Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [det] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the World Bank regularly despatches different missions to an individual country unaware of each others ' presence , or who may meet by accident in a permanent secretary 's outer office . |
| 2 | Thus perhaps the fact that a number of legal cases have been brought is indicative of some parents ' resistance to the subservient , rather than partnership , role which some say they are forced to assume by the Act ( regardless of exhortations to LEAs to extend parental involvement ) . |
| 3 | These are seen in the repetitions , checks , and expansions which are noted as so prominent in some parents ' speech by Brown ( Brown , Cazden and Bellugi , 1969 ) and Cross ( 1977 ) . |
| 4 | They are often the most difficult to assess since their experience usually lies outside that of social workers , who may be suspicious of such applicants ' knowledge but uneasy about rejecting their apparently confident experience . |
| 5 | The group claims that an application written to the interfaces will be able to run unchanged over many vendors ' SNA communications products under the Microsoft operating systems . |
| 6 | Recklessly deciding that the appointment should become effective on All Fools ' Day , April 1 , IBM Corp on Friday duly named Louis Gerstner to the posts of both chairman and chief executive . |
| 7 | Recklessly deciding that the appointment was to become effective on All Fools ' Day , April 1 , IBM Corp duly named Louis Gerstner to the posts of both chairman and chief executive . |
| 8 | If some of those who proposed it are proved right in several years ' time , I hope that I will admit as much , but I have grave doubts nevertheless , and they are shared by a large number of heavyweight people in the Scottish universities . |
| 9 | The idea of literally dropping in on the enemy and catching them unawares would have seemed attractive after several months ' idleness . |