Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] to " in BNC.
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1 | The first stage of this research , now completed , explored social workers ' reactions to this method of assessment . |
2 | Equally , we noted some heads ' resistance to developing their own professional understanding and their failure to engage with current educational issues . |
3 | This surplus lifted disclosed shareholders ' funds to HK$52.7 billion . |
4 | Following the talks a joint communiqué reiterated both governments ' adherence to the protocol signed in Damascus in August 1987 , and in addition Turkey committed itself to releasing more than the current 500 cubic metres of water a second to Syria . |
5 | The summit declaration applauded those countries ' commitment to political and economic reform , and called attention to a continuing programme of visits and contacts . |
6 | His move into stockbroking at the age of 21 followed two years ' training to be a chartered accountant which by his own admission he did n't enjoy . |
7 | He therefore lacked those breeds ' capacity to ‘ set the problem in terms of historical perspective or first principles ’ . |
8 | Revisionist scholars began to make full use of the primary material published in the Soviet Union in the 1920s ; the cultural thaw and the opening up of debate among specialists within the Soviet Union increased readiness to take seriously new research by Soviet scholars ; from the late 1950s a series of cultural exchange agreements between the USSR and the major western democracies facilitated western scholars ' access to Soviet libraries and , to a much more limited extent , to archives . |