Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [adj] [noun] [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | In other words , they created a self-image and then sold it to the greater powers of western Europe ; and whatever their reaction , be it incredulous , admiring or contemptuous , these powers now found it impossible to ignore the Scots ' insistent demands that they should be noticed . |
2 | The oil sheikhs at least have the excuse that it is their countries ' natural wealth that they are frittering away , not the fruits of the toil of their peoples . |
3 | It is quite obvious that they wished to their little beating hearts ' total desire that it was . |
4 | This conclusion was the result of misinterpretation of data , presumably prompted by the scientists ' preconceived idea that they were on to something very important . |
5 | NSS , in common with virtually every other publication in the country , got its fingers burnt last week as a result of giving too much credence to the pollsters ' consistent message that we were heading for a hung parliament . |
6 | Nearly all these refer to Wirral residents ' apparent belief that they are socially and economically superior to those across the River Mersey in Liverpool.Thus , on the Liverpool side , Wirral people are referred to as ‘ the stuck-up nobodies across the water ’ and worse . |