Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] in [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told them about the bath in Swines ' building yard . |
| 2 | His sometimes enigmatic expression and behaviour were likened to that of the sphinx in cartoonists ' caricatures . |
| 3 | Several respondents to FRED 1 , in commenting on the statement of total recognised gains and losses , suggested that it should be extended to provide a complete reconciliation of the movements in shareholders ' funds . |
| 4 | Throughout the fighting , the intelligence section had been searching houses and the German headquarters , and naval parties had boarded ships in similar searches — a dangerous task because several were killed as they rowed towards the quays in ships ' whalers . |
| 5 | She had a good career behind the counter in Ladies ' Separates , but no desire to become a spinster . |
| 6 | Further increases in revenue will also be generated with the rise in employees ' National Insurance contribution rates from 1 April 1994 . |
| 7 | Another headcrunching mixture of ‘ Jungle House ’ ( let's have another term , please : ai n't there enough jibes about black people being from the jungle in Nazis ' heads already ? ) from Rebel MC 's terrifyingly on-the-case label . |
| 8 | I think in some ways it 's better , because girls are meant to get on better in the sciences in girls ' schools ; they 're meant to be pushed backwards a bit in boys ' schools . |
| 9 | The gain in consumers ' surplus minus the loss in producers ' surplus is equal to RFGS . |
| 10 | The authors draw attention to the increase in fundholders ' referral rates to general surgery ( an 8.6% increase ) , but this should surely be interpreted in the light of the 17.0% increase in such referrals by non-fundholders ( table III ) . |
| 11 | However , allied to the improvement in companies ' financial position has been an increase in large companies ' liquidity ratios , to their highest level since the end of 1987 ( though this may have been partly at the cost of the liquidity of smaller companies , because of trade credit effect ) . |
| 12 | The neglect of the needs of those disabled after retirement age is excused by reference to the growth in pensioners ' incomes in recent years which , of course , overlooks the acute poverty among older people with disabilities and the fact that the growth in incomes has been concentrated among better-off pensioners . |
| 13 | It was made with a slit for the blade to pass , like the slits at the back in angels ' tunics for their wings , and was changed according to the seasons ' calendar . |
| 14 | Another route to a part-time job might be by looking at the cards in newsagents ' windows , or asking as your local Job Centre or office of Professional and Executive Recruitment , addresses of which will be in your local Yellow Pages . |