Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Stay out of the kitchen : Julian Berry chops squid in the presence of calves ' brains and the head of a conger eel |
| 6 | Civilian activists are positioned around army barracks , tracking army units ' movements and reporting to special emergency headquarters . |
| 7 | John Major yesterday dashed insurers ' hopes that the Government would underwrite claims for bomb damage . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We also saw several foxes ' earths but were n't lucky enough to get even a glimpse of the inhabitants . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Again , it was the challenge to acknowledge God 's presence in other peoples ' lives as well as our own . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | SI is calling for the UK to ban the importation of cheap coal produced at the expense of tribal peoples ' lives and livelihoods . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Cameron , needing nothing , sat around the house , surrounded by other peoples ' books and music and art . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And if you volunteered for five years I know you got fifty pound for that which was a hell of a lot of money , a year 's wage in some peoples ' eyes that was you know . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It 's important to follow manufacturers ' instructions as stone cladding differs considerably in weight , thickness and shape . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | They studied referees ' reports and may recommend pulling the plug again after the final at Wembley on March 27 . |
| 27 | And the number of special schools ' students and pupils , pupils seen , in years ten upwards . |
| 28 | For schools ' parties and other group bookings contact Oxford ( 0865 ) 728822 |
| 29 | Raising levels of accountability ; by measuring schools against each other locally and nationally ( whilst ‘ taking account of [ a school 's ] particular circumstances ’ ) , enabling LEAs and others to assess schools ' strengths and weaknesses , through publication of National Curriculum assessments . |
| 30 | The six-day event at St Mary 's will be launched on Monday with a concert given by the Wirral Schools ' Orchestras and a pageant performed by St Mary 's CE Primary School , starting at 7.30pm . |