Example sentences of "of [noun] [prep] [pos pn] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | In the succession of sons to their fathers ' benefices , reform would have depended on the bishops and , of course , the clergy themselves . |
2 | She had inherited a substantial sum of money from her parents ' estates and devoted herself to works of charity . |
3 | One of these schemes has already started and it has potentially lots of scope for our members ' work . |
4 | It also proved to be a fall from grace , as it transpired that he 'd stolen millions of pounds from his workers ' pension funds , to pay off mounting business debts . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | It was a coincidence that the previous weekend I had been sorting through an old trunk of mine full of memorabilia at my parents ' home , and came across my membership certificate for the Tailwaggers Club , along with Tailwagger medallion . |
7 | I met a lot of people at my parents ' house , including many people of real ability , and that I was always grateful for . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Not surprisingly princes were concerned to build up a position of strength during their fathers ' lifetimes . |
11 | As in the later Middle Ages , individual interest won out over class interest in landlords ' poaching of peasants from their peers ' estates . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | The roar of his shot coincided with the answering crash of gunfire from his enemies ' weapons . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | For a moment Hotspur almost believed in her extinction , her relegation to the servant 's role which was the lot of daughters in their parents ' households ; and even for a moment it grieved him to believe in it . |
16 | Fairbrother yelled , ‘ Goodbye , Toady ! ’ after the Murrays ' car , and crowed loudly with his diminishing circle of admirers over his enemies ' downfall , thereby reducing his popularity still further . |
17 | So , as a kind of protest against his parents ' values , he had joined the police as a constable . |
18 | 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 . |