Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun pl] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Japanese government spokesman claimed that post mortems had revealed parasites in the animals ' ears which may have resulted in their having lost their sense of direction . |
| 2 | Granted structures of the Prisoners ' Dilemma type , cooperative behaviour can be secured only granted a certain level of assurance , and the need of norms ( in particular of sanctioned norms ) to produce that assurance shows that the assurance can not be adequately delivered by genetically based signals . |
| 3 | In recent years first electrons , and now sound waves , have become tools of the microscopists ' trade that were unimagined in van Leewenhoek 's day . |
| 4 | He found that although in theory , workovers should not have caused changes to the wells ' productivity , productivity had been reduced — by up to 40 per cent in some cases . |
| 5 | The meeting elected members to the Residents ' Committee for the Investigation of the Effects on Health of Asbestos Fibres in the Environment . |