Example sentences of "[Wh adv] the [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words ‘ do not resuscitate ’ would be added to their medical notes , and updated every 24 hours or whenever the patients ' condition or circumstances changed . |
| 2 | The issue is now set to go to a full board meeting , a measure of how the directors ' proud notions of consensus have withered over this issue . |
| 3 | The steering group , under the chairmanship of of the Bank of England , is considering how the regulations ' statutory requirement on employers to train relevant staff will be met and will oversee production of centralised training packages . |
| 4 | In the diary Mr Springhall reports how the emigrants ' luggage was searched going aboard for intoxicating liquor , and how the ‘ stress of weather ’ kept the ship in port before before setting sail . |
| 5 | The table shows how the agencies ' ratings of three large Italian banks , Banca Commerciale Italiana ( BCI ) , Banca Nazionale del Lavoro and Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino , have diverged since last year . |
| 6 | In order to understand how the Occupiers ' Liability Act 1957 operates we must consider who may be an occupier and who constitute lawful visitors . |
| 7 | Concentration on character may be argued to allow critical misconstruction about how the plays ' dramatic action works . |
| 8 | Griffin et al. ( 1986:148 ) emphasise how the employers ' tactics varied in their subtlety . |
| 9 | ’ The Queen writes she is nervous as to how the Dolls ' House opens and asks questions about the hall door . ’ |
| 10 | The Queen 's worry as to how the Dolls ' House opened was a perfectly reasonable one . |
| 11 | I wanted to know how the parties ' policies actually affect people 's daily lives . |
| 12 | At this stage it 's difficult to know how the parties ' proposals may differ . |
| 13 | That is how the subjects ' reasons figure in the justification , both when they are correctly reflected in a particular directive and when they are not . |
| 14 | Parsons has some sensible reflections about how the children 's comments can be connected with psychological theory . |
| 15 | In order to understand how the Children 's Hearing system works , it is necessary to go back to the beginning and explain how it was established and how it was intended to operate . |
| 16 | They 've been trying to see about that lot where the boys ' grammar school is int they ? |
| 17 | That was not to be and the financial problems facing USA rugby at this time were in a way mirrored on the field where the Eagles ' shortcomings , rather than any great brilliance on Canada 's part , determined the result with the 23 point margin between the teams the biggest in the 16-year history of the event . |
| 18 | This danger exists also in secondary schools where the governors ' report must include information in a prescribed form in relation to public examinations — in effect , a publication of results . |
| 19 | Emily stayed quiet , treading water and wondering where the others ' breath for talking came from . |
| 20 | The pool was just bel just beside the harbourmaster 's office just a little further where it is now , cos what we had , what we call the yard , that 's where the engineers ' workshops was , the carpenters ' shop , which is still there and then little further up th up the Newcut East there was the pool place for the National Dock Labour Board . |
| 21 | to walk into the Students ' Union office and demand to know where the Women 's Group met . |
| 22 | In the gardens the grass glistened with dew , which left imprints where the soldiers ' feet had passed . |
| 23 | One year I took my family to Spain , where the inhabitants ' behaviour was impeccable , but I had rashly arranged to come back via France . |
| 24 | It had been a very different story with the earlier sell-off of the hotels where the managers ' interest had not been shown proper respect . |
| 25 | Having been dismissed from parade , the children race downstairs to where the Rangers ' 22 horses and Ponies are housed in splendour . |
| 26 | We had proved in a recent elections and even in the general election , that where the pensioners ' movement was strong , the election results were more positive for candidates in support of our aims . |
| 27 | Tautology also appears to occur sometimes in personality inventories where the characteristics ' can be boiled down to ‘ attitudes favourable to the commission of crime ’ ( or ‘ anti-social ’ acts ) ; that is to say , ‘ criminals are people who hold pro-crime values ’ . |
| 28 | The hall where the Children 's Clothes Exchange was taking place was organized by another bossy lady in green uniform , sitting importantly behind a desk in the doorway . |
| 29 | Councillor Kilner was already busy on the field where the children 's sports were to take place . |
| 30 | He went quickly into the unpretentious terraced houses where the Children 's Hearing offices in Kirkwall are situated . |