Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | This irony was only accentuated by the refugees ' initial belief that their exile was to be brief , a few days perhaps , at most a month , after which — in the manner of other civilians who had abandoned their homes in the midst of battle — they would return to their houses and fields to resume the life which had been interrupted by war . |
| 2 | The big machines are only powered by the ratepayers ' money , and that woman who threatened to tie herself to a willow tree represents thousands upon thousands of ratepayers who share her ( and Constable 's ) convictions about the essential nature of a river . |
| 3 | Adopting techniques long employed by the solicitors ' profession , the brochure sets out personal accounts of government legal work by serving lawyers . |
| 4 | A general war weariness , grievances over high taxation , and a deep fear amongst the Anglican majority of the population that the Church was now in greater danger from Protestant Nonconformists than it was from popery , all worked to the Tories ' advantage . |
| 5 | The thousands of miles of new hedgerows in the Midland countryside , when they came to full growth after a generation , added enormously to the bird population , especially with the extermination of the larger hawks and kites as pests , a process that is abundantly recorded in the church-wardens ' accounts or the field-reeves ' books of Midland villages . |
| 6 | They are often sited in very desirable locations : mental hospitals , in particular , such as the former county asylums which sprung up after the Lunacy Act of 1847 , are located on the outskirts of towns , in landscaped grounds thoughtfully planned for the patients ' well-being . |
| 7 | He similarly assumes that exile players are only qualified for the clubs ' ostensible countries of origin . |
| 8 | The parties of the centre-right coalition suffered substantial losses in nationwide local elections on Oct. 18 in what was widely seen as the voters ' initial verdict on the austerity measures . |
| 9 | On May 3 the remains of Enver Hoxha and 12 other " former leaders of the Party of Labour " ( the PLA — the former ruling party , later renamed the Socialist Party of Albania — SPA ) were discreetly transferred from the Martyrs ' Cemetery in Tirana to a public cemetery in the suburbs of the city . |
| 10 | What is common to these and related responses is that if we take the starting of the wipers to be an effect we believe at least that there is some type of circumstance which is uniformly connected with the wipers ' starting . |
| 11 | Vacancies were normally filled by the commissioners ' presentation by the end of the century , but that presentation could be a formality and their autonomy restricted to the rejection of manifestly unqualified candidates . |
| 12 | Lebanon had already suffered for the Palestinians ' presence . |
| 13 | for use by a solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or proposes to become a member of and/or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in a body corporate seeking recognition or already recognised under the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 . |
| 14 | for use by a recognised body ( or body seeking recognition ) which is or proposes to become a member of and/or a beneficial owner of a share or shares in a body corporate seeking recognition or already recognised under the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 . |
| 15 | They were soon relegated to the emigrants ' cars , and when even the emigrants complained they were forced to travel on baggage wagons or on the boarding steps . |
| 16 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
| 17 | But of course these stocks are dependent on the amount of wheat sown in the preceding year ; and that , in its turn was largely influenced by the farmers ' guesses as to the price which they would get for it in this year . |
| 18 | That 's because Tony has just emerged from the players ' tunnel . |
| 19 | The Liberal Democrats have finally emerged from the puppet-masters ' box , but the crowds in the streets may decide they have left it too left . |
| 20 | The treaty endorsed the principle , already enshrined in the republics ' sovereignty declarations , of republican ownership of land and natural resources , and of the supremacy of republican laws " in all matters with the exception of those within the competence of the Union " . |
| 21 | I was always struck by the eunuchs ' lack of bitterness . |
| 22 | ‘ Is tea still served in the Doctors ' House ? ’ |
| 23 | Dialogue is treated as an actual record of what happened , to be carefully distinguished from the observers ' reactions and speculations . |
| 24 | TransAction has been enthusiastically received by the Consumers ' Association , the Lord Chancellors and the Land Registry . |
| 25 | The West Country was not neglected ; Minehead and Barnstaple both suffered from the brothers ' visits . |
| 26 | Richard Rau presented the award to and his team at a dinner in the Williston Elks Lodge , which was also attended by the employees ' wives and vice president of operations , James Adams . |
| 27 | Molla Fenari and Seyh Bedreddin shared a devotion to the thought of Ibn al-Arabi , and it may well be that even if Molla Fenari thoroughly disapproved of the rebels ' activities he was compromised in the eyes of many by those shared beliefs . |
| 28 | Meretz had three components — Mapam , Shinui ( " Centre Party " ) and Ratz ( also known as the Citizens ' Rights Movement ) . |
| 29 | However , it must be emphasised that the flexibility shown by the local authority in approving this combination of residential and occupational functions within individual units is very unusual and was probably encouraged by the planners ' recognition that this approach could act to conserve a listed building with the least possible alteration of its character . |
| 30 | Dryfield Finance of Yeovil , Somerset has been registered as a bank for the past 10 years and its Tessas are also covered by the deposit-holders ' protection scheme . |