Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The low rate is possible because loans are made out of members ' own savings . |
| 2 | When a national newspaper first published Mrs Travers ' views , the response was so great that a whole page had to be given over to readers ' letters . |
| 3 | At this , Golding decided they should be driven back to Swans ' Meadow , accompanied by Finch and a lugubrious detective sergeant called Barrett . |
| 4 | Organiser Rose Cuthbertson said the show would be followed up with teachers ' action packs and practical workshop sessions on the environment . |
| 5 | Organiser Rose Cuthbertson said the show would be followed up with teachers ' action packs and practical workshop sessions on the environment . |
| 6 | Given its rather élitist duties , it is not surprising to note that the PSBC would be funded out of taxpayers ' money and rents paid by ITV contractors and not by the ( few ) consumers of its products . |
| 7 | It would have capital resources of 10,000 million ECU ( some US$12,400 million ) , 30 per cent of this to be paid up in members ' subscriptions and the rest being callable capital . |
| 8 | The tests were based on European Standards , adapted to conditions in the home , and were carried out on Maples ' 100% nylon twist-pile carpet and on tiled flooring . |
| 9 | With his colleagues Lippitt and White he reported the results of well-known experiments which were carried out in boys ' clubs established for the purposes of their studies . |
| 10 | I was very proud of those she made for outdoor wear , perhaps because they were different ; they were generally made from offcuts of the various dress lengths being made up into ladies ' costumes . |
| 11 | That was eight years after the Lloyd 's scandal — involving tens of millions of pounds being syphoned off into directors ' pockets — erupted . |
| 12 | SHELL-SHOCKED West Ham missed the chance to steal second place from Division One promotion rivals Tranmere last night after being shot down by Rovers ' ace marksman John Aldridge . |
| 13 | This would lead to a balance of payments crisis and devaluation , coupled with domestic inflation as wages were bid up by employers ' demand for labour . |
| 14 | Day to day work is carried out by contractors ' own labour or British Gas ' industrial staff under control of our supervisors and engineers . |
| 15 | The group is made up of miners ' wives and relatives , ably supported by a cross-section of concerned individuals on this particular morning a retired teacher , two people running local businesses , and a lecturer . |
| 16 | The recent shortage at auction of outstanding examples of Victorian painting is put down to vendors ' unfounded fears that prices for even the best must have suffered . |
| 17 | Often this conclusion is backed up by scientists ' discoveries of fossilized dinosaur footprints . |
| 18 | The contract was drawn up before Ramps ' latest bust-up last weekend with a spectator at Uxbridge . |
| 19 | They are sceptical that a few extra consultants or staff grade appointments will really reduce their hours and complain that the new deal was set up by doctors ' representatives not working in hard pressed specialties . |