Example sentences of "of [pron] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was especially fond of my maternal grandparents ' dog , Luath , an exquisitely patient collie with whom I would sit for hours , pretending or half-pretending that we could read one another 's thoughts . |
| 2 | Aberdeen 's bid to stage a re-run of their European Cup-Winners ' Cup Final win against Real Madrid has failed because the Spanish club priced themselves out the market . |
| 3 | Two organisations which we visited further emphasised the " non-regularity " of their temporary workers ' employment by not guaranteeing them any fixed number of hours per week — they were contracted to work " as and when required " — and this , of course , provided them with an important , additional source of flexibility . |
| 4 | Parents may understandably often try to deny the reality of their black children 's unhappiness because they like to think that their children are secure and happy , thus reflecting their success as adopters . |
| 5 | Perhaps the rail planners could take a leaf out of their Victorian predecessors ' books . |
| 6 | Pupils ' gift : Pupils at Grangefield School , Stockton presented North Tees General Hospital in Stockton , with a £10,000 cheque for closed circuit TV as part of their Safe Babies ' Appeal . |
| 7 | Through an explosive expansion , especially in southern Spain , of its rural labourers ' section , the FNTT ( National Landworkers Federation ) , the UGT was suddenly transformed from an organization consisting primarily of skilled urban workers into one decisively influenced by the worst-off members of the agricultural labour force . |
| 8 | Tommy Armour is proud of its top-of-the-range ladies ' clubs , the 845s Silver Scot , and having tried a set I can understand why . |
| 9 | On Saturday and Sunday October 17 and 18 the Railway will stage another of its popular Enthusiasts ' Weekends . |
| 10 | Despite the earlier authors ' comments on the matter , at the moment of death the cat is not thinking of its human owners ' feelings , but simply about how it can protect itself from the terrifying , unseen danger that is causing it so much pain . |
| 11 | The sisters , who had all married well , were unconcerned that Angel , with only 200 acres of grazing land in the middle of his rich cousins ' estates , had been left to pay his father 's debts . |
| 12 | Following the emphatic victory of his United Workers ' Party ( UWP ) in the April 27 general election [ see p. 38859 ] , Prime Minister John Compton appointed a new Cabinet on May 4 , which contained five new ministers , including Lorraine Williams , the first woman to hold the post of Attorney General . |
| 13 | E. Hindmarsh , Dene Side , Lanchester , Durham : A number of our Methodist Women 's Fellowship were gathered in our church for a weekly prayer reading . |