Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | The columns displaying prices of licensed dealers ' stocks in the national newspapers did not always appear to be the paid advertising they actually were . |
2 | Seeing patients in general practitioners ' surgeries is no different from seeing patients in private consulting rooms — a practice that fails to provoke outrage among dermatologists . |
3 | On April 3 the People 's Revolutionary Struggle ( ELA ) and the May 1 group jointly claimed responsibility for an explosion outside UN offices and for placing bombs under European diplomats ' cars . |
4 | Edinburgh graduates have risen rapidly to the top of their profession , obtaining partnerships in consulting engineers ' design offices , senior posts in local authority offices , directorships of civil engineering contractors and university chairs . |
5 | an extension of their remit to ‘ initiate and facilitate staff development programmes ’ ( NARE 1985 ) ; i.e. of crossing boundaries into other colleagues ' territory . |