Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DROMORE High lifted their third successive High Schools ' Cup when they defeated perennial opponents Limavady High in yesterday 's final shoot-out at Ravenhill . |
| 2 | It was usual for the Girls to stay at the English Girls ' Club when they first arrived . |
| 3 | They LIED last Tuesday in their weekly works ' newsletter when they said : ‘ Reprocessing has been temporarily halted because of maintenance work . ’ |
| 4 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 5 | Management organized a Black workers ' meeting because they needed our response to a report on ethnic minorities . |
| 6 | HOUNSLOW will be defending an unbeaten record in the European Cup-Winners ' Cup when they set off for Holland today to compete in this season 's final stages . |
| 7 | But in December 1985 United States ’ officials indicated that they could accept a United Nations ' agreement if it led to a ‘ comprehensive and just settlement ’ , involving a short time frame for Soviet withdrawal and self-determination . |
| 8 | Tourism is also becoming an important component of developing nations ' economy because it is a source of foreign income . |
| 9 | They might make an incidental contribution to crop production by agreeing to graze their herds over settled farmers ' land once it had been harvested . |
| 10 | It could be any other thirtysomethings ' flat if it was n't for the sled and cross-country skis on the balcony . |
| 11 | Two answers may be given : first , just as they illuminate many other areas of social life , the methods and findings of our rivals may help us understand the work of the professions ( to illustrate this , some of my examples will be drawn from medical novels ; no doubt legal novels will be equally instructive ) ; second , it is not clear how far we can go in understanding other occupations ' behaviour unless we grasp that of our own . |
| 12 | Raymond Allison , 17 , of Amberley Green , Pallister Park , Middlesbrough , was sentenced to nine months in a young offenders ' institute when he appeared before Teesside Crown Court yesterday . |
| 13 | Burglar sentenced : Jamie Raper , 20 , of Wharfe Way , Darlington , was yesterday sentenced at Teesside Crown Court to 12 months in a young offenders ' institution after he admitted burgling a house in Carmel Road North , Darlington . |
| 14 | His memoir of those days on page 138 , sheds light on the star of Good Morning Vietnam and Dead Poets ' Society before he was claimed by fame and fortune . |
| 15 | She now teaches at a local girls ' school where she finds the all-female staff ‘ extremely supportive of each other ’ . |