Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I feel sorry for the officers ' families who have to know that every time they go to work they 're in this sort of danger . |
| 2 | He remembered his wife mentioning to him that some immigrants had moved into the street , and , because he knew that neither Donna nor Mrs Stych would bother to call on immigrants , he felt vaguely sorry for the newcomers ' isolation . |
| 3 | Results should be issued as soon as possible after the candidates ' work has been marked by centres and moderated by the HCIMA , and within three months of the date of the final assessments for an area of study . |
| 4 | As long ago as 1978 , the Scottish Hospital Advisory Service reported from observation visits to long-stay hospitals throughout Scotland that even when adjustable beds were provided , they were frequently found at a height too high for the patients ' safety and unfortunately , this is often still true . |
| 5 | Top two-year-old Sayyedati is also considered doubtful for the Fillies ' Mile . |
| 6 | He was apprenticed 2 December 1712 to Samuel Wastell , a London goldsmith , and made free of the Goldsmiths ' Company by service on 16 June 1720 . |
| 7 | William became free of the Masons ' Company in 1663 . |
| 8 | They had two sons , Thomas , who died at Leghorn , and Edward ( c .1681–1734 ) , who carried on the family business , becoming free of the Masons ' Company in 1702 and master in 1719 . |
| 9 | He served an apprenticeship with the London bookseller Abel Roper from 1 August 1644 until 28 June 1652 , when he became free of the Stationers ' Company . |
| 10 | Daniel became free of the Haberdashers ' Company in 1632 , and apprenticed Samuel to the same trade in 1634 . |
| 11 | At the expiry of his term he became free of the Clothworkers ' Company on 7 August 1771 . |
| 12 | There were 37 attempted and full burglaries and once more hi-fi and electrical equipment has been top of the burglars ' list . |
| 13 | Harish then concluded on Dec. 11 that he could find nothing wrong with the settlers ' claims of legal ownership of the properties . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Dyer 's doings are the same as but also different from those investigated by the fretful man he resembles , just as Hawksmoor 's investigative Scotland Yard is the same as but also different from the architects ' department of that name attended by Dyer . |
| 16 | Now 18 clear in the jockeys ' table , the Ulsterman has the Midas touch at present and he must be regretting that next week the seasonal festivities mean three days without racing . |
| 17 | ( c ) The most efficient delivery arrangement will be direct from the builders ' merchant or manufacturer to an individual site , rather than to the builder 's store . |
| 18 | Floy had been interested in the Gnomes ' sketches ; like Fenella , he found the Gnomes rather attractive , friendly people and he thought their designs were clever and subtle and beautifully drawn . |
| 19 | Being ‘ dog people ’ they were interested in the poodles ' performance and commented on what lovely dogs , ‘ Pity you do n't know how to show them to their best advantage . ’ |
| 20 | From Tom Lofthouse I had heard he was not popular in the Doctors ' House , yet , conversely and amazingly to anyone who had been his junior , our Dr Jones rated as a favourite pin-up in the Staff Nurse 's Home . |
| 21 | He was also largely instrumental in the Casuals ' home ground becoming The Oval for a number of years . |
| 22 | Kim suggested that he wished to hold an early meeting with Roh , but that this would be dependent upon the Premiers ' talks yielding " visible results " . |
| 23 | Dane curled her long body into the remaining space and lay with her head resting on her front paws , oblivious to the pups ' wails of hunger . |
| 24 | In addition , employing such a model effectively is dependent on the managers ' understanding of a number of important issues : the nature of transformation , the implications of transformational change , the organizational conditions and behavioral changes that are necessary for transformation to succeed , and the challenges and dilemmas that are likely to be encountered . |
| 25 | the title ‘ Transavantgarde ’ is representative of the artists ' intention to transcend the ‘ old Modern movement ’ as well as what they perceived as tralatitious concepts of avant-gardism. 2 |
| 26 | An introductory placard , for example , tries to distance the gallery from a transcendent notion of history by stressing that exhibits are the product of selection and choice , and therefore representative of the organisors ' views . |
| 27 | It would have been all too easy for the residents ' views to weigh lightly compared to the supposedly more objective professional assessments but , avoiding this pitfall , the author looked for ways of tapping the experiences of the residents themselves and sought to complement these with staff assessments of social and psychiatric functioning . |
| 28 | Neither was it within the second type of loss above , because the sellers were unaware of the buyers ' chance of obtaining those lucrative contracts . |
| 29 | They were treated like children , not young adults and the 11 p.m. rule imposed on the Beida students without consultation was symptomatic of the authorities ' attitude towards them . |
| 30 | Aft of the pilots ' cockpit was an officers ward room , navigator 's table , two bunks and , further aft again , engineer 's station , wireless operator 's position , bunks for the crew and a baggage compartment . |