Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun] [that] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's for this reason that many of the shop stewards ' conferences that we 've convened in the last year have been pressing a policy of consolidating bonus pay into the basic rates and we 've achieved some small success in this in building brick and in one or two other industries . |
| 2 | He graduated from Valdese High School , studied chemistry at Wake-Forest University in North Carolina and then had to face a hard choice between his parents ' wishes that he return to work in the family businesses and his own strong interest in chemistry . |
| 3 | On many occasions in our study we found a sharp contrast between the professionals ' perception that a high degree of consensus had been reached and the parents ' perception that they had agreed to a course of action because they saw no other real choice , particularly if the urgent needs of the child and other family members were to be quickly met . |
| 4 | The government refused to agree to the Indians ' demand that it abandon its militarized " security zone " on the Peruvian frontier , and pass a constitutional amendment recognizing the country as " multi-cultural and multi-national " . |
| 5 | Although both sides became frustrated , it says much for the social workers ' determination that they turned up to meetings and attempted to understand me . |
| 6 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 7 | He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge . |
| 8 | Many would-be claimants are so afraid of going into solicitors ' offices that they try the local Citizens ' Advice Bureau ( CAB ) first . |
| 9 | According to the Arable Research Centres ' Justin Smith , some growers in Bedfordshire have been so disappointed with the insect pollinators ' efforts that they have ploughed up their crops to put in linseed or leave fields fallow . |
| 10 | The most striking instance was the 1976 Soweto uprising which was sparked off by secondary school pupils ' opposition to the authorities ' insistence that they learn certain subjects in Afrikaans , viewed by most black people as the language of the oppressor . |
| 11 | It was in the course of researching our customers ' needs that we discovered how surprisingly few families have adequate life insurance . |
| 12 | Questions could be asked about the failure of the NRA to include in its cost estimate the sum of £6 million of taxpayers ' money that it has already spent promoting the scheme , or it could consider any of the indirect costs arising from the construction of the channel . |
| 13 | That matter was being discussed at the chief executives ' conference that I attended in Harrogate on Thursday , and it is a matter of great importance to all those working in the ’ next steps ’ agencies . |
| 14 | Despite the firm figures in the community care plan ( see table ) , and social services managers ' confidence that they know the level of need in the city , he thinks they know little . |
| 15 | Erm but some of these childrens ' addresses that we 've had at St Paul 's they are very interesting and you get something out of them . |
| 16 | His century , the slowest ever for Australia , almost endorsed the selectors ' view that he had no part in the one-day side , while underlining what truly Test calibre he was . |
| 17 | The EP was ‘ brought in ’ in response to the teachers ' perception that they lacked the skills to manage George 's behaviour . |
| 18 | He pushed for the formation of the government-funded Teesside Development Corporation and pours cold water on critics ' suggestions that he has failed the region over the relocation of the Ministry of Defence quality assurance unit . |
| 19 | Those who during the week at Lake Nona took the opportunity to ask questions about the running of America 's LPGA circuit , are convinced that it is to the players ' advantage that they leave the running of the association to its staff while they themselves concentrate on their golf . |
| 20 | [ See p. 36963 for security forces ' admission that they had " exceeded their authority " . ] |
| 21 | It was only when I saw a magazine produced by his students ' class that I relaxed . |
| 22 | William Waldegrave , the health secretary , rejected nurses ' demands that he delay the government 's NHS reforms because patients ( they said ) are suffering . |
| 23 | There is the rumbling , heard during the election campaign , that his organisation ‘ United We Stand America ’ is far from being the grass-roots citizens ' army that he says it is , more a body tightly controlled by Mr Perot and a handful of lieutenants in Dallas . |
| 24 | He pays tribute to his treatment at Gartree prison , he apologises to the bomb victims ' families that they have had to keep reminding them of their loss : ‘ But we had to fight for our freedom . ’ |