the dockers ' ban , and although they supported the Poles against the Bolsheviks they were aware of the general feelings amongst the working classes , which were expressed vociferously at workers ' meetings throughout the country . |
| 12 | Vacancies were normally filled by the commissioners ' presentation by the end of the century , but that presentation could be a formality and their autonomy restricted to the rejection of manifestly unqualified candidates . |
| 13 | Lebanon had already suffered for the Palestinians ' presence . |
| 14 | for use by a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or proposes to become a member of and/or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in a body corporate seeking recognition or already recognised under the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 . |
| 15 | for use by a recognised body ( or body seeking recognition ) which is or proposes to become a member of and/or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in a body corporate seeking recognition or already recognised under the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 . |
| 16 | They were soon relegated to the emigrants ' cars , and when even the emigrants complained they were forced to travel on baggage wagons or on the boarding steps . |
| 17 | The names of the gold winners were not known until the judges ' scores , which had been sealed , were opened and added up on the night . |
| 18 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
| 19 | But of course these stocks are dependent on the amount of wheat sown in the preceding year ; and that , in its turn was largely influenced by the farmers ' guesses as to the price which they would get for it in this year . |
| 20 | After a tough debate within the Miners ' Federation in 1911 — the miners were not united on the baths ' efficacy — some of the miners ' leaders collaborated with women activists in the labour movement and during the First World War brought out a pamphlet , published by the Women 's Labour League , promoting pithead baths , including testimony from Robert Smillie and the well-known feminist Kathryn Bruce-Glazier . |
| 21 | That 's because Tony has just emerged from the players ' tunnel . |
| 22 | The Liberal Democrats have finally emerged from the puppet-masters ' box , but the crowds in the streets may decide they have left it too left . |
| 23 | The treaty endorsed the principle , already enshrined in the republics ' sovereignty declarations , of republican ownership of land and natural resources , and of the supremacy of republican laws " in all matters with the exception of those within the competence of the Union " . |
| 24 | However , the employers must pay the whole cost of the benefits that are not covered by the employees ' contributions . |
| 25 | She said she had not complained at the paratroopers ' barracks because she knew she would be in trouble for being out of bounds . |
| 26 | I was always struck by the eunuchs ' lack of bitterness . |
| 27 | ‘ Is tea still served in the Doctors ' House ? ’ |
| 28 | Dialogue is treated as an actual record of what happened , to be carefully distinguished from the observers ' reactions and speculations . |
| 29 | TransAction has been enthusiastically received by the Consumers ' Association , the Lord Chancellors and the Land Registry . |
| 30 | The West Country was not neglected ; Minehead and Barnstaple both suffered from the brothers ' visits . |