Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the deadlines created hy husbands ' and children 's needs , she imposes her own time pressures ; these follow from the way she organizes her work and the kind of standards she sets herself . |
| 2 | Streamlined trams provided separate drivers ' cabs , 1930s . |
| 3 | In Bettelheim 's search for material that would give ‘ access to deeper meaning ’ ( 1976 , p.4 ) he found currently-available children 's books ( in the 1970s ) superficial : ‘ most of these books are so shallow in substance that little of significance can be gained from them ’ ( ibid . |
| 4 | Neither party offered a workable plan to rescue Serbia 's crumbling economy , but the SPS attracted strong workers ' support by promising continued full employment . |
| 5 | On 18 October , therefore , the British government turned down the new fare proposals from American operators , while the CAA rejected British Airways ' request . |
| 6 | The first stage of this research , now completed , explored social workers ' reactions to this method of assessment . |
| 7 | This surplus lifted disclosed shareholders ' funds to HK$52.7 billion . |
| 8 | Even in Lancashire , where in Blackburn , Preston and Burnley as many as one-third of women continued to work after marriage , the Cotton Factory Times could print a piece of verse which to all intents and purposes ignored married women 's double role : ‘ How Sweet it is when toil is o'er/To sit upon the hearth once more/To whistle , sing and sweet converse/With the sweetest queen in universe/In homely way ’ . |
| 9 | When the conference opened , a couple of members of the League of Empire Loyalists , one a journalist and the other a chiropodist , hired eastern bishops ' flowing robes from a theatrical costumier , walked in unchallenged , and got up to make a speech against the ‘ archterrorist ’ Makarios . |
| 10 | In 1987 an unpublished report , known as SHARPEN ( Scottish Health Authorities Review of Priorities for the Eighties and Nineties ) , pointed out the deficiency of local authority provision for mentally ill people and noted local authorities ' particular responsibilities under the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 . |
| 11 | The Commune indicated to Marx that it was possible to have all public servants ‘ elected , responsible and revocable ’ and paid working men 's wages . |
| 12 | As women around the world celebrated International Women 's Week , Tibetan women were reliving the anniversary of the 1959 Uprising , when thousands of unarmed Tibetan women defended their right to life and freedom with sticks and stones on the streets of Lhasa . |
| 13 | Just four years ago I was working in China and I celebrated International Women 's Day in China . |
| 14 | He acknowledged black workers ' longstanding campaign for a " living wage " and for fair labour legislation . |
| 15 | Their conversations with the locals was verging on the insulting , and they had , on several occasions , picked up and quaffed other men 's beer , by design , but feigning error . |
| 16 | She confirmed other insiders ' information that Bryan became Fergie 's boyfriend last November . |
| 17 | P&O Containers then shipped British entrants ' cars and equipment back to the UK . |
| 18 | Perhaps more interestingly , it indicated general practitioners ' overall high level of satisfaction with the quality of community health services but identified a wish for a much greater volume of services to be provided . |
| 19 | The men 's side lost Old Loughtonians ' influential Nick Thompson with a groin strain , but still won the East Championship easily , without even conceding a goal . |
| 20 | Some societies established separate women 's branches , with higher contributions , but with little success . |
| 21 | The Zimbabwean President , Mr Robert Mugabe , yesterday reiterated earlier pledges to resettle hundreds of thousands of black families , but allayed white farmers ' fears that their land would be seized with minimal compensation to mark the tenth independence anniversary . |
| 22 | The Zimbabwean President , Mr Robert Mugabe , yesterday reiterated earlier pledges to resettle hundreds of thousands of black families , but allayed white farmers ' fears that their land would be seized with minimal compensation to mark the tenth independence anniversary . |
| 23 | Equally the long-lived persistence of authoritarian regimes in post-war capitalist societies ( as in Spain , Portugal , Greece , Brazil and Argentina ) reawakened Marxist writers ' interest in explaining ‘ exceptional ’ regimes . |
| 24 | An outstanding sportsman , in 1936 he became Irish universities ' heavyweight boxing champion and two years later he received the first of six rugby international caps for Ireland , touring South Africa in 1938 with the British Lions . |
| 25 | Thus , the skinheads tried through their gang solidarity and exaggerated working men 's clothes — braces , boots and jeans — to symbolically recreate the dissolving community spirit of the old East End of London . |
| 26 | A DEFLECTED shot from Scott Nisbet that spun off an opponent and then bounced over the head of a bemused Brugge goalkeeper last night kept alive Rangers ' hopes of a place in the European Cup final . |
| 27 | The families engaged barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC , who represented British soldiers ' families after the Gulf War ‘ friendly fire ’ incident . |
| 28 | Maud said that Leonora Stern believed it represented Victorian women 's fear , or any woman 's fear , of giving birth to a monstrosity . |
| 29 | Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Kevin McNamara said he understood Unionist MPs ' remarks in the context of the forthcoming local government elections , but he praised the Irish premier for making a ‘ sensible ’ speech . |
| 30 | Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley , then junior health minister , felt local authorities ' contracts with private agencies would be enough to protect clients . |