Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | An early major event in my life in the Boys ' School was the celebration of Empire Day on May 24th , which has now been renamed Commonwealth Day . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , when we asked deaf people to examine videotapes of teachers using simultaneous communication , their rating of effectiveness closely matched their rating of the teachers ' use of facial expression . |
| 3 | Leapor focuses her description on the labourers ' experience of the environment : |
| 4 | It is just as well that Plainsong seemed to take to the track on her debut in the Fillies ' Maiden she was aimed at the race because owner Peter Innes was a steward at the meeting . |
| 5 | Welsh Tennis review WELSH junior international Claire Bullen Evans of Prestatyn launched her bid for the womens ' singles crown at the North Wales Open Tennis Championship in Prestatyn with a no-nonsense performance . |
| 6 | A Royal Commission was established to inquire into Charities , and its chapter on the Goldsmiths ' Company was published in 1822 . |
| 7 | Sperm , which the female has collected in her mouth from the males ' vent , is then released onto the side of the aquarium and the eggs pushed on top of it . |
| 8 | The club is continuing its association with the Consumers ' Association 's annual resort guide , the incomparable Good Skiing Guide , and is again cooperating in gathering skiers ' reports on the resorts they visit . |
| 9 | Even many voters who dislike and fear the Labour Party are tempted to register their disgust at the Tories ' failures by voting Liberal Democrat . |
| 10 | But as before , their influence over the voters ' mood ended well before the polling booth . |
| 11 | Although they registered their disapproval at the MPs ' vote with the Government , the council group leader , Richard Lyle , said : ‘ Alex Salmond has the clear backing of the Motherwell SNP council group as does the SNP parliamentary group . |
| 12 | Detectives do not know if she was attacked somewhere else and driven to her death , or met her fate in the lovers ' lane . |
| 13 | At the same time they have kept their support tepid enough not to threaten their pose as the Palestinians ' champion . |
| 14 | Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it . |
| 15 | After her small bedroom at home , where beloved old ornaments belonging once to her mother jostled for space with a basket of ironing she had n't yet had time for , and nursing textbooks that would n't fit on her one small bookshelf , or her room at the nurses ' home , where exotic travel posters — gleaned from a travel agent next to her father 's hardware shop — could n't disguise the institutional plainness of the furnishings , this room seemed palatial . |
| 16 | It had n't taken her long to clear out her room at the nurses ' home this morning , and her father had come over at lunch to take several boxes of things back to his suburban home for storage . |
| 17 | Easy Over 's victory at Garthorpe puts him at the head of the area Young Horse title , and Shedid has increased her lead in the mares ' championship . |
| 18 | She jerked her head in the uniforms ' direction . |
| 19 | From her knowledge of the artists ' attitudes to their work , she pointed to the part that uncertainties played in the process of making their sculpture . |
| 20 | The Workers ' Party conference had also confirmed the continued existence of the Official Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) , which ceased its campaign in Northern Ireland in 1972 , at which time its political wing , Official Sinn Féin , changed its name to the Workers ' Party . |
| 21 | The speed at which direct marketers such as Dell can move is unparalleled , thanks to their knowledge of the customers ' wants and needs , and has resulted in the development of a whole class of computer-literate users . |
| 22 | Let me put his mind at rest : any notion that the police were impartial disappeared with their behaviour in the miners ' strike . |
| 23 | I was articled in Worthing in 1966 with the Borough Council where I undertook a wide variety of conveyancing and litigation , and as a local authority employee , I was authorised to appear on its behalf in the Magistrates ' Court which gave me early experience in advocacy . |
| 24 | As a local authority employee you can be authorised to appear on its behalf in the Magistrates ' Courts , giving you early experience in advocacy . |
| 25 | She 'd been so preoccupied with first the tragedy , and then her concern for the twins ' welfare , that she had n't given any thought to the future . |
| 26 | North-East members send congratulations to one of their number , Rosaline Garton , on her success in the Teachers ' Award exam . |
| 27 | She 's heartened by her win over the Americans ' No.2 Audra Keller , who also outranks her , on Wednesday . |
| 28 | She 's heartened by her win over the Americans ' No.2 Audra Keller , who also outranks her , on Wednesday . |
| 29 | IN April 1917 , shortly after her nineteenth birthday , Jeanne Hébuterne was trying on her costume for the artists ' fancy dress ball during the Carnival . |
| 30 | St Petersburg had become increasingly aware , however , of the corruption to which imperial officials fell prey as a result of their involvement in the merchants ' activities . |