Example sentences of "[noun pl] to the [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Stoddard Mercia 's expertise in weaving special designs to the customers ' exact requirements was a major factor in obtaining the Country Court order . |
2 | The European elections saw Labour capture forty-five seats to the Conservatives ' thirty-two , the first major defeat for Mrs Thatcher in ten years of premiership . |
3 | Labour won a massive victory being returned with 393 seats to the Conservatives ' 213 and the Liberals ' 12 . |
4 | It was returned to office in May 1929 with 287 seats to the Conservatives ' 261 and the Liberals ' 59 . |
5 | We have just heard that Bob Miller [ currently number one is the Chief Executive 's award scheme ] , has gained further business to provide plants to the surveyors ' temporary offices . |
6 | As Janette Richardson has noted , the transition from the horse 's frolics to the clerks ' night-time escapades is marked by the collocation of the miller 's retying the horse , and making the clerks a bed : To make the point absolutely explicit , when the clerk John has leapt on top of the miller 's wife in bed : — the verb priken , in Middle English , is a standard term for riding or spurring a horse . |
7 | In 1924 , with the slogan " Keep Cool with Coolidge " , he easily retained the presidency for the Republicans , carrying 35 states to the Democrats ' 12 ; 15 million Americans voted for him , while 8 million voted for the Democrat candidate and nearly 5 million for Robert La Follette , a Progressive " third party " candidate . |
8 | Those who studied the parties ' platforms carefully would have had to relate the Labour Party 's generally stronger commitment to universal social security policies to the Conservatives ' specific pledge . |
9 | The game was slow and low scoring and after seven minutes of the first half , Arena had scored only four points to the visitors ' ten . |
10 | Branding Lacidar as ‘ the black Fidel ’ it closed its markets to the islands ' main exports — sugar and coffee . |
11 | For the Watercare business ' Purisource package is providing nutrients to the bugs ' daily diet of effluent , making the ‘ meal ’ more appealing . |
12 | From the hub of the operation , the Ilopango Air Base in El Salvador , creaking aircraft flew supplies to the contras ' northern front billetted in Honduras . |