Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | A week 's filming at a sandpit near Leighton Buzzard , in Bedfordshire , where the Victors tried to destroy the Bats ' car , was beset with difficulties when strong winds constantly filled actors ' and technicians ' eyes with sand , but the scenes were eventually completed to everyone 's satisfaction . |
| 2 | DB32 , as it became colloquially known , was the long awaited planners ' guide , advising on the considerations which should be taken into account in the layout of residential roads and footpaths in new housing schemes , as well as in improvement areas . |
| 3 | The changes in the balance of power enacted by the 1988 Education Act have greatly increased parents ' influence on schools , but have also increased opportunities for the teaching profession to explain and persuade . |
| 4 | The Authority rightly identified teachers ' classroom practice as a critical factor in children 's learning and gave it considerable prominence in documents , courses and the day-to-day work of its advisory staff in schools . |
| 5 | The Government and British Coal ‘ unlawfully and irrationally ignored miners ' rights ’ , they said . |
| 6 | Lord Justice Glidewell and Mr Justice Hidden decided that the Government and British Coal had unlawfully and irrationally ignored miners ' rights in announcing the closure of 31 pits , with the loss of 30,000 jobs . |
| 7 | The scribbling and spinning mills which were erected in the river valleys soon attracted workers ' houses alongside them . |
| 8 | Furthermore , once achieved , these targets no longer constrained individuals ' aspirations or behaviour ; instead , successful individuals experienced a release from moral and social binds . |
| 9 | Much high praise has already come Mohicans ' way and it has done astounding US box-office business , but despite this it is on occasion a flawed film with a sometimes patchy pace and a structure that wobbles in the final 30 minutes . |
| 10 | There is also an interesting warbirds museum ( with attractions like an airworthy Dakota still flying regular pleasure flights ) and an excellently stocked pilots ' shop ( Flight Accessories ) , all in an idyllic setting south of the city . |
| 11 | Although some of the share-price losses have now been regained , the crash has nevertheless destroyed investors ' confidence that there will always be healthy gains . |
| 12 | One of Britain 's best loved childrens ' characters is making an appearance back at his birthplace , several decades after he and his chums were dreamed up . |
| 13 | Giant and inefficient marketing boards have had the opposite effect of their nominal purpose , and have further squeezed farmers ' margins . |
| 14 | No examples of the specially designed vine-dressers ' knife ( falx vinitoria ) have been found in Britain , but other types of small hooked tools with cutting edges ( falcula vineatica ) were in use . |
| 15 | The idea of a specially designed dolls ' house for Queen Mary , the wife of King George V , was first conceived in the spring of 1921 by a first cousin of the King , Princess Marie Louise . |
| 16 | Alongside resolutions on Russia and Peace , the Convention called for the immediate restoration of civil liberties , and for the establishment of all-inclusive local committees to carry forward the agitation — provocatively named Workers ' and Soldiers , Councils . |
| 17 | ( We 'd learned in science about Galvin and his electrically operated frogs ' legs ; if they could do it , why not relics ? ) |
| 18 | In the meantime , news of the vote needed explaining to a specially convened bondholders ' meeting on May 16th when 19 of their total number of 47 were present to hear the Report explained . |
| 19 | An LSE post-graduate , David Phillips , provided ‘ We are lepers , give us bells , not degrees ’ , which further strengthened students ' welcome sense of apartness . |
| 20 | In such a situation in a foreign country I am never able to speak the language , so when they asked for my passport I just said ‘ Hotel ’ , because Spanish hotels always kept visitors ' passports , at any rate for the first night . |
| 21 | Moreover , throughout the year the particular day of the week on which Innocents ' Day had fallen the previous year was also regarded as a black-letter day , and was also called Innocents ' Day . |
| 22 | In May , 1982 , a similar case also challenged parents ' fundamental rights . |
| 23 | The activities of both companies were affected by the general economic recession prevailing throughout 1990 and the loss of some machine sites on RAF stations has also reduced RAFAMACS ' revenue . |
| 24 | Apart from discouraging investment abroad this also effectively reduced companies ' access to international capital markets . |
| 25 | Also , in Germany firms such as Siemens originally joined employers ' associations yet never fully relied on them as a collective means of defending managerial prerogatives and curtailing union activities in the workplace . |
| 26 | The ending of the novel is too pat and contrived , but in the course of it Tabucchi has created an India which is constantly surprising and challenging to the European traveller/narrator/reader without ever allowing its mysticism or its exoticism to run away with it , for the sub-continent is also an ironically observed tourists ' India of hotels , buses , taxis , sights and restaurants . |
| 27 | The majority of the analysts interviewed believe that the cash flow statement is an improvement on the funds flow statement , although it has not yet radically changed analysts ' approach to their work . |
| 28 | Geoff Hamilton has compiled the attractively presented Gardeners ' World Practical Gardening Course ( March , £19.99 until September , then £25 , 0563 36267 7 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ This is the third ‘ leak ’ in a fortnight , and the reports have n't even reached Ministers ' eyes yet , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 30 | Counter arguments were put forward that schools and LEAs could influence attendance , intake ability , streaming , teaching styles , levels of classroom management and involvement of parents , all of which directly and indirectly influenced pupils ' behaviour . |