Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
| 4 | All its major innovations — the sale of council houses , the reform of the unions , privatization of industry , tax reform — had met with popular acclaim and substantially added to the Conservatives ' constituency . |
| 5 | Before there could be any school in Stockport , it was first necessary for the executors to purchase property which could then be legally transferred to the Goldsmiths ' Company . |
| 6 | Despite the limitations of the horizontal loom , it is eminently suited to the nomads ' way of life , being both easy to assemble and take down , and not too large or cumbersome to be carried by donkey or camel . |