Example sentences of "[noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr MacMullen , a lecturer in politics at Durham University , believes Labour will bring its biggest guns to bear on the Tories ' record and the Conservatives may no longer be able to rely on traditional Tory vote winners , like defence , management of the economy and crime . |
| 2 | The model is so named because it describes a mechanism designed to compel managers to act in the shareholders ' interests which depends on vesting owner-like rights in the shareholders , as mentioned , to appoint , monitor , and replace the most senior tier of management and to make certain other fundamental decisions . |
| 3 | PEOPLE who seem to want their names to vanish from the voters ' roll are causing a borough council problems . |
| 4 | It was this drive that led travellers to comment on the Catalans ' capacity to make ‘ soil out of rock ’ . |
| 5 | A drama-documentary that captured the social rituals , amoral machismo and gruesome , off-hand violence of gangster thugs , Goodfellas was hyperbolic and exuberant , mixing electrifying images and operative use of pop classics to get inside the characters ' mindset and mania . |