Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the PDA 600 Pen Pad launch ( see front ) , he responded to journalists ' concern that the pen would go missing : ‘ We give three away free in the box … after that they are £500 each ’ . |
| 2 | Even more than in the earlier conflict , direct vetting of journalists ' copy and reliance on allied debriefings ensure that military priorities squeeze out alternative perspectives and agendas . |
| 3 | The pathologists ' evidence and his own observations suggested that James ‘ came by the fatal aspects of his injuries at some time in the early evening on Friday ’ . |
| 4 | Holly saw the confusion of the guards ' officers and NCOs , the way that instructions were given in a frantic pitch and confronted by the sullen amusement of the zeks . |
| 5 | The next day , while we were exercising , Brian kept watch under the door for the guards ' feet as I tapped out , ‘ We are Brian Keenan and John McCarthy . |
| 6 | I now felt far more confident and comfortable knowing that I could refuse to go along with the guards ' antics if they really upset me . |
| 7 | Jean-Marc Ferreri and Eric Cantona accumulated a series of short passes on the edge of the Scots ' box and the ball broke to Didier Deschamps 10 yards from goal with Gough nowhere in sight . |
| 8 | While most of his contemporaries in the conservation world sit behind desks or on committees , Watson and friends race ‘ kamikaze ’ inflatable dinghies in front of Soviet and Japanese whalers ' harpoons or handcuff themselves to the seal hunters ' vessels . |
| 9 | Stay out of the kitchen : Julian Berry chops squid in the presence of calves ' brains and the head of a conger eel |
| 10 | They are freshly prepared from organic fruit and vegetables and consist of four carrot and apple juices , four green leaf juices , four juices extracted from calves ' liver and one orange juice . |
| 11 | Civilian activists are positioned around army barracks , tracking army units ' movements and reporting to special emergency headquarters . |
| 12 | The allocation to L Detachment of specialists taken from Special Service units would greatly increase the scope of the units ' training and thereby augment its value to men who inevitably gain versatility and resourcefulness . |
| 13 | Substitution of numbers for 52 per cent could do this for an words in formulae easy standing charge and number of units ' formula and 17 per cent for an electricity bill ( p.61 ) . |
| 14 | The translation of the English volume is erratic , and the captions ' format and content need more thought . |
| 15 | During the 1650s he served as master of the Clothworkers ' Company and an assistant of the Levant Company . |
| 16 | John Major yesterday dashed insurers ' hopes that the Government would underwrite claims for bomb damage . |
| 17 | Japan lived off other nations ' research and development , and , in practice , subsidized exports while protecting against imports . |
| 18 | But in December 1985 United States ’ officials indicated that they could accept a United Nations ' agreement if it led to a ‘ comprehensive and just settlement ’ , involving a short time frame for Soviet withdrawal and self-determination . |
| 19 | Tourism is also becoming an important component of developing nations ' economy because it is a source of foreign income . |
| 20 | Team captain Ben Hall collected the winners ' shield and each member of the squad , and also Helen Blake , received a trophy to keep . |
| 21 | It was cheers all round in the winners ' enclosure and for Nicholson , the man they call the Duke , it was time to feel like a king . |
| 22 | It made Patrick cringe of course , but the inevitable comparison with his brother was high on the agenda when , clutching his share of the £45,000 winners ' cheque and £15,000 for finishing eighth in the Nabisco points table , he walked into the interview room . |
| 23 | In that year , Kendall 's Everton won the Cup Winners ' Cup and the League and lost by the only goal in the FA Cup final to Manchester United . |
| 24 | ‘ Being realistic , it looks as if Northern Ireland 's clubs will always be in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup and the Cup Winners ' Cup and you wo n't draw a big name , ’ said Anderson . |
| 25 | So they tried to revive their warlike spirits , while the women rubbed and slapped their heavy limbs and applied ointments to the survivors ' burns and bruises . |
| 26 | We also saw several foxes ' earths but were n't lucky enough to get even a glimpse of the inhabitants . |
| 27 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
| 28 | Social service departments in general , and social workers in particular have no wish to interfere in peoples ' lives unless there are difficulties , of which inability to cope with current circumstances is the most obvious . |
| 29 | Again , it was the challenge to acknowledge God 's presence in other peoples ' lives as well as our own . |
| 30 | 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 . |