Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Frances Mary ( 1827–1894 ) , educator and founding figure in the girls ' public day-school movement in England , was born in London 16 August 1827 , the eldest of ten children ( of whom she and four brothers were survivors ) of Robert William Buss , painter and etcher , and his wife Frances Fleetwood . |
| 2 | Another way of gaining insight into the students ' predicament is to analyse how we ourselves ( native and non-native speaker ) set about tackling pieces of English discourse which pose comprehension problems for us . |
| 3 | He was in a position in which he would have every opportunity of gaining knowledge of the customers ' business and influence over the customers ' . |
| 4 | They were also put off the idea of French food by smelling garlic on the stagehands ' breath . |
| 5 | dressing Tiger for the dolls ' pram . |
| 6 | In another development , six of the 11 executive members who voted against the motion expressing confidence in the MPs ' decision , stressed their opposition to the argument being continued in public . |
| 7 | The plan has provoked a fierce debate within France , with President Mitterrand 's wife , Danielle , leading the protest , and Environment Minister Brice Lalonde expressing concern over the bears ' fate . |
| 8 | They had a special role in relation to stock-rearing and stock health and as the confidante and sounding board for the farmers ' problems . |
| 9 | I remember once dealing with a particularly brutal river scheme , and seeing hanging in the engineers ' porta-cabin , which overlooked the now canalized river , a calendar showing The Haywain . |
| 10 | When buying look for the manufacturers ' ‘ cut-through ’ : a small section of the bed showing its construction . |
| 11 | The Times owed its dramatically rising circulation to the partners ' innovations : in 1827 an Applegath & Cowper four-feeder machine was installed , and in 1846 two Applegath eight-feeder machines were used . |
| 12 | The pastoral scene described denied the back breaking nature of the islanders ' survival conditions . |
| 13 | Third parties interested in moving product into the Peoples ' Republic of China on the back of this new Unix System Labs joint venture , Unix System Technology China Ltd ( UX No 411 ) , should get in touch with USL 's Far East operation , Unix System Laboratories Pacific , until such time as the China unit actually gets off the ground . |
| 14 | I was teaching English in the boys ' grammar school in the town where we lived then , and a teacher in the infant school asked my little daughter , ‘ What does your Mummy teach at the College ? ’ and she replied , ‘ She teaches boys . ’ |
| 15 | " Wo n't you be having lunch in the directors ' room ? " |
| 16 | There was only one really bitter outbreak of in-fighting , prompted by a story which Peter Walker had raked up from somewhere that gave an account of Margaret hoarding food during the miners ' strike . |
| 17 | Walton J. did not purport to decide the case on the basis of a payment made under a mistake of law and I agree with the doubts expressed by Romer J. in Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 , 241 , as to this being a true case of money paid under a mistake of law having regard to the plaintiffs ' expressions as to their understanding of the law at the time of the payments . |
| 18 | Assert your right to walk on land to which access is denied by taking part in the Ramblers ' Association Forbidden Britain Day . |
| 19 | Within the framework established by the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 for the head teacher to be in overall control of discipline in a school ( taking account of the governors ' policy on discipline ) , the law is content to allow teachers much discretion in the enforcement of school rules and application of sanctions . |
| 20 | She co-ordinated her release with public-speaking engagements , making use of the Prisoners ' Temporary Discharge for Ill Health Act of 1913 ( known as the ‘ Cat and Mouse Act ’ ) . |
| 21 | Ltd. v. Conservators of the River Thames ( 1899 ) 15 T.L.R. 474 Phillimore J. held that the steamship company was entitled to recover a charge for making use of the conservators ' pier facilities which was greater than that authorised by statute , the ground being simply that there was no consideration for the payment without any further reasoning . |
| 22 | After North became the contras ' overseer , in October 1984 , he tried , according to Rafael Quintero , to inculcate some honesty into them : taking Calero 's brother Mario off the contract for ponchos and boots ( the ponchos leaked , anyway ) and putting control of the contras ' foreign money in the hands of Secord and ‘ the company ’ . |
| 23 | The difficulty she was having in making sense of the boys ' education was illustrated by the packet of letters she had brought to school in the morning . |
| 24 | A subsequent search and investigation of her papers , such as they were , revealed a very large cargo of brandy in the hold , damning correspondence with the ships ' agent in Belgium , and some unconvincing reasons for her change of destination from Sweden to Spain . |
| 25 | The Eden was contaminated with ammonia in 1987 by Express Dairies who were recently forced to pay £113,000 in compensation following action by the Anglers ' Cooperative Association . |
| 26 | Reporting restrictions were not lifted and the magistrates made an order preventing publication of the boys ' names or anything which could identify them . |
| 27 | So parents actually welcomed the possibility of a large family : an extra pair of hands could soon pay for itself by working in the fields as well as ensuring security for the parents ' old age . |
| 28 | It is during this period that any further investigation which is necessary should be carried out , both into new allegations in the Summons/Initial Writ and any further points which are raised by the solicitor following consideration of the insurers ' file . |