Example sentences of "of [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one of eight in the Dolls ' House , all worked with royal cyphers and the great orders of chivalry . |
| 2 | The seventeenth century witnessed a tremendous expansion of the lord 's demesne at the expense of some of the tenants ' arable and possibly at the loss of their commons as well . |
| 3 | Strangely , she felt more resentful of this lady 's peremptory commands than she ever had of those of the merchants ' wives she had previously been obliged to swallow . |
| 4 | Suddenly , he called out two licence plate numbers ; one of these , except for one digit , turned out to match the number plate of one of the kidnappers ' vans . |
| 5 | In the event of a failure of one of the lexicographers ' printers , the 3812 may be configured for their use . |
| 6 | He had come to supervise the slaughter of one of the nuns ' flocks which had been found to be infected with Salmonella typhimurium . |
| 7 | Their total numbers were assessed as being of the order of 350–400,000 against the Allies ' 500,000 . |
| 8 | Moreover he found that a concession made in the pleadings to the effect that the plaintiffs did not allege that the defendants had made use of any of the plaintiffs ' trade secrets since leaving their employment was , in the light of the judgment of Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [ 1986 ] 1 All ER 617 fatal . |
| 9 | He 'd worked in the building for five years , and knew the names of most of the occupants ' visitors . |
| 10 | They 're being coached by one of the country 's best female players , but they 've also got the support of MOST of the boys ' team . |
| 11 | Furthermore , the cause-and-effect relationship which forms the basis of most of the students ' predictions is actually reversed to an effect-and-cause relationship . |