Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] ' [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arrival of the Bosigran guide has provoked a complaint to the Climbers ' Club from local activist Rowland Edwards that a comment in the historical section , which claims he is unwilling to release information on his new routes , has misrepresented his position . |
| 2 | It also forms the key to the courts ' justification of managerial autonomy in the model which superseded the agency theory at the beginning of this century . |
| 3 | From 1980 to 1992 , the multilaterals ' share of African debt grew from 19% to 28% . |
| 4 | The tannins affect the absorption by the birds ' guts of certain essential nutrients causing low growth rates which are sometimes fatal . |
| 5 | A government statement of July 22 denied the existence of guerrilla forces and noted that recent incidents between the Kaitseliit and Russian troops involving arms were attributable to the Russians ' violation of Estonian law . |
| 6 | They are trained on all aspects of aerobics from the beginners ' level to advanced step . |
| 7 | Tone greatly aids the researchers ' understanding of Creole grammar , which appears less simple than was thought . |
| 8 | Except that their role is more obscure to the public eye , the authorities ' influence over short-term interest rates is not very different from what it used to be when they announced an MLR each week and expected institutions to comply . |
| 9 | In the museum display of these materials ( such as the treasures of Tutankhamun 's tomb ) , stress may be laid on the objects ' discovery by British archaeologists , thereby helping to legitimize the implicit pseudo-evolutionary claims of historical advance as civilization ( Gidri 1974 ) . |
| 10 | The aim is to attempt to neutralise the employers ' advantage in multi-plant companies where the workers of each plant are represented by different ( and otherwise uncoordinated ) trade unions . |
| 11 | Ironically , the attribute on which young people do best relative to older workers is specific educational qualifications which actually comes bottom of the employers ' list of essential attributes , being mentioned by only 2 per cent of employers ! |
| 12 | The main problem we have found is that the hens ' interest in simple peckable objects wanes rapidly . |
| 13 | The public survey echoed the journalists ' views on British companies — but only one in 20 thought ICI was doing enough to reduce its effect on the environment . |
| 14 | However , Paletz and his colleagues remain critical of the journalists ' over-reliance on official sources of information about the riot ( i.e. the mayor and chief of police ) which helped to frame the event as the successful police suppression of a naked spree of lawlessness . |
| 15 | According to the MMC ( 1980 : 95 ) , most of the drivers ' LDCs on Southern Region spent almost all day every Thursday scrutinizing proposed alterations for the coming week . |
| 16 | I fully recognize the scientific value of the sociobiologists ' application of straight Darwinian doctrine to the study of animal behaviour in free , as distinct from laboratory , environments . |
| 17 | The compounds ' responses to magnetic fields and pressure have boosted scientists ' hopes that they will form the basis of practical superconducting . |
| 18 | The nine year-old collie cross was one of several ‘ patients ’ seen by the princess during a visit to the Peoples ' Dispensary for Sick Animals , Richmond Terrace , Liverpool . |
| 19 | The nine year-old collie cross was one of several ‘ patients ’ introduced to Her Royal Highness during a visit to the Peoples ' Dispensary for Sick Animals , Richmond Terrace , Liverpool . |
| 20 | He is also addressing the criticism that the Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain ( FRAC ) , funds to enable the regions to acquire contemporary works of art , represent more intervention of the centre by encouraging the funds ' association with local structures . |
| 21 | The recruits ' lexicon of facial scars and tattoos spelled out clan and gang allegiances ; similar scarifications signalled the troopers ' own kindred origin . |
| 22 | Greenpeace has described the guidelines ' description of sustainable management as too vague . |
| 23 | It had been hoped that the centrepiece of the summit would be the initialling of a draft treaty reducing the superpowers ' arsenals of strategic nuclear weapons currently being negotiated at the START talks in Geneva [ see p. 37267 ] . |
| 24 | But the long-shot has defied the odds and cantered into the winners ' enclosure of top selling games . |
| 25 | The terms and conditions of their engagement ( and many organisations are careful not to use the word " employment " ) are set out in special handbooks , or in the contracts which casual workers are required to sign , and these seek to make the parties ' lack of mutual obligation clear . |
| 26 | There are certainly general characteristics of the parties ' approach to social policies that may help people to decide between them ; and at particular elections ( such as , for example , the general election of 1945 ) one 's social policy commitments may be particularly clear . |
| 27 | It took us all day to get the months ' accumulation of gooey duck muck and seagull poo off the airframe , and despite getting soaked lying in cold puddles of grimy water under the floats we never did remove all the khaki slime from their bottoms . |
| 28 | Then Mellor carted his wife and young sons down to the Halls ' home in Upper Beeding , Sussex , for a stage-managed ‘ happy families ’ photo-call . |
| 29 | Significant opposition from the Miners ' Union over high cost capacity cuts , new escalation of anti-nuclear hostilities , worsening relations with the Soviet bloc : any of these factors could significantly affect West Germany 's energy future . |
| 30 | Geary explains the return to tactical violence in the 1 980s partly in terms of the police 's tougher and more sophisticated approach to public disorder induced by the inner-city disturbances of 1981 , though he attributes much of the unusually high level of violence in the miners ' strike to certain exceptional characteristics of the dispute : |