Example sentences of "[noun pl] ['s] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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31 We also saw several foxes ' earths but were n't lucky enough to get even a glimpse of the inhabitants .
32 Well I mean you know we 're not playing children 's ganging up games are we we know we 're dealing with peoples ' lives and families .
33 SI is calling for the UK to ban the importation of cheap coal produced at the expense of tribal peoples ' lives and livelihoods .
34 This research aims to provide evidence on whether the experience of claiming benefits saps peoples ' independence and initiative and undermines incentives to seek jobs and work hard at them .
35 To help pupils care about the environment and understand other peoples ' beliefs and attitudes , giving them a perspective into which to place information and their own ideas .
36 She said they were quite untrustworthy and cut off peoples ' arms and legs unnecessarily in order to keep their hand in , demonstrate their skills and prove that they were earning their money .
37 Overnight , government ownership has become the peoples ' ownership but soon that will change a third time to shareholder ownership .
38 Cameron , needing nothing , sat around the house , surrounded by other peoples ' books and music and art .
39 You know , we 've worked hard on trying to get it in everywhere , into peoples ' notices and we 've linked up with Art Week quite well , as well .
40 And it 's really to make people to attract peoples ' attention and to make them think about these issues .
41 A headhunter needs to be an excellent listener , receptive , willing and able to see the difference in peoples ' backgrounds and how those people might fit into a very different environment .
42 This role meets the needs of the team for cohesiveness and collaboration , for role-holders tend to be perceptive of peoples ' needs and adept at supporting individuals .
43 If any member wishes to see a copy of the R.H.A. plans or the branches ' report or would like to be involved in any way please contact myself of Lynn Inglis .
44 RIGHT AND TOP OF THIS PAGE By studying the typology of lamps , and also by studying the manufacturers ' stamps and the type of clay , the original provenance and date of the lamps can be established .
45 One of the reasons we developed a design-led retail business , offering our own unique products , was because we saw we could distance ourselves from other retailers who were just selling manufacturers ' products and discounting them and getting into constant competitive battles .
46 Fussy stripes and piping , shoulder flashes and chest panels , buttons , drawstrings and cuffs all came under the manufacturers ' scrutiny and were tampered with .
47 Both of these functions can be carried out quickly and efficiently in main storage , and it is important to use the manufacturers ' software and allocate space to allow this to happen .
48 The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies .
49 One can gain a certain insight from manufacturers ' advertising and reports from other people , but finally it comes down to whether the machine is suitable for the individual 's needs and whether he can afford the price .
50 In 1985 , the government set up a Nitrate Coordination Group ( NCG ) including DoE , the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and food ( MAFF ) , the Fertiliser Manufacturers ' Association and the National Farmers ' Union , but excluding consumers , environment or health groups .
51 They studied referees ' reports and may recommend pulling the plug again after the final at Wembley on March 27 .
52 A further concern is that some journals do not transmit the referees ' comments to the authors ; this wastes the referees ' time and fails to appreciate that they want to improve published articles not just act as gatekeepers .
53 A schools ' video and a book are being produced , looking back on the history of the LGC .
54 And the number of special schools ' students and pupils , pupils seen , in years ten upwards .
55 How can any governing body discuss or ratify headteachers ' proposals unless they are aware of recent educational reforms and thinking , understand the schools ' organisation and planning and know of its successes and anticipated problems ?
56 The House Bill sets aside $250 million in 1984 to retain teachers and improve schools ' equipment and services — particularly access to computers .
57 West Sussex has no quarrel with the Bill 's basic objectives of raising the overall quality of schools ' teaching and and attainment by changing the inspection system requiring all schools to be inspected periodically .
58 The Company is providing trophies for the village schools ' competition and a wayside seat for presentation to the winning hamlet .
59 Dr Hari also congratulated Mrs Marian Fang ( Chair or the Hong Kong Special Schools ' Council and Principal of the John F. Kennedy Centre for Handicapped Children ) on her work with mentally impaired children .
60 He would reject the 100 outstanding applications for GM status ( including the nine unfortunate schools given preliminary approval to go ahead in September ) , and could reduce the existing schools ' funding and capital for building improvements .
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