Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kenny 's Blackburn Magic ( PolyGram Video ) might more suitably be titled The Alan Shearer Show , so much does the prolific England striker dominate this one-hour collection of match highlights from Rovers ' barnstorming entry into the Premier League . |
| 2 | We round a couple of buoys beaded with cats ' eyes ; sea traffic islands . |
| 3 | It is often said , and rightly , that a lot of thought goes into defendants ' rights , but not enough into victims ' rights . |
| 4 | Sir , — I wonder if I might use your publication to enquire of the members in practice as to their success or otherwise in dealing with the Inland Revenue on the matter of dividends paid to directors ' wives where shares have been transferred to the wives following independent taxation . |
| 5 | Residents saw a number of men walk towards Rovers ' Twerton Park ground in Bath just before the fire was discovered , Winchester Crown Court heard . |
| 6 | The enemies of Fascism went into ironmongers ' shops and bought brass knuckle-dusters . |
| 7 | Students of local history may very occasionally need to take into account the difference between Greenwich Mean Time and Summer Time , but those who are researching the histories of maritime ports from which merchant or royal naval vessels sailed will almost certainly have to pay regard to the system of reckoning found in ships ' log-books , particularly between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 8 | Accordingly in the reading profile component , the statements of attainment relate to pupils ' growing ability to talk and write explicitly about : |
| 9 | Banking — Deposits — Deposit-taking business — Injunction restraining disclosure to third parties of documents relating to plaintiffs ' accounts — Bank of England issuing statutory notice ordering production of documents — Whether notice overriding injunction — Whether injunction ‘ reasonable excuse ’ for failing to comply with notice — Banking Act 1987 ( c. 22 ) , s. 39(3) ( a ) ( 11 ) |
| 10 | US firms have been incensed at the number and size of claims filed against thrifts ' professional advisers by RTC , and have accused the government of targeting them as ‘ deep pockets ’ in an attempt to recover some of the billions of dollars US taxpayers lost when the S&L industry collapsed . |
| 11 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |