Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If I had to nominate those politicians whose views I most trusted , who have most clearly articulated my own fluid , contingent thoughts on the crisis as it developed , I would opt for two pensionable septuagenarians , both of whom I despised in their political heyday : Denis Healey , who sold the Labour government to the IMF , and Ted Heath , who became the Tories ' lamest duck of all . |
| 32 | In 1870 he established what became the Workmen 's Peace Association of which he was secretary . |
| 33 | In 1947 the party 's ‘ Industrial Charter ’ , a result of the work undertaken by the Conservative Research Department under Butler , registered the Tories ' acceptance of the ‘ welfare state ’ and the ‘ managed economy ’ . |
| 34 | He criticized the judiciary for having lacked the " moral courage " to protect civil liberties , and on behalf of the Chilean state he asked the victims ' relatives for forgiveness . |
| 35 | Despite little apparent enthusiasm within the profession for such a development , the Council duly produced the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 and the Solicitors ' Indemnity ( Incorporated Practice ) Rules 1989 . |
| 36 | Ann pioneered children 's classes at Leatherhead Leisure Centre and produced the children 's items at Medau 's 25th Anniversary Festival at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 37 | She was a bit shaky but she got the children 's breakfast and cleared up Bob 's . |
| 38 | They got the losers ' medals , in the end , though someone at the FA should get round to re-naming them the runners-up medals . |
| 39 | The sun tumbled the islands ' shadows on the sea . |
| 40 | Besides the map , I 'd brought along my faithful compass , and by its reckoning checked the boys ' direction all the time . |
| 41 | During his time at the BBC , when the Home Secretary , Leon Brittan , asked the Corporation not to show a documentary in the Real Lives series dealing with extremist politicians in Northern Ireland , it was Rees-Mogg who led the governors ' demand that the management acquiesce . |
| 42 | The 6ft 10in Scott Paterson led the Riders ' scoring with 26 points . |
| 43 | For the next 2 years , the press systematically attacked the women 's political motives , their hygiene standards and their sexual identity ( Young , 1990 ) . |
| 44 | Defending solicitor Mr. Blundell asked the magistrates to consider whether Mr. Thurgood would have played the part of peacemaker and then gone out and attacked the soldiers ' car . |
| 45 | The plaintiffs disputed the defendants ' accounts for their costs , charges and expenses and the taxing master directed that there be a trial of preliminary issues . |
| 46 | Auntie Lou avoided the children 's eyes . |
| 47 | Ron Atkinson , the Sheffield Wednesday manager , yesterday promised the shareholders ' AGM that the team will not be relegated and will climb from the bottom of the First Division by Christmas . |
| 48 | He said the decision to hold the meeting in North Wales demonstrated the Americans ' commitment to the area . |
| 49 | He drew it each Friday when he drew the men 's wages but he never handed the money over to Sarah until Saturday morning when she was off to do the shopping . ’ |
| 50 | Mr Clayton drew the inspectors ' attention to a village in Argyll , Scotland , where power lines ran along the main street . |
| 51 | In 1846 he entered the engineers ' department of the River Clyde Improvement Trust , shortly afterwards becoming chief assistant and in 1852 acting engineer to the Trust for a short period on the death of David Bremner [ q.v . ] . |
| 52 | At the time when both troupes were staying together at the English Girls ' Club in Paris , although the Johns were convinced there was a rule that they should not mix , it never entered the others ' heads . |
| 53 | After a short and furious rest in the potato store I entered the women 's hospital , inflexibly determined on an inspection . |
| 54 | She heard Silas 's deep tones speaking to Matt , who happened to be standing near the door , and then a derisive laugh came from behind her as Doreen entered the shearers ' quarters . |
| 55 | Police have located the owner of a van with the same number plates , who described the builders ' logo on the vehicle when he sold it several months ago . |
| 56 | Igor Kasatonov , Commander of the Black Sea Fleet , described the ships 's flight as " close to a terrorist act " and protested against attempts by Ukraine to " snatch ships " . |
| 57 | This remarkable effort soon caught the critics ' attention . |
| 58 | Potts J. dismissed the defendants ' application to strike out the statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action . |
| 59 | The judge dismissed the solicitors ' summons . |
| 60 | On 29 July 1991 Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 857 dismissed the solicitors ' summons but gave them leave to appeal . |