Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.

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1 The Social Work ( Scotland ) Act of 1968 states that ‘ where a child has been notified that his case has been referred to a children 's hearing , he shall be under an obligation to attend that hearing in accordance with the notification , .
2 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 .
3 He had been caught in a women 's magazine praising Mrs Thatcher .
4 ‘ 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 . ’
5 Pressure had been applied to the children 's chests ; they 'd died either from suffocation or a stoppage of blood to their hearts .
6 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 .
7 Such a romantic view of the family has been demolished by the women 's movement and by recent empirical work on domestic relations .
8 Help Children 's Society : Volunteers are needed for a Children 's Society house to house collection in Catterick Village , near Richmond , in April .
9 Volunteers are needed for a Children 's Society house to house collection in Catterick Village , near Richmond , in April .
10 Before the Christmas break , we fitted in two more FIS downhills at Altenmarkt , on a course which had been used for a women 's world cup .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 Responsibility for the Sex Discrimination Act , the Equal Pay Act and the Equal Opportunities Commission would be given to the Women 's Ministry .
15 ‘ 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 . ’
16 5.41(I) enables a licensing board to specify the types of liquor which may be sold under a seamen 's canteen licence .
17 They hoped to collect money to be used for the children 's sports and fancy dress , cakes and biscuits and prizes for a tombola .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 The Old Bailey heard he then cut her up before taking parts of her body on the Underground system to be dumped outside a women 's refuge .
21 The Old Bailey heard he then cut her up before taking parts of her body on the Underground system to be dumped outside a women 's refuge .
22 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 .
23 We have a right to be represented in a women 's magazine that 's fighting for equal representation .
24 For Jarvefelt , opera needed to be illustrated like a children 's story-book of fables .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 For every ticket bought , £1 will be donated to a children 's charity , chosen by you .
29 For every ticket bought , £1 will be donated to the children 's charity elected by you .
30 Maria Elena Aparicio was sentenced to seven years and is believed to be held in a women 's prison in Havana .
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