Example sentences of "[det] of [art] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the second world war , the government took control of the system , worked it to death without investing and , under a fixed ‘ rental ’ agreement of 1941 , pocketed more than half of the railways ' receipts . |
| 2 | The first of these stages was much the most important , for despite the promulgation of the Nazimov Rescript a betting man would not have laid money , at the end of 1857 , on the proposition that peasants were going to acquire both freedom from manorial jurisdiction and some of the landlords ' property . |
| 3 | After a tough debate within the Miners ' Federation in 1911 — the miners were not united on the baths ' efficacy — some of the miners ' leaders collaborated with women activists in the labour movement and during the First World War brought out a pamphlet , published by the Women 's Labour League , promoting pithead baths , including testimony from Robert Smillie and the well-known feminist Kathryn Bruce-Glazier . |
| 4 | On Oct. 15 , prison officials agreed to meet some of the prisoners ' demands , including the improvement of conditions in isolation cells . |
| 5 | Reviews of exhibiting societies ' shows have constantly presented difficulties to critics , as it is only possible to give brief comments on some of the artists ' work ; how could it be otherwise when an exhibiting society shows several thousand works ? |
| 6 | Some of the residents ' fears |
| 7 | Integral to at least some of the philosophers ' thinking is the idea that the individual is part of a collective ; a member of society . |
| 8 | Cascades of salt spray had already washed some of the kittiwakes ' nests off the lower ledges when we took a last look out before nightfall , and there seemed little chance that the old ‘ Sulan ’ would be able to make a landing tomorrow , even if the sea conditions allowed a crossing from Sørvágur . |
| 9 | At the same time we have to take account of the fact that some of the households ' income will be channelled into saving , and that additional spending on the output of firms will arise from investment . |
| 10 | After half an hour or so , when some of the journalists ' drinking arms were a blur , Jefferson banged on the table . |
| 11 | However , the Commission did not find evidence of deaths having resulted from deliberate brutality by police or prison officers , as had been alleged by some of the victims ' families . |
| 12 | But For every person at Aldermaston there are hundreds who share at least some of the protestors ' fears , without their fanaticism . |
| 13 | It should be noted that most of these are neutral on the optimism/pessimism scale , while some of the characters ' proverbs approach the meaningless . |
| 14 | Well I think some of the manufacturers ' guarantees , certainly on motor cars , erm are reasonable and you can expect to rely on them and get things put right . |
| 15 | But look at individuals , rather than averages , and you see interesting things happening to some of the peasants ' lives . |
| 16 | Changing this number also meant changing the inscriptions on some of the camps ' memorial plaques ; some Jewish groups did not like the wording of the new inscriptions . |
| 17 | Your stringer should be able to explain these terms and more — and understanding some of the stringers ' buzz words can be useful , even if it 's just to impress your friends . |
| 18 | The shoot was waylaid by litigation , however , after Mr Kluge 's Irish and British gamekeepers were convicted of killing hundreds of protected hawks and owls — and some of the neighbours ' dogs — in an authentic effort to keep the game alive for the pleasure of the guests . |
| 19 | Simple requests for such increases were the least of the shipowners ' concerns , while on shipboard conditions there could be no cause for complaint because of the " army of government officials who were there to keep them up to the mark " . |
| 20 | A test ban is the least of the proliferators ' worries . |
| 21 | The new venture , co-ordinated by the US Council for Automotive Research , will investigate design , development , testing and possible manufacturing of electric vehicle components that could eventually be used in each of the companies ' vehicles . |
| 22 | Circles of radius one , two , five and ten kilometres were drawn around each station and the census enumeration district data were used to produce maps and tables showing population numbers , structure and characteristics around each of the stations ' catchment areas . |
| 23 | Onlookers paying £40 a head might have disagreed , for though the clothes were gorgeous and the models undeniably pretty , the atmosphere was more like that of a girls ' boarding school than an haute couture show . |
| 24 | Stella Fearnley replies : In response to Richard Harwood 's comments , I feel I should point out that my article did not imply that the only perception of district societies is that of a practitioners ' club , and that this perception emerged from market research carried out among our members last year , not from my own opinions . |
| 25 | It is suggested that the critical levels coincide with those below which the rate of litter accumulation exceeds its breakdown and that the ecological optimum may represent that of the dipterocarps ' mycorrhizae . |
| 26 | Much of the students ' year will have been spent in close cooperation with practising teachers in the French for Communication project . |
| 27 | Much of the taxpayers ' investment has merely stoked up inflation in land prices , effectively closing agriculture to all but the millionaire . |
| 28 | Regional spice monopolies were bitterly fought for , claimed and lost again by Portuguese , Spanish , Dutch , French and English adventurers , who spilled as much of the locals ' blood as each other 's in the process . |
| 29 | A more insidious appeal to the national interest on behalf of the trade came from those controversialists who appeared to concede much of the abolitionists ' case with one hand only to withdraw it with the other . |
| 30 | Much of the certifieds ' training is done by correspondence course and , until the final exams that must be passed in one sitting , they are able to tackle the lower stages over a five-year period , taking one or two at a time . |