Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Northern Transvaal no.8 Adriaan Richter and Wallaby no.8 Sam Scott-Young await the verdict during the Wallabies ' hard fought 24–7 win . |
| 2 | Television augmented and soon overtook the cinema as the masses ' most popular form of entertainment . |
| 3 | This mess of confusion is a direct result of the majors ' steadily regaining the control which was threatened by the rise of the independent labels in the late seventies . |
| 4 | His explanation is partly geographical ( these composers , and the ‘ folk remnants ’ they use , came from relatively ‘ backward ’ Eastern European countries , where such archaic traditions still had valid life ) and partly on the grounds that the old materials are reinterpreted through incorporation in the composers ' radically alienated perspective and progressive language ( Adorno 1973 : 35–6 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ The full uncensored story of the Stones ' most notorious desperado . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Clarke 's reaction reveals the same double standard as did his reaction to the doctors ' equally democratic verdict which he proceeded to dismiss . |
| 7 | The following month , in the same journal , a swift refutation of these tenets came in the shape of a letter from a consultant histopathologist by name of J.V. Clark , who responds to the last point regarding the relations ' not understanding what is being asked when a postmortem is requested , by pointing out that in all probability funeral directors do not explain the procedure of embalming to the next of kin and , more seriously , maintaining that delay would reduce the maximum benefit of an autopsy and also delay the funeral . |
| 8 | ‘ A sign of the times ' as 20 jobs are axed at two firms |
| 9 | In clearly stating the terms of conditions of sale , SLAD has given some backbone to the dealers ' frequently invoked claim that they ‘ guarantee their goods ( unlike the auction houses ) ’ . |
| 10 | All foreign branches seem to have been closed for financial reasons in 1891–1892 , but Wilson , after the refloating of the union in 1894 , persisted in his international endeavours , establishing new branches in Hamburg , Rotterdam and Antwerp in the following year and an agency in New York , and accepting the logic of the shipowners ' often repeated argument that British claims to higher pay would be more convincing if foreign rates were brought up to British levels . |
| 11 | The ‘ Falklands factor ’ would be seen as a principal reason for the Conservatives ' unexpectedly good showing in the local council elections that year , and , too , for the return of Margaret Thatcher for a second term as prime minister at the General Election of 1983 . |
| 12 | One reason for the Surrealists ' relatively slow climb since 1975 is that they were highly valued then . |
| 13 | ‘ If Warner made ‘ Bonfire of the Vanities ' today it would have just one big star not three ’ , argues one insider . |
| 14 | So a colourful still life seemed a suitable choice of subject for an exploration of the pastels ' most obvious potential . |