Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] ' [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | " 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Changi Jail was still there , though , together with the old sergeants ' mess he 'd known 40 years earlier . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Moscow was operating within the United Nations ' scenario which would leave the present regime in place after the departure of Soviet troops . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was n't like that at my hubby 's last Kirk , telling you the Young Mothers ' Meeting we had there was Really Radical . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Like all the other officers ' wives she wore a uniform of their own devising , pale-green skirt and shirt . |
| 16 | In all probability , however , in the modern solicitors ' partnership it will have been agreed to leave goodwill out of account ( see below ) . |
| 17 | So this I thought about doing something on the erm , the new schools ' group what we when we finish the . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We were treated as an accepted channel of communication with the mass of independent objectors and were often the only other organization apart from the local councils ' consortium whom Michael Barnes asked to comment when dramatic announcements were made . |