Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [art] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But you have only used the cottagers ' convenience as an argument , ’ said Duncan .
2 Experimenters who expected their subjects to be brighter behaved differently towards the rats and thus affected the rats ' learning abilities .
3 But most of it had already escaped the princes ' grasp in the tenth century ; in the course of the eleventh , it passed squarely into the hands of local castellans , who exacted fines and imposed penalties on their peasants with remorseless vigour .
4 If that suggests an odd set of priorities in what is still quaintly called a players ' game , at least the 21 wore the familiar red jersey with the famous crest , white shorts and blue and green socks .
5 They have already appointed a gates ' superintendent for this year to ensure no one slips through the entrances without paying .
6 Despite Graham 's protestations , Arsenal have picked up 23 bookings already this season and a growing injury list has further blighted the Gunners ' bid for a third championship triumph in five seasons .
7 We were at a track well away from the hotel that the Italians had euphemistically dubbed the Athletes ' Village , and well away from the training track that was adjacent to the Olympic Stadium .
8 If the Secretary of State had regularly taken the governors ' advice about appointments , patronage might have been used to control the assemblies — some governors , notably in Massachusetts , were able to get their own way in their assemblies much more often in wartime and , while this was partly due to patriotism and partly due to fear of the French , it does appear that war contracts could build support in what had not always been promising soil for the governors .
9 Eliot borrowed from it for The Waste Land , thus making it permanently famous ; Pound could not have known of it in 1911 , but if he had then visited the Templars ' cavern-church in Aubeterre he could hardly have failed to remember it in the light of jessie Weston 's argument .
10 The House of Lords unanimously allowed the defendants ' appeal .
11 FUND MANAGERS IN THE WINGS Almost every fund manager is convinced that the Charities Act 1992 has completely changed the charities ' investment world .
12 Almost every fund manager is convinced that the Charities Act 1992 has completely changed the charities ' investment world .
13 The teacher had faithfully reflected the kids ' culture .
14 The volume of movement of heavy goods vehicles along the approach roads seriously affected the residents ' enjoyment of their properties .
15 The Region also recently sponsored a parents ' evening at Broughton High School , which provided information to around 150 parents on provision including general SVQs and National Certificate Module Clusters .
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