Example sentences of "from the [noun] of [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | He has opened an exhibition of twenty works on paper , executed in inks , coloured crayons and pastel , by Glenn Baxter ( to 22 January 1993 ) , the surreal humorist , formerly represented by Nigel Greenwood , who derives his style and characters from the illustrations of boys ' adventure books . |
2 | Apart from the subject of drivers ' hours , the rules relating to the fitment and use of tachographs on European journeys need to be thoroughly understood . |
3 | ROI is here at its most valuable as a familiar , easily understood diagnostic tool for appraising the short-term economic performance of an organizational unit such as an SBU or division , decoupled from the evaluation of managers ' performance . |
4 | He returned , he reports , " with a dancing dwarf … from the land of spirits ' , probably a pygmy . |
5 | At best they serve to legitimize the system , give political experience to a wide cross-section of society and criticize government policy from the perspective of members ' regions and constituencies ( White et al. |
6 | Because debate is framed in terms of those who are fully competent to exercise academic freedom , and because students almost by definition are not felt to be properly ‘ competent ’ , the exclusion from the debate of students ' rights is hardly surprising . |