Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [prep] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | This area was selected for study because of the authors ' familiarity with it , the adequate rural-urban contrast and the availability of a suitable image . |
2 | Any falling short in doing so reflects more on the teaching than on the students ' preparedness to respond . |
3 | The sheriff of Lincoln was sent to Stamford , but he met with considerable resistance , and Peck , quoting John Selden , suggests the king himself came to the town because of the students ' stubbornness . |
4 | In more recent times the functioning of Swedish industrial relations has been as much , if not more , dependent upon the centralisation of power within the employers ' confederation as upon the unions ' peak organisation . |
5 | Opponents of free banking argue that a lender of last resort ( i.e. a central bank ) is needed , and that inflation would be rampant under free banking because of the banks ' ability to print notes at will . |
6 | But I would suppose that the Home Office has at least some information as to the judges ' tariff , and probably a great deal . |
7 | In one case , noted earlier , an order was made when a child from a good home was kept away from school because of the parents ' opposition to comprehensive schools . |
8 | One of the first top riders to sign for the 1993 British League season , Rickardsson has no sympathy with riders who are refusing to sign this year because of the promoters ' strict pay policy . |
9 | This could provide a clue as to the bombers ' whereabouts between 16 September and the bombing , which killed 10 bandsmen . |
10 | It is essential for departments to pull together , talk to each other and be in no doubt as to the others ' requirements . |
11 | Section 7(2) prevents the exclusion of liability as against a consumer for breach of warranties arising by implication of law from the form of the contract as to the goods ' correspondence to description or sample , or their quality or fitness for any particular purpose . |