Example sentences of "[noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its share of votes in social groups AB rose from 14 to 20 per cent on 1987 ; among the unemployed it actually did worse . |
| 2 | If you assume that on politically sensitive issues as is normally the case the magistrates would not vote , and if you assume that the Secretaries er Secretary of State 's appointees would , as would seem entirely plausible , vote in accordance with the wishes of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State were indeed a Conservative Secretary of State , you would in fact have er in a area where the with the with the with the substantive Labour majority , you would have a Conservative majority on the police authority and you would you have the possibility of conflict between the police police authority and the local authorities er in the area who are jointly responsible with the police authority for many aspects of er of of policing by consent . |
| 3 | If he had n't had his eye closed , seriously , you know where your eyes bu sort of |
| 4 | In 1532 , he again revealed the drift of his thinking by informing parliament that the clergy 's oath of allegiance to the pope was ‘ clean contrary to the oath that they make to us ’ . |
| 5 | Furthermore , it is almost certainly true that the great majority of the English laity did not share the intellectuals ' and higher clergy 's attachment to the doctrine of predestination , but retained instead a residual loyalty to the idea that all could potentially achieve salvation . |
| 6 | The expansion of Brighton provided a number of new churches but they depended for the clergy 's livelihood on rented pews and the poor were virtually excluded . |
| 7 | Even without the clerical proctors , the clergy 's influence in and on parliament was considerable . |
| 8 | The path pursued particularly matched the clergy 's vision of the profanity of towns and sacrality of rural life . |
| 9 | From convocation he obtained a biennial tenth conditional upon the clergy 's exemption from any parliamentary tax . |
| 10 | In view of the scale and seniority of the clergy 's membership of parliament , it seems unwise to dismiss the possibility of their influence upon its procedures and business . |
| 11 | In residents ' association meetings , the clergy 's point of view received vocal support from one or two members of the older village community which preceded the housing estate . |
| 12 | Piers 's voice from beside her was soft . |
| 13 | She made her way back into the house , and was quite prepared to ignore Piers 's presence on the sofa , when something made her stop . |
| 14 | The first she knew of Piers 's presence in the room was his light touch on her shoulder , and it was so unexpected that she almost jumped a mile into the air . |
| 15 | ‘ So I see , ’ Alyssia replied in a stiff voice , wondering what was going on in Piers 's head at this masquerade . |
| 16 | There followed the address of a well known gentlemen 's club in Victoria . |
| 17 | They will examine the social importance of journalists ' work over the last 25 years , particularly with regards to the Troubles . |
| 18 | However , Paletz and his colleagues remain critical of the journalists ' over-reliance on official sources of information about the riot ( i.e. the mayor and chief of police ) which helped to frame the event as the successful police suppression of a naked spree of lawlessness . |
| 19 | Freedom of the press encompassed " journalists ' freedom of expression and of creation , access to sources of information , protection of independence and professional confidentiality , and the right to establish newspapers and other publications " . |
| 20 | Suddenly , I thought of St Bride 's , the journalists ' church in Fleet Street . |
| 21 | MP and broadcasting expert Roger Gale said : ‘ I think it just a cheap journalists ' trick on behalf of The Sun to try to score points over their rivals . ’ |
| 22 | To avoid this routine ignominy , you need to turn the journalists ' boredom to your own advantage . |
| 23 | It was organised by the All-China Women 's Federation and All-China Journalists ' Association under the auspices of UNESCO . |
| 24 | Many drugs will be available over the counter instead of by doctor 's order only , Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley told the Medical Journalists ' Association in London yesterday . |
| 25 | The journalists ' satisfaction at retribution on a man who sneered at Britain in her finest hour now sounds like delusive and individual rant . |
| 26 | Then Mellor carted his wife and young sons down to the Halls ' home in Upper Beeding , Sussex , for a stage-managed ‘ happy families ’ photo-call . |
| 27 | I believe it was a V2 which demolished the Guards ' chapel in Knightsbridge during a service , killing dozens of men . |
| 28 | That night we stayed in the guards ' room with Mahmoud , but we had the feeling that other hostages were there , too . |
| 29 | Sarah 's father , Major Ronald Ferguson , is Charles 's polo manager , so she was frequently at Smith 's Lawn , the Guards ' Club in Windsor Great Park , where Charles was based , and inevitably she and Diana often sat chatting while the Prince played polo . |
| 30 | " On Free and Latent Semantic Energy " , by Claes Schaar , is based on informants ' interpretation of fragments of language in isolation , such as literary quotations , maxims and sayings . |