Example sentences of "[adj] with [art] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harish then concluded on Dec. 11 that he could find nothing wrong with the settlers ' claims of legal ownership of the properties . |
| 2 | This Government is rarely so generous with the taxpayers ' money , espe cially to people who seek out an in vestment opportunity which does n't involve paying UK tax . |
| 3 | Thus , although the legal model may prevent directors from regarding third party interests as ends in their own right , it is arguable that it is consistent with the directors ' obligations to the shareholders for the company to sacrifice profits in order to protect them given these possible relationships with shareholder utility . |
| 4 | Changes in traffic noise at these sites affected subjective response in a manner consistent with the investigators ' findings , and the investigators therefore predict that , to the extent that noise levels have remained constant at these sites , subjective response will also have remained constant . |
| 5 | The large dark hall-piece stood there to her left with the tenants ' letters sitting on it . |
| 6 | She was thrilled with the suffragettes ' tenacity and the expression it gave to her feelings about being in some kind of sexual trap . |
| 7 | George locked the baggage car door behind us and we stood again in the quiet horse car which looked homely and friendly with the horses ' heads poking forward over the doors . |
| 8 | Flushed and triumphant after this orgy of extravagance , they left the store at last , keeping an eye on the time because Mabel must n't be late with the boys ' tea whatever happened and then they had a long , annoying wait at the bus-stop . |
| 9 | As I went round the various sections of work I was so impressed with the students ' enthusiasm and the very high quality of their work . |
| 10 | He could not admit to his own heart that Surere was involved with the girls ' killings ; though perhaps — the dark thought was there — Huy was afraid to admit such a thing was possible , as he would then , however innocently , have played a part in their deaths . |
| 11 | The point could be simply made if psychology modelled on the natural sciences were always ‘ behavioural ’ and concerned with the actors ' brains rather than with their minds . |
| 12 | They are also concerned with the parents ' attitude to the school and the teachers , their ideas about the causes of educational achievement , and their contacts with the school . |
| 13 | As it faces the power of capital organized in interlocking but legally separate corporate entities , labour is now cut up into atomized units of which the boundaries are by law coterminous with the employers ' definitions of employment units in both private and public sectors . |
| 14 | Neither contender was happy with the selectors ' indecision . |
| 15 | I expect you 're busy with the ladies ' altar guild and the old people 's picnic . |
| 16 | These are directly congruent with the beings ' activities : whether they cause harm , in the form of disease and mishap , or whether they help to set things right following such a damaging occurrence . |