Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | If you go to the normal parents ' class you get -Oh yeah — another one , does n't know a lot , just got pregnant for the fun of it , but the midwives , Ros and Maureen , they treat you different . |
2 | The Salvadorean women 's organizations which support the FDR-FMLN have not yet formed a united front , although there have been several initiatives in that direction and a growing recognition of the need to do so . |
3 | This unexpected reassurance followed a meeting with the European Publishers ' Council which claimed the EC 's planned restrictions on the advertising of tobacco , alcohol , food , drugs and toys inhibited free trade and commercial freedom of speech . |
4 | There was the largest hornets ' nest he had ever seen , hanging right in his path . |
5 | As he told little aphorisms from Rumi or the anecdotes of Ferdowsi 's Shah Nama — the Mughal Emperors ' favourite storybook-his gentle voice soothed away the irritations of modern Delhi . |
6 | Ballot papers on strike action are ready to be sent out to Football League players if talks on the Premier League do not meet the satisfaction of the Professional Footballers ' Association which wants a say in the new set-up . |
7 | Coed Glas is only a few miles away from Ty Mawr , the controversial children 's home which is to be closed shortly after a major inquiry . |
8 | Where Janice is concerned , Stevely said he had watched , almost spellbound , as she turned , in the space of 12 months , from " a seemingly ordinary nine handicapper " into the Scottish Girls ' Champion she is today . |
9 | We also published a joint declaration with the Iraqi Women 's Federation which upheld similar ideas . |
10 | " I would go through agony , " she remembers , citing the instance of the British Girls ' Championship she played at Dunbar when she was no more than 10 years of age . |
11 | While we are on this subject , it may be remarked that even social workers sometimes give credence to one or another of the old wives ' tales which surround pregnancy and childbirth . |
12 | Changi Jail was still there , though , together with the old sergeants ' mess he 'd known 40 years earlier . |
13 | A South Korean government delegation led by Prime Minister Kang Young Hoon visited North Korea on Oct. 16-19 for a second session of the joint Premiers ' talks which had begun in September . |
14 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
15 | So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ? |
16 | The measures attracted criticism from the National Magistrates ' Association which on June 12 issued a document arguing that a more wide-ranging " cleaning-up of politics and the administration " was needed . |
17 | Moscow was operating within the United Nations ' scenario which would leave the present regime in place after the departure of Soviet troops . |
18 | The first freshers ' dinner I went to in Oxford — this is where the the people who 've just come up erm are introduced to college life and so on — erm the amount that 's allocated to each student is two sherries before dinner , three or four glasses of wine , different wines , with dinner and then something or other — port — after dinner . |
19 | During the fifth Premiers ' talks there were strong rumours that arrangements had been discussed for a summit meeting between President Roh and his veteran North Korean counterpart , Kim Il Sung , early in 1992 . |
20 | Within minutes of the disaster , Blairman 's offered me a desk and telephone , Mallett 's provided porters and storage for the 60 years ' accumulation which had to be out of Mount Street in two days . |
21 | This is a view shared by the Educational Publishers ' Council which claims that independent schools spend twice as much as state schools on books and equipment per pupil . |
22 | It was n't like that at my hubby 's last Kirk , telling you the Young Mothers ' Meeting we had there was Really Radical . |
23 | Before qualifying , Tony was involved in the Trainee Solicitors ' Group and is now involved in the National Committee of the Young Solicitors ' Group which he sees as an important role both socially and in terms of his work . |
24 | Like all the other officers ' wives she wore a uniform of their own devising , pale-green skirt and shirt . |
25 | COPPES was first formed in September 1980 in the two men 's prisons which held Political prisoners and in the Women 's Prison at Ilopango . |
26 | The thirty days ' standard he applies to his suppliers is the thirty days standard he expects from his customers . |
27 | In all probability , however , in the modern solicitors ' partnership it will have been agreed to leave goodwill out of account ( see below ) . |
28 | So this I thought about doing something on the erm , the new schools ' group what we when we finish the . |
29 | I arrived slightly early ; she was n't yet home from the local girls ' school she goes to , so Elaine and I drank tea and talked while we waited . |
30 | THE local artists ' exhibition which has been occupying Oriel Court , an empty office block on Omega Park , Alton , since March 16th , is to run for an extra week — until April 3rd — due to popular demand . |