Example sentences of "[adv prt] of the [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The point is nicely illustrated by an important case arising out of the miners ' strike of 1984–85 . |
2 | The injustice of life stung her bitterly — Sylvester getting them Bones and co as if they were straight out of the champions ' parade at the Horse of the Year Show and not even knowing that some horses jumped and some did n't , and thinking that all weedy little Hoomey needed was motivation to become Seb Coe the second … |
3 | One Tory MP was seen coming out of the Whips ' office in tears before last night 's vote . |
4 | Clearly the phasing out of the serf-owners ' authority and of traditional dues did provide an immediate improvement in peasant conditions , and the opportunity to buy land increased peasant security . |
5 | Begonia leaf cuttings Take a leaf out of the experts ' book with our guide to increasing your stocks of foliage begonias . |
6 | It 's just a race , after all — if you 're any good , you can wave your arms about while pulling a horse 's back teeth out and keep yourself out of the stewards ' room . |
7 | This made nonsense out of the geologists ' expectation of a world-wide sequence of characteristic fossils , and was never taken up . |
8 | ‘ When we played MCC at Lord 's they had 10 county captains , if I remember rightly , and one player , J.W. Hearne , came out of the players ' gate , and the rest came out through the main entrance . |
9 | Such value-judgments surely arise out of the critics ' disappointment at finding negative aspects in an otherwise positive projection , an all-too-human aspiration for avoiding reality which Leonard refuses to do , to his great cost . |
10 | But apparently it was all out of the scientists ' control . |
11 | The transfer of sums out of the creditors ' total in the balance sheet does not , of itself , imply dishonesty and would not be an offence under the Theft Act 1968 , since any creditor able to prove the sum owing within the six year limitation period would be paid , regardless of the accounting treatment adopted . |
12 | The workers in gold spilled out of the Goldsmiths ' Bazaar and into the surrounding streets and alleyways . |
13 | The pension of £150 was to be paid out of the Goldsmiths ' endowment of £290 . |
14 | It must be added that they were the better team , had the outstanding individual in Gordon Strachan and deserved the victory procured by a touch of finesse which could have Vinny Jones drummed out of the cloggers ' union . |
15 | The growth in demand for rapid response in the U.S.A. continues to have the effect of transferring stock out of the retailers ' balance sheets and into those of the manufacturers , a situation aggravated this year by relatively weak fourth quarter sales . |
16 | On 13 October 1988 an order was made by Master Munrow directing the trial as a preliminary issue of certain questions arising out of the plaintiffs ' notice of objection . |
17 | I would spend a miserable hour hopping from one foot to the other just out of the babies ' end with my eyes scrunched shut and my mouth in a knot . |
18 | THE catalogue of horror stories coming out of the banks ' treatment of their customers seems to have no effect on the high-handed , arrogant way they behave . |
19 | The system should allow for some unexpected failures , which are out of the drivers ' control , to occur . ’ |