Example sentences of "the [noun] ' [noun] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small number of area health board staff working on the schools ' programmes makes it impossible for them to cater for individual classroom visits . |
| 2 | The scores also illustrated a recurring problem on this sevens tour — the Scots ' physique puts them at great disadvantage in terms of weight of tackle . |
| 3 | The supermarkets ' muscle enables them to demand quality yet keep farmers ' prices down , and the gap between what they pay and what they charge has widened . |
| 4 | Our man on the visitors ' end assures us that the chant was ‘ Big fat Ray 's black and white army ’ virtually throughout . |
| 5 | The families ' lawyer says it 's time the matter was sorted out . |
| 6 | The Works ' management says it 's a scandal and wants the redundancy notices withdrawn altogether . |
| 7 | Just wearing the Falcons ' jumpsuit gives you confidence . |
| 8 | Although ales represent around a fifth of the nablab sector as a whole , The Brewers ' Society says it is ‘ so small a market that we do n't even bother to quantify it . ’ |