Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 She had inherited a substantial sum of money from her parents ' estates and devoted herself to works of charity .
2 Similarly , the impact of GIST may have been as great in schools which had no contact with the project at all , because of the changing climate of opinion in which girls ' under-achievement in science and technology came to be seen as a serious educational issue .
3 One of these schemes has already started and it has potentially lots of scope for our members ' work .
4 She was at the age when many women are at their physical best : tall , thin , but shapely ; smart , but not too dauntingly so ; fragrant ( a touch of Poison ) ; and fun : she had mastered early on the necessary female skill of charity towards her suitors ' jokes .
5 Lukács ' early assault on Marxist economism , subsequently retracted under criticism from the Leninist orthodoxy of the Comintern , became particularly influential in the post-war period among Marxist intellectuals who sought to redefine a new Marxist humanism against the economism of Stalinism with which Lukács ' name had by that time itself become associated .
6 This means that a higher proportion of children will be brought up in the local authority sector than figures for the distribution of tenure in their parents ' age-band would suggest .
7 One night , in a state of despair , he drank several cans of lager with friends from college — and on the way home , expressed years of frustration against his parents ' beliefs ( as well as his deep need for their love ) by throwing stones at the stained glass windows .
8 Not surprisingly princes were concerned to build up a position of strength during their fathers ' lifetimes .
9 Editor , — After the full implementation of the community care reforms local authorities will be under increased pressure to use all sources of information about their clients ' and population 's needs for community care services .
10 The roar of his shot coincided with the answering crash of gunfire from his enemies ' weapons .
11 However , before you go adding vast quantities of fat to your dogs ' food , spare a thought for what it will do to the rest of your diet .
12 So , as a kind of protest against his parents ' values , he had joined the police as a constable .
13 Their superior intelligence capabilities have allowed them to exert considerable leverage in setting the terms of trade and the manner in which the separate stages of production in their customers ' factories are linked together .
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