Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The councils have ‘ tackled a great variety of jobs : commenting on local plans , clearing up their area , dealing with traffic problems , organising carol services and other social events , protesting about bus routes and becoming involved in the many other neighbourhood activities so typical of residents ' groups and parish pump politics ’ ( Boaden et al . |
| 2 | ‘ Had he as many kind and good relations as I have , ’ Hooker wrote , ‘ who would be grieved and pained to hear me say what I think , and had he children who would be placed in predicaments most detrimental to children 's minds … he would not wonder so much . ’ |
| 3 | Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks ' high-handed attitude . |
| 4 | In ways more amenable to women 's visual pleasure , off-beat films which then made it into the mainstream distribution circuit such as Lianna ( Nelson/Renzi ) , Desert Hearts , I 've Heard the Mermaids Singing ( Rozema ) and Percy Adlon 's work with Marianne Sagebrecht in Baghdad Café and Sugar Baby have achieved a degree of success in changing the dynamics of female objectification and sexual fantasy in an entertainment setting . |
| 5 | We 're trying our best to strengthen the family and make men more conscious of women 's rights . |