Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun pl] [coord] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Stay out of the kitchen : Julian Berry chops squid in the presence of calves ' brains and the head of a conger eel |
| 4 | Civilian activists are positioned around army barracks , tracking army units ' movements and reporting to special emergency headquarters . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | We also saw several foxes ' earths but were n't lucky enough to get even a glimpse of the inhabitants . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | SI is calling for the UK to ban the importation of cheap coal produced at the expense of tribal peoples ' lives and livelihoods . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Cameron , needing nothing , sat around the house , surrounded by other peoples ' books and music and art . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They studied referees ' reports and may recommend pulling the plug again after the final at Wembley on March 27 . |
| 19 | And the number of special schools ' students and pupils , pupils seen , in years ten upwards . |
| 20 | For schools ' parties and other group bookings contact Oxford ( 0865 ) 728822 |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The provision of information presupposes a two-way exchange both as a concomitant of genuine partnership and in order that LEA decisions and information are grounded in an exact and sympathetic understanding of schools ' situations and needs . |
| 24 | Dobbie shared the islanders ' hardships and broadcast to and visited the people constantly . |
| 25 | opportunities for applied studies in an area of activity appropriate to candidates ' interests and experience . |
| 26 | Staff is selected by hunches and instinct rather than a thorough assessment of candidates ' abilities and qualities by an interviewer with a clear picture of the job which is to be filled . |
| 27 | Strains are imposed on the self-builders ' families and main jobs , and as a result these schemes are not suitable for all persons and rarely for the elderly . |
| 28 | For those who like to make comparisons between their pets ' ages and their own , bearing in mind that the figures are only a rough guide , the following table may be of interest . |
| 29 | Citizens ' Advice Bureaux can also put compulsive spenders in touch with debt counsellors , who are able to assess their clients ' finances and thus establish an escape from what can feel like a financial swamp . |
| 30 | Solicitor Janna Neale sold her partnership in the law firm she had helped establish when she realised that her anxious and perfectionist nature made her unable to leave work any evening before ten , and even then she 'd carry clients ' cases and cash-flow worries home . |