Example sentences of "[noun pl] to the [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | There are two separate elements to the Free Presbyterians ' support for Paisley 's politics which in practice reinforced each other . |
2 | The initiative in the TUC and , increasingly , in the Labour Party passed from the miners and engineers to the general workers ' unions with less tradition of direct action and less membership participation in the making of decisions . |
3 | When schools shut for lack of fuel in the winter , they gave private lessons to the richer peasants ' children . |
4 | Areas of contention were brought to light during the summit , however , notably Austria 's objections to the other countries ' reliance on nuclear power , and opposition by Italy to admitting other states ( specifically Poland ) to the group . |
5 | He tried to devise new and better ways of operating the machines in the bottle works where he was employed and , realizing that he needed to increase his knowledge of science and mathematics if he was to exploit his ideas , he went in the evenings to the nearby Mechanics ' Institute and also took lessons in trigonometry from a local clergyman . |