Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun] [prep] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rick 's method of dealing with these conflicting images was to hold an evening parents ' workshop in which he outlined the rationale and aims of the new mathematics curriculum for the intake year . |
| 2 | During the Depression years mothers often called at the better-off houses in the neighbourhood to try and find places for their daughters and one woman recalled employing a succession of unemployed miners ' daughters to whom she paid 5/ a week . |
| 3 | The theories are based upon individuals ' perception of what they expect out of work and recognise that individuals place different values on rewards and the effort that they have to expend in order to achieve those rewards . |
| 4 | This technology , which concentrates on the task to be done , rather than on the shape of the organisation doing it , can revolutionise organisations ' approach to everything they do . |
| 5 | There was speculation in December that the government was contemplating re-opening a dialogue with the Basque armed movement ETA after the Interior Ministry released to the press transcripts of two ETA prisoners ' conversations in which they condemned the use of violence . |
| 6 | Adrian 's a very good photographer and we soon established a reciprocal relationship whereby he photographed the artists ' work for which he was paid in kind . |
| 7 | The parties have to disclose , within 14 weeks , the substance of the experts ' evidence on which they intend to rely , in the form of written reports to be agreed if possible . |
| 8 | I know of my hon. Friend 's interest in the matter , following the report of the Select Committee on Employment , and I can give an assurance that if the consultants ' report to which I referred has not yet reached the Department of Employment , it will do so as soon as possible . |
| 9 | However , the questions and answers relating to the officers ' comments on what they had observed during surveillance might well have been edited out . |
| 10 | The officers ' comments about what they had seen were observations of association between W and others , but in no case was any act shown on W's part which could be regarded as an overt act in respect of the conspiracy charge . |
| 11 | One of her hobbies was anaesthetics , and she subscribed to an anaesthetists ' journal in which she had seen an advertisement for a chemist who outfitted doctors ' waiting-rooms and surgeries . |
| 12 | Where half plus Statutory Sick Pay or any National Insurance Benefit , including Dependents ' Allowance to which you are entitled exceeds your normal pay , the amount in excess of your normal pay will be deducted from the half pay allowance . |
| 13 | The reopening of this northern hinterland , however , could well change the Greeks ' view of what it means to be a member of the Community . |
| 14 | There were hand-outs on ‘ Cruelty Free ’ cosmetics , positively promoting cosmetic companies who did not drip shampoo into rabbits ' eyes in what I knew was called the Draize Test for irritancy . |
| 15 | Well I mean you ca n't have rules without a police force , can you , and since there 's no poets ' union from which you could be expelled , clearly whether there are any rules depends entirely on the poets themselves and their readers , and everybody knows that until about the end of the nineteenth century almost all poetry was written in regular metre and regular patterns and , except for blank verse , in regular rhyme , and that this is no longer so and now you would either be deliberately old fashioned or you would have some special purpose , I think , if you wrote your poems in traditional rhyming schemes . |
| 16 | Laura , for instance , had two younger brothers , who were not settling very well into the stockbrokers ' firm in which they had been placed , and numerous uncles , one of them an old horror who obtained Scandinavian au pairs through advertisements in The Lady , and then , of course , her Norfolk cousins . |
| 17 | He would play up to Elinor 's friends ' idea of what he was . |
| 18 | Her successes include winning the 1987 Gosforth Junior Open , the 1988 Tyneside G.C. Girls ' title and selection for the Durham County girls ' team for whom she had a 100 per cent record in the four matches she played . |
| 19 | Hobbling into Range West on crutches , with a rope round my shoulders , I was looking forward to the expressions of disbelief that would have greeted my reply to sentries ' questions about what I was doing . |
| 20 | Further , since the previous examination record of the majority of our students was the minimum required , we could anticipate few B.Ed candidates — even if students ' response to what we had to offer proved to be very satisfactory indeed . |
| 21 | The four basic types of activity offered in Conversation are : controlled activities to give students confidence and support ; awareness activities to increase students ' sensitivity to what they are aiming at ; fluency activities to give students the practice they need to use English for communication ; and feedback tasks to allow students to reflect on their own performance so that they become aware of areas in which they have to improve . |