Example sentences of "[adj] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this the applicant and his advisers respond that however understandable the authorities ' current attitude may be the course which they are adopting is unfair , for two cumulative reasons . |
| 2 | The latest findings give an indication of how narrow the Tories ' lead has become . |
| 3 | General Paul Gorman , a friend , actually gave rival briefings explaining how dim the contras ' chances were . |
| 4 | On one side were the Goldsmiths ' Company 's arms , in gold , four yards in diameter , with the legend " Free Grammar School , Stockport " ; on the other the arms again , with " Founded and Endowed by Sir Edmond Shaa , Knight , 1487 ; Re-endowed by the Worshipful the Goldsmiths ' Company , 1832 " in gold letters . |
| 5 | One of the leading practitioner 's texts on company law , Gore-Browne , argues that while the directors are now required to take employee interests into account , they are never permitted to subordinate the shareholders ' interests to them . |
| 6 | And as I say , the more competent the stewards ' committee became , the less frequent that it was necessary to have the sh the full time officers in . |
| 7 | The big city stations of the nineteenth century reflected to the full the Victorians ' unashamed belief in monumentality . |
| 8 | In desperation , he finally raised not only his own glass but also hers — a graphic reminder of how fragile the veterans ' , and by association Mr Li 's own , power may turn out to be . |
| 9 | Once again we must ask how successful the unions ' recruitment campaigns will ultimately prove to be . |
| 10 | in particular the gents ' side . |
| 11 | They should cover in particular the pupils ' response to literature , and their competence in using information and reference materials , and should meet the general criteria described above . |
| 12 | Although Bob 's command of Serbo-Croat is non-existent and he is only at the early stages of learning Russian the Causevics ' second language — he has enlisted the help of a friend , native Yugoslav Maria Delahunty , to act as an interpreter . |
| 13 | And by William Lovett , remember : one of that articulate elite which attended the debates at the Rotunda ; one who , knowing full well how partial , minimal and divisive the Whigs ' proposals were , was compelled by the polarisation of opinion they induced to a course of action contributing much to the great flood of support for them ; one who was a founder of the Chartist Movement formed in the wake of the Reform Act . |
| 14 | Leaders have followers : people who recognise and find attractive the leaders ' sense of purpose . |