Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [prep] the [noun] ' " in BNC.

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1 Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice .
2 There were problems expressed about the difficulties of people with disabilities and those in ill-health to have necessary adaptations made to their homes , again mainly due to financial considerations rather than on the tenants ' needs .
3 This chapter will examine the rules of competition from the competitors ' point of view , rather than from the referees ' .
4 The proportion of pupils with statements varies widely across the country , partly because of the LEAs ' differing policies on ‘ statementing ’ , but overall stands at some 1.7 per cent of the total population of statutory school age , with just over a fifth of these in ordinary rather than special schools .
5 In return for the presence of players at various corporate functions the RFU 's elite sponsors would contribute monies to the development of the game as well as to the players ' pool .
6 Eliot 's solution of a widespread Christian community hierarchically organized , related both to the state and individual parishes and containing intellectual leaders , owes much to Benda 's notion of clercs , as well as to the anthropologists ' stress on the connection of religion with society .
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