Example sentences of "the [noun] ' [noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | They were treated like children , not young adults and the 11 p.m. rule imposed on the Beida students without consultation was symptomatic of the authorities ' attitude towards them . |
2 | This is the only fault which I can find in his character though it bears little importance as it takes nothing away from the readers ' love of him and may even increase it due to his helplessness . |
3 | This area was selected for study because of the authors ' familiarity with it , the adequate rural-urban contrast and the availability of a suitable image . |
4 | With the god 's gesture and the seers ' reaction to it , this emphasises the designer 's Pindaric approach to the story . |
5 | It was known that the financial controls within the industry left a good deal to be desired , but when the new Minister of Fuel and Power , Aubrey Jones , tried to tighten up in 1956 ( even beginning the publication of annual investment targets in a bid to increase the Boards ' commitment to them ) , he found it was not easy to impose such discipline when his target was fixed unreasonably low , as the Boards assured him it was . |
6 | This is because it does not depend on the source from which the language as an object is drawn but on the learners ' engagement with it . |
7 | It will be an ‘ entitlement ’ to children only if the teachers ' interpretation of it and their teaching style , as it is affected by its requirements , will make them more rather than less likely to be the teachers with the sorts of qualities which are likely to engage their learners , interests . |
8 | those who have accepted the teachers ' view of them that they are thick and who see no point in pursuing any further academic work because of their acknowledged inability , and |
9 | Left to itself , the momentum of the Community legal system will do the Federalists ' task for them , with or without Maastricht . |
10 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
11 | Their families will have remarked on the babies ' likeness to them . |
12 | Tell her you 've come to take her to the ol the pensioners ' club on her , on your bike . |
13 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
14 | It should acknowledge that there are conflicts between critical approaches , and should make the students ' confrontation of them part of the pedagogic process . |
15 | Indeed the teacher who constantly interrupts the students ’ discourse to correct every grammatical mistake not only violates usual turn-taking procedures but may also hinder the students ' acquisition of them . |
16 | This group 's unsuccessful conduct of the war incurred them much unpopularity , and discontent at their domination of the king , together with rumours of corruption , self-seeking and extortion , underlay the commons ' attack upon them in the Good Parliament of 1376 . |
17 | Well , children can be allowed to express their anxieties verbally and to learn perhaps from the adults ' modelling around them that to talk about these things in moderation is perfectly acceptable erm but not to do it to the extent or to allow children to perhaps watch the news coverage to the extent that they become over excited and are not able to contain their own feelings of anxiety about loss and damage and death and separation from parents and significant adults . |
18 | Cars , provided by the company , have become the physical symbols of the employees ' progress through it . |
19 | However , Gorbachev on Nov. 17 salvaged his prestige with a short address in which he unexpectedly produced proposals for constitutional reforms to strengthen the central leadership and raise the level of the republics ' involvement in it . |
20 | Going through the Cedars ' brochure with them , however , they were pleased to find a statement which they could relate to , namely that the school sets out to help children , ‘ who are having problems in learning to read , find spelling and writing difficult , are unable to express themselves well , are unable to settle and concentrate … ’ |