Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The applicants sought judicial review of the governors ' and the appeal committee 's decisions . |
| 2 | Merger with the Southampton based British Seafarers was not merely a convenience , but a necessity , and Wilson , writing in his journal The Seaman exulted that " Shinwell 's patched up old derelict has run bow against the rock of the Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union and ignominiously gone to the bottom " Later he gave his own version of how Shinwell had flattered the susceptible French into leaving to him the day-today business of the Glasgow branch and poisoned the minds of the members against him . |
| 3 | If I am correct — and the statement is also seen in some measure as a form of protection of the parents ' and child 's rights in this matter — it is surely anomalous that this statement appears largely to have become a passport to special schooling . |
| 4 | There are 15 roads , 12 of which are reserved for painting , while Nos. 1 , 2 and 3 are provided with pits and used for over-hauling the electric light equipment of the coaches ' and ‘ 46 , known as ‘ No. 1 Paint Shop Extension ’ , in which there are 15 lines . |
| 5 | During this time couples may have to buy the necessary equipment , reorganise the house , hand in a resignation , visit the child at the foster-parents ' or arrange to take a direct placement immediately at delivery and room-in on the postnatal ward . |
| 6 | She recalled singing in both operas at Boosback as a 16-year-old and says she was amazed to be given the female lead in The Beggars ' and only three weeks in which to learn the words and music ! |
| 7 | Among local people who remember the young Tippett organising a performance of The Beggars ' and Robin , an opera he wrote himself , is great grandmother Mrs Madge Tansley , who lives in New Skelton . |
| 8 | Jimmy Spriggs , senior steward for the engineers ' and electricians ' union , said : ‘ We do n't have any guarantee at all and we want urgent talks with Mr Bleck . ’ |
| 9 | Now that the Commission has turned down the unanimous decision of the Catering Sub-Committee to invite the London food commission to give advice on how healthy and nutritious the food in the Members ' and Strangers ' Cafeterias is , what will the Leader of the House do to improve the situation ? |
| 10 | Take a good look at the Writers ' and Artists ' Yearbook , which lists the publishers of all the books on the library shelves , plus some you may not have come across yet . |
| 11 | The concordance between the teams ' and the research diagnoses and between these and the AGECAT classification is expressed here in terms of percentage agreement , specificity , sensitivity , and the kappa ( κ ) and Yule statistics . |
| 12 | Talks on a merger between the polytechnics ' and the universities ' admissions systems now seem to be in trouble , and many students will be left unsure how to go about applying to the new universities . |
| 13 | The indexer has access to schedules that the searcher in general does not have available online or even in printed form ; thus there is likely to be a mismatch between the indexers ' and searchers ' perspectives . |
| 14 | Mountain Crash , stable-companion of Carl 's Choice , held off the Daily Telegraph Trophy holder , Fort Hall , with reasonable comfort in the Ladies ' and Richard Hunt gained more admirers when following up his Higham win by catching Manor Mieo on the line in the Intermediate . |