Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the internal auditors ' role , ‘ they 're not expected to do a full statutory audit but a great deal of the detailed work which , carried out on a continuous basis , would greatly increase the probability of detecting fraud . ’ |
| 2 | Polls show a surge in support to 12 per cent for the left-wing Workers ' Party ( PT ) , whose candidate , Luis Inacio ‘ Lula ’ da Silva , could supplant the main social democratic contender , Leonel Brizola , and emerge as Mr Collor 's rival in the run-off . |
| 3 | A week after the meeting , Cobh , Midleton and Passage West , three towns around the Harbour , expressed support for the Ringaskiddy residents ' campaign and urged An Taisce to review its support for Raybestos 's use of asbestos . |
| 4 | The 26-year-old Manchester United defender is a strong candidate for the Professional Footballers ' Association Player of the Year Trophy . |
| 5 | They have features , particularly chaotic polymorphisms , similar to those seen for the spatial Prisoners ' Dilemma . |
| 6 | On Saturday May 22 , at 7.30pm the Ulster Hall is the venue for the annual Orchestras ' Concert . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There was the Trojan war , in which thousands perished over the indiscretions of Helen and Paris , who — give or take a sun-lounger — could have passed for the ancient Greeks ' answer to Fergie and John Bryan . |
| 9 | Tickets for the game — Rangers ' allocation will roughly match their share for the European Champions ' League tie with FC Brugge in Belgium three days earlier — will go on sale on Saturday . |
| 10 | Ian Rowlands has been named in the Welsh under-18s team for the European boys ' team championships taking place in Denmark from July 8–11 . |
| 11 | Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention . |
| 12 | That made it a perfect victim for the advance loans ' fraud . |
| 13 | The ministers had expressed their concern over the conflict at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) meeting in late March [ see p. 38841 ] and a meeting of " experts " from the four Foreign Ministries on March 31 to April 1 had prepared proposals for the Foreign Ministers ' meeting . |
| 14 | Tax representatives are jointly responsible for the overseas businesses ' tax liabilities , although it is the overseas business , rather than the tax representative , which is seen to be registered for UK VAT . |
| 15 | He spent most of his free time working for the Overseas Workers ' Union , a clandestine anti-colonial organisation chiefly recruited from Indians and Chinese . |
| 16 | However , combined results disguised a collapse of support for the Independent Smallholders ' Party , the other government coalition partner . |
| 17 | A survey for the Welsh Consumers ' Council shows that 40pc of shoppers had never heard of the Government 's citizens ' charter despite publicity costing £350,000 . |
| 18 | Even when the miraculous promise of steadily falling costs has faltered at the point of delivery , a further cast-iron prediction has been installed , and the search for the nuclear philosophers ' stone has continued with a renewed and fiery zeal . |
| 19 | A spokesman for the British Bankers ' Association said : ‘ It is a little premature for us to take a view on it . |
| 20 | Even now he says he was surprised by the appointment , which caused him to make himself unavailable for the British Lions ' tour of South Africa . |
| 21 | Although both sides became frustrated , it says much for the social workers ' determination that they turned up to meetings and attempted to understand me . |
| 22 | I came to England — Ipswich — to study for the social workers ' qualification , a CQSW in Community Work , believing that I could work with women in the ways I wanted , provided I had the necessary qualifications . |
| 23 | Whichever side has the story right , the CBoT is , for now , excluded from one of the most important co-operative developments afoot , one with long-term implications for the American markets ' competitiveness against newer , faster-growing derivatives markets in Europe . |
| 24 | Rising star Andrew Thornton is within one of last season 's 10 winner total as he continues to set a blistering pace in the battle for the amateur riders ' championship . |
| 25 | The badges of honour he sports on his veteran 's beret when he goes dining for the old soldiers ' vote gave his plea a sort of authority . |
| 26 | Married kid , torn stump of a ticket for the local Oddfellows ' hop , letter in her bag threatening her if she does n't leave another bloke alone . |
| 27 | TURKEY says it will ‘ seriously consider ’ attacking Kurdish guerrilla training camps in the Bekaa Valley unless Syria takes immediate and effective action to end its support for the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 28 | Sherif Xemgin , for the Kurdish Workers ' Association — a group to which Mr Tyiven belonged — said the death showed the fear that gripped refugees . |
| 29 | These included the Foreign Office ( allegedly too pro-EEC and generally too prone to make diplomatic concessions at the cost of British interests ) , the Civil Service Department ( too accommodating during the civil servants ' pay strike in 1981 ) , the Department of Employment ( allegedly too ‘ soft ’ under Mr Prior ) , and Education ( allegedly too sympathetic to the education lobbies ) . |
| 30 | A limited poisoning campaign is being used against rats , especially during the Hawaiian petrels ' breeding season , when the birds are particularly vulnerable . |