Example sentences of "of the [noun] [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Fenella and Caspar both knelt down , taking a gentle hold of the Tree Spirits ' maimed branches , searching for the right words to convey their gratitude . |
2 | His goal was to neutralise the ability of the North Koreans ' Chinese backers to make war for generations to come . |
3 | For the record , Courtney 's current reading material is 12 Days On The Road , the recently published account of the Sex Pistols ' fatal American tour . |
4 | Despite the consistent influence of the Crown Agents ' technical assistance in all these colonies , a remarkable diversity still prevailed . |
5 | Western Klick Photopoint should consolidate their lead in Division I of the Torrie Stockbrokers ' National League when they meet fourth-placed Grove at Stepps tomorrow , then face bottom club , Kirkcaldy , at McDiarmid Park , Perth , on Sunday . |
6 | ‘ I went North with a nurse to get him , ’ says Peter Elliott , secretary of the Entertainment Artists ' Benevolent Fund . |
7 | One of the welfare feminists ' main demands was for family endowment ( later called family allowances ) . |
8 | Cropper looked for support from the African Institution for the removal of the West Indians ' financial advantage in the sugar trade , privately assuring Zachary Macaulay that the introduction of free-labour sugar was opposed by the planters because they knew it ‘ will destroy their System of cultivation , tho ’ it can be proved to be the only means of establishing West Indian property on a lasting foundation . |
9 | As Figure 17.6 shows , wholesale funding has accounted for a growing share of the building societies ' total funding . |
10 | The commission has suggested that the Community should clearly accept the principle of the East Europeans ' future membership . |
11 | Such interventions have tended to undermine the autonomy of the state enterprises ' internal industrial relations institutions , especially where governments have funded concessions to the workforce beyond what management was prepared to consider ( cf. Kelf-Cohen 1973 : 176 ) , and have encouraged complex bargaining relations extending beyond the boundary of the enterprise to encompass the political authorities themselves ( see below ) . |
12 | The emphasis in recovery is that the unmanageability of the family members ' own life is a matter of personal choice : the actions of the primary sufferer do not inevitably dictate the reactions of the family member . |
13 | The current form in which pop reproduces itself , the music video , is the perfect post-modern form , standing as it does at the vector of the leisure industries ' new situation . |
14 | The true story of the Wright brothers ' daring race for the sky . |
15 | Increased diagnostic accuracy by team members was associated with longer experience of team working , regardless of the team members ' professional background . |
16 | Brodsky countered that the broadening of the auction houses ' public accountability could only help the market . |