Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Many large rocks you 'll come across will be the remnants of one or other of the giants ' squabbles . |
2 | This can be demonstrated in Vacwell Engineering Co Ltd v BDH Chemicals [ 1971 ] 1 QB 88 where a chemical supplied by the defendants , although fit for the plaintiffs ' purposes , exploded on contact with water , though this was unknown to the plaintiffs . |
3 | The programme is structured in such a way that on-going evaluation is simple and results can be reflected on from time to time by the Family Development Nurse and Community Mother so that the monthly visit to the family which is the main focus of the programme for achieving goals can be adapted to each family 's level and the issues that are discussed are relevant , nonjudgemental , and supportive of the parents ' own ideas and recognises the parents ' desire to do what is best for their children . |
4 | George locked the baggage car door behind us and we stood again in the quiet horse car which looked homely and friendly with the horses ' heads poking forward over the doors . |
5 | The Compact Management team should ensure , through prior discussion with employers , that Work Experience placements are of good quality and appropriate to the students ' needs . |
6 | Made for television and to be shown at Easter , it is about Lawrence of Arabia , or rather Lawrence after Arabia , back from the desert and involved in the Allies ' post-war negotiations over the map of the Middle East . |
7 | The point could be simply made if psychology modelled on the natural sciences were always ‘ behavioural ’ and concerned with the actors ' brains rather than with their minds . |
8 | Can any kind of social critique be inserted into those courses without being superficial , jejune and irrelevant to the students ' interests ? |
9 | The state forces children to be educated for a given period , if necessary against the parents ' wishes or indifference . |
10 | It was a small shed , rather like a Dutch oven in shape , set well up into the prow to remove it as far as possible from the passengers ' cabins . |
11 | Results should be issued as soon as possible after the candidates ' work has been marked by centres and moderated by the HCIMA , and within three months of the date of the final assessments for an area of study . |
12 | The circumstances in which an inherent uncertainty is regarded as fundamental in the auditors ' opinion must be identified but auditors should use words that clearly indicate their opinion on the financial statements is not qualified in respect of the paragraph 's contents . |
13 | About three quarters of the contestants at each board are graded as suitable for the candidates ' list , some of them with recommended restrictions ( the Indian doctor was reckoned ‘ suitable for consideration for an ethnic seat ’ ) . |