Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it would be helpful if some of the new ministers ' ideas had to do with money . |
| 2 | The pair have tracked down a lot of information about the Pagefield Ironworks including some of the original draughtsmen 's drawings . |
| 3 | We shall discuss the attitudes of the arts students towards science later ; however , it is worth noting that Colin 's attitude to science bore a marked resemblance to some of the English students ' attitudes towards their subject . |
| 4 | While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 5 | ANY GIVEN weekday night , the 8.00 from Coventry to Birmingham carries a cargo of young gig-goers from the smaller city to Brum , all in search of cheap thrills , sexual gratification , spiritual uplift and all this at the Smashing Pumpkins ' gig at Aston University . |
| 6 | More traditional home grown ways of alleviating unemployment meanwhile have been outlined in each of the major parties ' manifestoes . |
| 7 | Here the classic case was that of the Flemish towns ' exploitation of the succession crisis on the death of Count Charles the Good in 1127 . |
| 8 | In Fig. 12 a comparison is made between a typical Rotliegende reservoir section , in 53/5–1 , and that of the Barren Measures ' sandstones in 53/12–3 . |
| 9 | Although both sides became frustrated , it says much for the social workers ' determination that they turned up to meetings and attempted to understand me . |
| 10 | One solution was to provide an organization for the 13–17 age-group , such as the Working Boys ' Brigades formed in the 1860s , and the Glasgow Foundry Boys ' Religious Society . |
| 11 | Young homeless people are referred for legal advice to the centre by agencies such as the Young Persons ' Advisory Service in Bolton Street , Liverpool . |
| 12 | In some cases , such as the crab Melia and the sand wasps , tool use is innate , while in others , such as the green herons ' bait fishing , it is largely learned . |
| 13 | It favoured the formation of an all-German Green party as a confederation in which the two parties would retain considerable autonomy and also advocated ( in contrast to the East German Greens ) a broader radical-ecological alliance with East German citizens ' movements such as the Independent Women 's Union and the United Left [ see p. 37301 ] . |
| 14 | They had not been negotiated by any representative body of farmers , such as the National Farmers ' Union . |
| 15 | A second stage emerges when the achievement of representative government , universal and equal suffrage , and free elections seems to diminish the importance of political action outside the formal institutional sphere , although in periods of crisis social movements , such as the unemployed workers ' movements or the fascist movements in some European countries , may develop . |
| 16 | For graciously though they shaped much of the music , the sounds were too lusty , too robust — and ultimately , much of the individual composers ' character was lost . |
| 17 | By 1917 he had succeeded in breaking much of the German admirals ' flag code , detecting , with his ear for metre , lines of poetry in the repeated bigrams of a message , which provided a crib . |
| 18 | It was up two stairs in the Crockers ' house , and level with many of the old women 's beds in the Blue Coat School almshouses . |
| 19 | Many of the social workers ' functions require them to act as controlling agents , or in the interests of children against irresponsible or cruel parents , or to safeguard the community against a dangerous or disruptive mentally ill person . |
| 20 | This walk takes you around moorland through a forest , by a reservoir and through a nature reserve all on the National Trusts ' 13,00 acre Wallington Estate in Northumberland . |
| 21 | Although the whole population would vote in the referendum , the counting of the votes would differentiate between racial groups and all changes would have to win the endorsement of those on the white voters ' roll . |
| 22 | He was good at sports , and he could handle a boat better than any of the other men 's fathers . |
| 23 | Of course , Branson explained , the whole scheme would be in profit very quickly : the real bonus was that under the regulations governing hospital radio , which is also transmitted by cable , Music Box would not actually be legally obliged to pay any of the standard performers ' royalties . |
| 24 | This means that you can apply for a special plastic card that will enable you to withdraw money from any of the participating societies ' dispensers . |
| 25 | Like many small booksellers , he is not near any of the large chains ' outlets . |
| 26 | In 1633 , one of the leading Arminians , William Laud , who had been the king 's chief religious adviser since the beginning of the reign , was appointed to succeed Abbot as Archbishop of Canterbury , and by the mid-1630s most of the other bishops ' thrones were also occupied by Arminians . |
| 27 | Most of the Metropolitan Police 's bill is paid by the Home Office because of its many ‘ national ’ police services . |
| 28 | Most of the private members ' old age pension bills that had been submitted to Parliament prior to 1908 had contained income-limit clauses ; but by the early 1920s , stimulated partly by the 1919 Ryland Adkins Committee 's publicizing of the problem , increasing concern was being voiced over whether means-testing would discourage saving for old age . |
| 29 | Quite likely there would be those who travelled to the Continent in the hope of establishing family links though most of the original strangers ' would by now be dead . |