Example sentences of "[noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even without the clerical proctors , the clergy 's influence in and on parliament was considerable . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There followed the address of a well known gentlemen 's club in Victoria . |
| 4 | Suddenly , I thought of St Bride 's , the journalists ' church in Fleet Street . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I believe it was a V2 which demolished the Guards ' chapel in Knightsbridge during a service , killing dozens of men . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | THE Scottish National Party yesterday foreshadowed its campaign for next year 's European elections , in an effort to raise Scots ' confidence in going it alone as an independent nation . |
| 10 | Actual performance needed , however , to be evaluated against potential performance given the units ' position in the market at the beginning of the five-year period . |
| 11 | His architectural predilections were evident at the Royal Academy in 1850 , with compositions called Palladiana and the Works of Vignola and , at the time of his appointment as an assessor , he had just started his best known work , the Italianate Clothworkers ' Hall in the City of London ( 1856–60 ) . |
| 12 | Given that the appalling tragedy in the Horn of Africa will not end until there is peace , and given the changes in the pattern of the United Nations ' work in recent years , which our Government have so actively supported , does the Minister think that we are now reaching a stage where British troops could be deployed under a United Nations banner in humanitarian action as a precursor to effective aid ? |
| 13 | Newton was n't even born when Chelsea won their last major honour , the Cup Winners ' Cup in 1971 , but he could be about to help end the club 's big-time slump . |
| 14 | England defender Pallister was then handed the responsibility of keeping United in continental competition but , just as they had failed in a penalty shoot-out against Videoton in the Cup Winners ' Cup in 1985 , so they were again to be engulfed in misery . |
| 15 | It came at the end of a pretty miserable week for the Seasiders after their failure to reach the first round of the Cup Winners ' Cup in Cyprus . |
| 16 | All finalists will be invited to a spectacular winners ' reception in London in September . |
| 17 | This shortfall arose partly because , even when difficulties could be foreseen , it was sensible to aim high and maintain manufacturers ' confidence in a sustained market growth , though , as we shall see , it also reflects a persistently poor record for the British power station construction industry on completion times . |
| 18 | The server market is expected to have a compound annual growth rate of at least 21% up to 1997 — growing from 34% of the total number of systems shipped and 18% of manufacturers ' revenue in 1992 to 67% and 34% , respectively , by 1997 . |
| 19 | The server market where NT will be deployed is expected to have a compound annual growth rate of at least 21% up to 1997 — growing from 34% of the total number of systems shipped and 18% of manufacturers ' revenue in 1992 to 67% and 34% , respectively , by 1997 . |
| 20 | The three , all members of the legislature 's trade and industry committee , were accused of having accepted $60,000 from the Korean Automobiles Manufacturers ' Association in return for helping it to gain the National Assembly 's approval for a package of state aid . |
| 21 | The chairman of the Ivory Manufacturers ' Association in Zimbabwe , however , advised against withdrawal from CITES ; this could affect tourism and aid , he said , while ivory trade markets would remain blocked . |
| 22 | If the behaviour patterns of the good citizen as delineated by Home Office ministers were both so lacking and so necessary to cultivate as they suggested , the schools ' function in laying the essential foundations was transparently obvious . |
| 23 | The Major schools ' involvement in project-related INSET , and their commitment towards a developmental study skills policy , also made the Major Project distinctive . |
| 24 | THE LEYS , who have been a considerable force in schools ' rugby in recent years , prospered on the Austrian tour to earn five wins and a couple of defeats from seven games . |
| 25 | RIBA Schools ' Exhibition in June included work from all the participating schools from the RIBA Workshop programme . |
| 26 | There are no external examinations — assessment is internal , designed to guidelines provided by SCOTVEC , and measures the candidates ' achievement in the Outcomes . |
| 27 | The 1979 gravediggers ' strike in Liverpool , which necessitated plans ( never executed ) for mass burials at sea , shamed us all but by then it was too late to correct a runaway madness . |
| 28 | But if he can leave all this behind , and wearing only ordinary casual clothes still keep up his peers ' belief in him , then the Town Boys are likely to accept him . |
| 29 | The main problem we have found is that the hens ' interest in simple peckable objects wanes rapidly . |
| 30 | Will pollsters falling over themselves to admit their errors , there is a danger that the public 's and clients ' faith in the mysterious art of tapping the nation 's mind has been irreparably damaged . |