Example sentences of "[noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] we " in BNC.
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1 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |
2 | At Engineers ' Hall we listened to experts like D. A. D. Reeve , chief executive of the Severn Trent Water Authority , D. Gaulter , director general of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors , and W. T. Devenay , director of water , Strathclyde Regional Council . |
3 | With the pilots ' help we telephoned Porto to find that there was CB activity forecast for the rest of the day . |
4 | Then in about two weeks ' time we come to the carol service . |
5 | In this buyers ' guide we cover and comment on the best ( and some we would n't give tank-space to ) and leave the reader to judge . |
6 | In two days ' time we reached Pakoku where many of the Anglo-Burmans begged me to disembark and try to walk out of Burma with them , but Rachel was still very sick and I said I would go on to Mandalay and hope to find a doctor there . |
7 | In ten years ' time we shall no doubt still be using the techniques discussed in this chapter but we may also have opened up new avenues of research by widening the range of materials examined and by using other scientific techniques which at present are only at the development stage . |
8 | ‘ In three years ' time we might have still been in very good shape but we must take steps to protect the UK as a manufacturing base . ’ |
9 | I , I would , I would be very surprised if the communists understood how deterministic idea of erm some sort of progression , I think you ca n't really say in about ten years ' time we 're gon na be here |
10 | But in fifty years ' time we could be saying well did Jane pick the right one ? |
11 | Thanks very much er , President er , to mark the occasion of the launching of the British er , Boxers ' Association we 'd like to make a little er , presentation to Barry , who 's the President of that Association and erm who you know , of course , is the Chairman of the Institute of Professional Sport and the Professional Boxers ' Association has got the honour of erm , immediately being part of that er , body and has the assistance , of course , of er , the many people involved there . |
12 | is going to happen , it 's a question of whether we g go for three hours ' training we I think we 're agreeing that some sort of preliminary training is going to come forward but not necessary three hours . |
13 | But our rate was fixed , the girls 's rate We worked for a fixed rate . |
14 | It was n't like that at my hubby 's last Kirk , telling you the Young Mothers ' Meeting we had there was Really Radical . |
15 | Mrs Goreng was able to make it sound quite romantic — good copy for the female journo from the up-market us ladies ' magazine-so we heard about the Spice and Sandalwood Trades , the black Portuguese , and then an interracial love story which Mrs Goreng had invented herself . |
16 | During our efforts to spread our ideas about girls ' work we encountered much anti-lesbianism , while at the same time we began to be challenged about our racism by Black women , among whom were some out Black lesbians . |
17 | Turning to the field of children 's creativity we find that the area of agreement is far larger than that about literature . |
18 | ‘ George finished his treatment three months ago and is doing well , ’ said Gary at the launch of his BBC children 's show We Are The Champions . |
19 | ‘ As a Third World women 's co-op we fitted into their alternative trading . |
20 | On May 28 , 1989 — International Day of Action for Women 's Health we plan to hold a seminar/meeting to consolidate our gains and set up a support network for the genital mutilation campaign . |
21 | I accept the need to counter the myth that only a biological mother can adequately care for a child , but to say that in the interests of women 's liberation we will pay anyone except the child 's mother to look after it seems to be going a little far in the opposite direction ! |
22 | It meant that my mother 's workload greatly increased , but with my uncles ' help we struggled on . |