Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she did n't know about the terrorists ' demands ? ’ |
| 2 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 3 | Thailand 's four labour congresses and unions representing state utility workers and other service sectors threatened to stage a general strike if the government did not accede to the dockworkers ' demands . |
| 4 | Others in their early 20s will obviously feature in the selectors ' deliberations for the full tour of Australia , starting in November , that marks the beginning of a new era for West Indies more appropriately than the proliferation of one-day tournaments to which Richie Richardson 's reshaped team has been almost exclusively confined . |
| 5 | Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs . |
| 6 | The presence of mains services and their location will generally arise from the solicitors ' enquiries and searches , but their significance on layout can be underestimated . |
| 7 | The situations should relate to the students ' needs and the language should be natural , useful and interesting . |
| 8 | Cos really that 'd pay for the girls ' nightshirts . |
| 9 | The £500 deposit would hardly pay for the barristers ' lunches at the public inquiry , whereas my standing for Parliament will concentrate the other candidates ' minds solidly on the issue and emphasise the public 's outrage at National Grid plc 's proposals . |
| 10 | This deployment of weapons , with the fast-firers mounted high , is because we are the tallest Titan , and will aim over the Warlords ' shoulders … |
| 11 | Accordingly on 5 June 1991 Buckley J. made against various defendants orders for disclosure and discovery including an order in paragraph 18 that Mr. Tully should make and serve on the plaintiffs ' solicitors an affidavit : |
| 12 | This problem causes the available land to be used unevenly , and can lead to the birds ' droppings saturating the ground surrounding the house . |
| 13 | The latest reissue bears a sticker that claims all sales will go to the victims ' families . |
| 14 | Inquisitive fish , like Tiger Barbs , may nibble at the snails ' tentacles , but do not seem to cause any damage . |
| 15 | The Environment Committee and its staff would ensure that the promoters could not interfere with the consultants ' conclusions and that the consultants , during the preparation of the report , had consulted local authorities and environmental agencies such as HMIP or the NRA , or other agencies . |
| 16 | When the signal for launching crusade finally did come to the Fists ' astropaths , Battle Brothers would depart in warpships from the jutting sword-deck — to return , perhaps years later in realspace time , as heroes … and some as cripples needing reconstruction by the experts in the Apothacarion … and others as honoured corpses , or perhaps only in the form of retrieved progenoid glands from which new Marines would be kindled . |
| 17 | The legal advisers to the managers should agree with the investors ' lawyers at an early stage exactly what is required to satisfy the conditions . |
| 18 | The focus , expressed in these quotations , is on the fact that some aspects of the passage did not conform to the readers ' expectations . |