Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Traditionally , computer manufacturers have used proprietary software to ‘ lock in ’ users , who would then find it impossible or prohibitively expensive , to move their applications to other manufacturers ' machines — or even , in IBM 's case , different machines from the same manufacturer . |
| 2 | All species in region ( except Senegal Coucal ) laying their eggs in other birds ' nests . |
| 3 | As with most of their changes to local authorities ' funding , the government 's aim for LMS is increased accountability , and therefore efficiency . |
| 4 | Finally , if the Prime Minister says , as he rightly does , that one of the centrepieces of reshaping the United Nations so that it can cope with the new challenges to world peace is to strengthen the United Nations ' peacekeeping capacity , why is it that the Government are , I am told , $8 million in arrears with their dues towards United Nations ' peacekeeping ? |
| 5 | Conferred temporary and somewhat metaphysical diplomatic immunity by the embrace , the would-be emigrant and the diplomat walked , with their arms on each others ' shoulders , into the embassy . |
| 6 | Developments across the country are uneven , but the shape of things to come can be seen in the greater provision of minor surgery by general practitioners , the increase in health promotion work in general practice , the employment of staff such as physiotherapists and dietitians to work alongside general practitioners , the establishment of shared care arrangements for treating conditions such as diabetes and asthma , and the introduction of ‘ treat and teach ’ schemes , in which specialists carry out some of their consultations in general practitioners ' surgeries and develop the skills of general practitioners in the process . |
| 7 | They might make an incidental contribution to crop production by agreeing to graze their herds over settled farmers ' land once it had been harvested . |
| 8 | Encouraged by their interpretations of each others ' dreams they set off against Humbaba to cut down his cedar forests . |
| 9 | The band knew him from his days with another Leeds ' band , The Sinister Cleaners . |
| 10 | Our responses to Five Minutes ' Peace are more at odds . |
| 11 | And of course , we spend half our lives in each others ' houses , eating . |
| 12 | Like affection , status relates to our feelings about other peoples ' feelings for us . |