Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 15-12 quarter-final passage was attributed to a Jim Renwick drop goal after tries by Douglas Wyllie and Jim Hay — the latter 's converted by Simon Scott — had ensured the Survivors ' fightback from 0-12 adrift . |
| 2 | ‘ By the time my sheep are lambing , ’ Small says , ‘ the foxes are probably glad of a change of diet : it 's 11 months ' pork from the pig unit next door , then one month 's lamb . ’ |
| 3 | Here Yakovlev met him surrounded by packed shelves and metals acquired with two months ' credit from the Tartar Republic . |
| 4 | She had n't wanted to take the four months ' pay from Nicolo , but he 'd been coldly adamant . |
| 5 | At the time she was on six months ' leave from WWF International 's Swiss office , where she heads the conservation news service and edits WWF News . |
| 6 | HSBC Holdings , which bought Midland Bank last summer , yesterday reported a near doubling of profits in annual figures which included six months ' contribution from the UK clearing bank . |
| 7 | The other major offence is drunken driving , an offence bristling with technicalities which carries a maximum prison sentence of six months ' and a minimum period twelve months ' disqualification from driving . |
| 8 | In fact , the country visit had to be postponed for some time , because , although he had promised himself some months ' freedom from engagements , he found himself , as usual , saddled with responsibilities . |
| 9 | After taking the Bar examination you may obtain employment in the legal department of a commercial firm under the aegis of an employed barrister as a ‘ commercial pupil , ’ and this will give you three months ' exemption from pupillage if you afterwards decide to take up practice at the Bar . |
| 10 | That meant that as well as the cheque she had just written for her first month 's rent on her new accommodation , she would have to find three months ' mortgage from somewhere . |
| 11 | By simplifying the projection to a plane triangle , Desargues found that : The pairs of corresponding sides of two triangles ' perspective from a point meet , respectively , in three points that lie on one straight line . |
| 12 | Kids ' cookery from Cheryl Baker — recipes to rave about |
| 13 | She included difficult filler items without pronouns to divert the subjects ' attention from the anaphoric expressions . |
| 14 | That the number of railway passengers in Britain almost doubled between 1848 and 1854 — from c. 58 to c. 108 million — while the companies ' income from freight traffic multiplied almost two-and-a-half times , is more significant than the precise percentage of industrial goods or business travel concealed within these figures . |
| 15 | Failure to file the annual return alerts the Registrar and enables him to take appropriate steps leading to the companies ' removal from the register . |
| 16 | They also restore small companies ' exemption from the requirement to disclose auditors ' remuneration in the abbreviated accounts . |
| 17 | Many companies er were making fabulous profits and what reason was there to prevent a good shop stewards ' committee from going in to try and enhance their members conditions ? |
| 18 | RICHARD Lines ' fall from grace is almost complete . |
| 19 | Without specific teaching , young chimpanzees , like young children , are extremely keen to copy their parents ' behaviour from a very early age . |
| 20 | Their parents ' flight from the Shah and the Ayatollah has flooded the poker world with creatures of blinding second sight whose ability to anticipate the contents of all flops has become a serious threat to most western economies . |
| 21 | Here there is a visitors ' centre from which there are guided walks in the summer and plenty of books on sale to help identify species . |
| 22 | He will probably announce the scrapping of residential segregation , and an end to blacks ' exclusion from most South African land . |
| 23 | Grace Reginiano of Isrotel and Tennis World 's Fiona Taylor accompanied the group on its trip — the culmination of over a year 's doubles ' competition from over 500 tennis World readers . |
| 24 | Comfort met some rebuffs from people she had counted as her friends , who resented their allies ' safety from occupation almost as much as the damage they had inflicted on France as they pushed the Germans back after D-Day . |
| 25 | As soon as he learned of the rebels ' withdrawal from Derby , he sent orders to Field Marshal Wade to intercept them from the west while his own army set off in pursuit from the south . |
| 26 | Nevertheless for many industrial workers the station was their gateway to one week 's or two weeks ' escape from mill and factory , and they rejoiced at its sight . |
| 27 | He would not need above four days ' leave from them and since Oreste is now or will be by then nearly three which is the age Pen first travelled at I can not see any reason why he need inconvenience the party . |
| 28 | The strange conversation came back to him while he scraped three days ' stubble from his face . |
| 29 | After initial support from the Department of Employment , Compact has raised funds for four years ' work from Merseyside Training and Enterprise Council , Liverpool City Council and the private sector . |
| 30 | Jed-Forest signed a £30,000 deal for three years ' backing from the TSB , Melrose will receive a minimum of £10,000 this season from Concept Group , sponsorship which , through bonuses , could rise to £15,000 if they win the national championship and the Border League , and Stewart 's Melville have a season 's £15,000 support from Dial Office Systems . |