Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | CLARE Greenslee ( Macclesfield ) took a massive 10 minutes off the women 's course record in the 10-mile hill race up Moel Fammau from Loggerheads and finished 13 minutes clear of runner Sue Rawsen . |
| 2 | An 1894 survey by the Women 's Cooperative Guild showed that 50 per cent of working mothers left their children with grandmothers or other kin ( whom they usually paid ) , while the remainder used neighbours as childminders . |
| 3 | In the 1870s leaders of the women 's movement , particularly teachers working for the extension of educational opportunities , were caught over support for the repeal campaign . |
| 4 | Her 7–1 , 7–5 victory in the women 's world indoor championships allowed local player , Wilma Le Feuvre , to count on only three ends . |
| 5 | In the bright sunshine each September in central Africa , the ngwazi ( conqueror ) Dr Kamuzu Banda , Life President and over eighty years old , has addressed 20,000 members of the women 's federation of Malawi for no less than three hours . |
| 6 | Under the Act , persons may be detained for questioning at a police station , without charge , for 36 hours on the police 's own authority , and for a further 60 hours subject to successful application for a magistrate 's order . |
| 7 | The current project will involve a detailed audit of the data held on magnetic tapes collected during the first ten years of the children 's lives . |
| 8 | Well done to … the Leeds branch of The Guild of Hairdressers who have been raising money over the last twelve months for the Children 's ’ Wing at the Seacroft Hospital . |
| 9 | The majority of the interviews took place between nine and twelve months after the women 's redundancy . |
| 10 | The trial started 13 months after the men 's arrest . |
| 11 | Lori McNeil , the lowest ranked player in the field , pulled off a 7–6 ( 7–1 ) , 6–4 first round victory in the Virginia Slims Championships for her biggest triumph in nine years on the women 's tennis circuit . |
| 12 | Ann , in the twenty one years of the women 's movement has there been any real progress for women ? |
| 13 | Perhaps this was rough justice for my having ridden that one mile on the workmen 's lorry on the sixth day . |
| 14 | " Three parts of the signatures were no signature at all " , alleged one speaker at a men 's meeting . |
| 15 | Mr Jones had been visited by four ex-members of the seamen 's union who read the Mirror article . |
| 16 | Barnsley managed to raise £31 , sent two petitions , and approached four schools about the Children 's Postcard Art Competition . |
| 17 | But Hutchison , a captain in the Royal Engineers , faced a much closer battle between World Cup skiers fighting for the top four places in the men 's event . |
| 18 | Michael Crawford was born and , building on his stage and radio successes , he was soon starring in two productions for the Children 's Film Foundation . |
| 19 | Christine Pritchard was arrested just 20 minutes after the children 's event ended at 3.30pm . |
| 20 | And why is it that not one of the seven demands of the women 's movement specifically addresses questions of housing ? |
| 21 | I stuck around for another seven years for the children 's sake but it was very unsatisfactory . |