Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June 1940 , Dean Pollard had reported to the committee that an infant , Margaret C. , who had been born at St. Peter 's , and who had a double harelip and cleft palate , had been referred to the Children 's Hospital , Great Ormond Street . |
| 2 | ‘ The truth of the matter is that the children remain in care after all the evidence has been considered by the children 's panel and the courts . ’ |
| 3 | Pressure had been applied to the children 's chests ; they 'd died either from suffocation or a stoppage of blood to their hearts . |
| 4 | They separated and , on their joint application for divorce , the Family Court of Australia granted a decree nisi and expressed itself satisfied that proper arrangements had been made for the children 's welfare , namely , that they would live with their mother during the week and be supervised by the father at weekends . |
| 5 | Such a romantic view of the family has been demolished by the women 's movement and by recent empirical work on domestic relations . |
| 6 | Whatever attitudes Protestants in Easton might have towards the police because of Northern Ireland 's social and political divisions , these are undercut by the police 's pursuit of crime and its perpetrators , so that some Protestant in Easton encounter the police in situations which encourage negative views as a result of the ordinary criminal activity they engage in . |
| 7 | If a judge has slept badly , has had an indigestible breakfast , tripped over the cat , has been roundly abused by his wife and scolded by his children , or if his mind has been distracted by the children 's school reports , a narrow defeat at a curling match or whatever , he may be temporarily off form . |
| 8 | The case is to be distinguished from Haughton v Smith on the ground that in that case the prosecution conceded , perhaps wrongly , that the goods had been reduced into the police 's possession . |
| 9 | Responsibility for the Sex Discrimination Act , the Equal Pay Act and the Equal Opportunities Commission would be given to the Women 's Ministry . |
| 10 | ‘ The repercussion are likely to be felt in the children 's market , ’ observed Mr Lang , ‘ where ‘ visual literacy ’ alternatives to books are more attractive among the 10 to 12 year olds — your book buyers of the future . ’ |
| 11 | They hoped to collect money to be used for the children 's sports and fancy dress , cakes and biscuits and prizes for a tombola . |
| 12 | In other words not sitting there and asking people to , erm people in authority , erm sort of people of influence , ask them what they think , but actually going out and visiting people and groups , and I was going to ask whether this would be copied to the women 's sub-committee , because there are many , many groups of women who never have a chance of saying what they really want , and I do n't mean patients , I mean potential users of the health service . |
| 13 | Just like Windsor , volunteers formed a human chain to rescue nearly 200,000 precious items — in this case , books and manuscripts that had to be protected from the firemen 's hoses as well as the flames . |
| 14 | The French chef from Montreal was not there , I soon discovered , because he was a she , and could only be found in the women 's changing room . |
| 15 | The occupational structure of the town can be deduced from the freemen 's registers , for between 1559 and 1603 an average of about twenty men per annum , almost 900 in all , were admitted to the freedom of the city . |
| 16 | The Children Act 1989 is likely to require much more account to be taken of the children 's views and those of their parents and other interested parties , but it is a process which is still seen as difficult , and is less frequently carried out than is desirable . |
| 17 | This will be the last selection by Ms Eccleshare ( who is now The Bookseller 's children 's book correspondent ) and the last to be copublished by the Children 's Book Foundation and Andersen Press . |
| 18 | For every ticket bought , £1 will be donated to the children 's charity elected by you . |
| 19 | Both bodies were thrown into the shark-infested sea and many wounds could have been caused following the women 's deaths . |
| 20 | Afterwards , it was alleged , the victims were placed in the children 's brothels in which Cairo abounded . |
| 21 | It 's really come to the fore and has been seen as a political force for a much shorter time than , say , a hundred years , and I am wonder if , in that short time , because that 's how we can judge things , I mean presumably you were aware of the way women were treated before the Women 's Movement started raising it 's profile , and you 're aware of the way things are now , do you see much change ? |
| 22 | Simultaneously , close links were formed with the Women 's Trade Union League to promote trade unionism , and launch inquiries under the auspices of the Women 's Industrial Council into conditions of female employment . |
| 23 | Some pleaded guilty while others were incriminated by the children 's evidence , and two days later a dozen were hanged before thousands on the hill overlooking Lancaster Castle . |
| 24 | The muskets were lifted to the men 's shoulders . |
| 25 | The friendship of the M family helped to reinforce the efforts being made by the children 's mother to create a more stable background for her family . |
| 26 | Everything is being left to the police 's discretion . ’ |
| 27 | Observations are kept during the children 's time at the Institute on their developmental progress in all areas and these are recorded approximately once a month . |
| 28 | Even where it is possible to clear up after the day 's work , another couple of unpaid hours work is added to the women 's costs and subtracted from those of her employer . |
| 29 | The only problem with the kitchen , the operational centre of the house , is that it is separated from the children 's attic playroom by two long flights of stairs . |
| 30 | The existence of this self-reward mechanism is demonstrated by the women 's answers to a question about how they felt when they had got their work done as they liked it . |