Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A review of the training content of junior doctors ' work is long overdue : a recent survey found that only 3% of juniors ' working time was spent on training . |
| 2 | However , as a matter of principle it annoys Hon. Members to think that Welsh Members should adopt such an attitude , because millions of pounds of English taxpayers ' money are directed towards Wales . |
| 3 | Two pairs of sharpened watchmakers ' forceps are necessary for this dissection . |
| 4 | Sections concerned with the representation of disabled persons ' interests are not being implemented at present . |
| 5 | The second main study of industrial workers ' attitudes was carried out by Brown and Levin in the early 1970s , with a national sample of over 2,000 weekly-paid workers . |
| 6 | It shows that the sound of other males ' singing is not necessary for the development . |
| 7 | The bit of the UN charter that tells nosey parkers to keep out of other countries ' business is less respected than it was , as Saddam Hussein knows to his cost . |
| 8 | It might make sense to the financial director faced with a demand which far outweighs supply ; after all , this recycling of other houses ' wines is perfectly legal , but it is at the same time deliberately hoodwinking the public . |
| 9 | Some aspects of the woman-centred interpretation of female psychologists ' place are justified . |
| 10 | Flogging was only used as a judicial punishment in a handful of cases each year throughout the 1920s and 1930s , and the birching of young boys ' bottoms was also passing out of favour . |
| 11 | All babies need feeding and changing and there are not too many ways of doing it ; the range and subtlety of young babies ' gestures is restricted ( they do not for instance converse ) , and in response , mothers tend to simplify and exaggerate their own gestures . |