Example sentences of "[noun pl] in the [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | As revealing is his observation that the rights of the workers in the separate producers ' societies were regarded as giving them their distinctive Co-operative character . |
| 2 | They agreed to allow one of the workers in the battered wives ' home to go up there , when she arrived the house was in two feet of water — the pipes had burst . |
| 3 | HOME Office and planning issues dominate the concerns of MPs who won places in the private members ' ballot for legislative time in the coming session . |
| 4 | At the time of writing , two major developments in the European incentives ' field are still under discussion — the negotiation of the next ( Fourth ) Framework Programme for research and development , and the outcome of the reform of the Structural Fund Regulations ( which govern the operation of the European Regional Development Fund , the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and the European Social Fund ) . |
| 5 | Government textbooks continue to depict women in the caring roles ' in society and a study carried out in Central American schools clearly showed that a " lack of aspiration " among young women is related to the limited employment possibilities open to them . |
| 6 | Dressing up was a constant theme : soldiers in the outdoor adventurists ' room ( which also housed the Scout and Guide Association ) , men in deer-stalkers behind the Sherlock Holmes counter and countless Arthurian knights , Gilbert and Sullivan pirates and American footballers . |
| 7 | It conceals elements of cross-ownership , for instance , such as Murdoch 's 15 per cent ownership of shares in The Financial Times ' parent company . |
| 8 | DATES for the two most prestigious events in the Irish womens ' hockey calendar , the league winners play-off and the Irish Senior Cup final may be swapped to accommodate Leinster champions Muckross , it emerged today . |
| 9 | There is also the tiresome coyness over what is already feigned , which leads Thorpe to insert parentheses and question marks in the 1830s rioters ' despositions , and footnotes in a 1950s sound recording to the effect that five seconds have been lost ‘ due to electrical interference ’ . |