Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | I persuaded them both to come out of the room the same way , as I had no key to the door , and took Heathcliff down into the warm servants ' kitchen with me , while Catherine returned to her guests and the dancing . |
2 | This one was just about right , though it bulged our financial boundaries , and we moved in with the previous owners ' carpets and curtains and little else . |
3 | The current machinery broadly follows the framework of collective bargaining laid down in the 1980 Workers ' Statute . |
4 | Once upon a time that was just ‘ Paris ’ which , in dilute form , finally filtered down to the local ladies ' modes . |
5 | Implexion eventually gave in to the Grand Masters ' begging and pleading and , for a fee , agreed to present Valiance 's case to the Chamber of Ten . |
6 | If Sheila does not co-operate with social workers , it may not help if her mother is dragged in on the social workers ' side . |
7 | The process is slowed down by the young females ' strong attachments to their mothers some of whom may occasionally defect and move off with the young males too . |
8 | All necessary information had been efficiently handed over to the new Teachers ' Representative , , who was then introduced and warmly welcomed by . |
9 | Organised for children aged nine and over by the Young Ornithologists ' Club . |
10 | It would then whoosh straight off to the central cashiers ' office . |
11 | Curbishley then stepped up for the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles and proceeded to win by 25 metres in a time of 43.9 secs , 1.6 seconds inside the Division Five record . |
12 | Here , Tiny Rowland concludes his version of events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser with a first-hand account of the situation in question against the background of his personal experience in business . |
13 | In the following example from the Foreword to A Hero from Zero , Tiny Rowland presents a summary of the events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser . |
14 | This meeting has now been arranged for 11th March at which a number of matters that have also been brought up at the various members ' meetings will be queried . |
15 | 1 am , Bath : As in Richmond and Barnes , there are few Labour voters left in Bath for the Liberal Democrats to squeeze and Chris Patten , clinging to a majority of only 1,412 , hopes Labour 's vote will go up at the Liberal Democrats ' expense . |
16 | Despite an existing voluntary Code of Practice , reproduced in part below , drawn up by the National Farmers ' Union to minimise any nuisance and existing legal controls , complaints appear to be on the increase . |
17 | A record number of Guinness pensioners turned out for the annual pensioners ' party at Park Royal this month — almost 1,000 descended on the brewery grounds to remenisce about their lives in the brewery . |
18 | A small table might be set out for the three bears ' breakfast with three sizes of chair , bowl and so on , together with three sizes of bear for the children to play with . |
19 | Outside-half Didier Camberabero , not an immaculate hair out of place , converted 11 of those tries by way of reminding France , who left him out of the Five Nations ' side , that he is still a formidable competitor . |
20 | In Wall Street journals now speak of an irreversible decline of the middleman — the suave dealmaker who carves a chunk out of the real workers ' profits by flitting with bright notions from door to door . |
21 | A special analysis of the overall extent of the temporary workforce carried out on the British/European Communities ' Labour Force Survey bears on the changing structure of the labour market and its likely repercussions on the outlook for Britain 's underclass . |
22 | At Birlik ( Unity ) , a radical nationalist movement , they are forced to camp out at the decrepit Writers ' Union building , where rotting rubbish is piled high in the corridor . |
23 | Some of them will be further reunited when the Barbarians round off the All Blacks ' tour at Twickenham on 25 November . |