Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |
| 2 | So inertia keeps the insurance in place long after the societies ' compulsory term has expired . |
| 3 | The conviction of Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richard , together with art gallery proprietor Robert Fraser , on drugs charges , together with the Stones ' brief imprisonment — Fraser was not so lucky — triggered demonstrations running into hundreds outside the offices of the News of the World . |
| 4 | With a flourish he produced another motley collection of spinning components , this time cobbled together from the Chelonians ' technical stores . |
| 5 | They peck valiantly at the monsters ' pointed snouts , frantically paddling with their feet and beating their wings . |
| 6 | It 's still a child 's guide to sexism : children may be unconvinced , especially by the boys ' latent gallantry ( ‘ They 'd kick her , I mean him ’ ) , and adults may find the story a touch contrived , but it 's a good read . |
| 7 | Beautifully arranged and produced many of the tracks seem to have a full orchestral backing-the wonders of modern technology Never-the-less this album has great atmosphere evoked by the fact that the songs fit smoothly and easily within the singers ' vocal range . |
| 8 | The diagnosis was confirmed or excluded by applying the criteria mentioned above to the relatives ' medical records from hospitals or private physicians . |
| 9 | Thus , what was viewed as acceptable was determined largely by the centres ' main client group — elderly disabled people . |
| 10 | On 1 December Cumberland moved some of his cavalry forward to Congleton , from which they withdrew after confirming the presence of Lord George Murray 's troops , but this intelligence left the Duke more undecided than ever about the Jacobites ' real objective , as his private secretary admitted in a letter , dated 2 December 1745 , to London : |
| 11 | If there had been any chance ever of the rescues ' succeeding , that perception would have destroyed it . |
| 12 | Yarrow , cranesbill , goldenrod , globe thistle , rose campion and Michaelmas daisies are usually in the birds ' top ten of herbaceous plants . |
| 13 | St Helens have signed Tea Ropati , the New Zealand centre , who was invalided home with a knee injury early in the Kiwis ' English tour . |
| 14 | St Helens have signed Tea Ropati , the New Zealand centre , who was invalided home with a knee injury early in the Kiwis ' English tour , writes Edward Kennedy . |
| 15 | Tall grass swayed around them in the gentle breeze , and the sun reflected dully off the stones ' pitted surfaces . |
| 16 | Admiration for the quality of materials and hand craftsmanship , but horror often at the designers ' sheer lack of restraint . |
| 17 | The characteristic styles of discourse and the linguistic comic devices of the French fabliaux are also related fundamentally to the tales ' narrative character . |
| 18 | Adrian Vickers , an account director , also feels strongly about the partners ' continued ground-level role in the agency . |
| 19 | By and large it performed well during the miners ' industrial action of 1973–4 and the concurrent ‘ go-slows ’ in the electricity-supply industry , as David Howell recalls : |
| 20 | In 1957 a girls ' secondary modern was opened , sharing a large site but not much else either with the boys ' secondary modern or ( still less ) with the Grammar School . |
| 21 | Quite apart from the borders ' incessant claims on the tsar 's attention , they tied down his troops . |
| 22 | With a regretful look at her glass , and a warning glance at Lord Beddington should he tamper with its contents while she was gone — she had observed his hand stealing towards it already — she rose to make her way upstairs to the ladies ' retiring room . |