Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [noun pl] ' " 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 | Neither party offered a workable plan to rescue Serbia 's crumbling economy , but the SPS attracted strong workers ' support by promising continued full employment . |
| 4 | On 18 October , therefore , the British government turned down the new fare proposals from American operators , while the CAA rejected British Airways ' request . |
| 5 | The first stage of this research , now completed , explored social workers ' reactions to this method of assessment . |
| 6 | This surplus lifted disclosed shareholders ' funds to HK$52.7 billion . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In 1987 an unpublished report , known as SHARPEN ( Scottish Health Authorities Review of Priorities for the Eighties and Nineties ) , pointed out the deficiency of local authority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 . |
| 9 | He acknowledged black workers ' longstanding campaign for a " living wage " and for fair labour legislation . |
| 10 | She confirmed other insiders ' information that Bryan became Fergie 's boyfriend last November . |
| 11 | P&O Containers then shipped British entrants ' cars and equipment back to the UK . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The families engaged barrister Geoffrey Robertson QC , who represented British soldiers ' families after the Gulf War ‘ friendly fire ’ incident . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley , then junior health minister , felt local authorities ' contracts with private agencies would be enough to protect clients . |
| 22 | Partnership is a more recent concept and it would not fit in too well with the motivations which inspired early industrialists ' and educationalists ' interest in further and higher education . |
| 23 | At the start of the talks the Jordanian and Palestinian delegations asserted Palestinian refugees ' " right of return " ( as embodied in UN General Assembly Resolution 194 of 1948 ) , despite US appeals not to raise the issue . |
| 24 | Revisionist scholars began to make full use of the primary material published in the Soviet Union in the 1920s ; the cultural thaw and the opening up of debate among specialists within the Soviet Union increased readiness to take seriously new research by Soviet scholars ; from the late 1950s a series of cultural exchange agreements between the USSR and the major western democracies facilitated western scholars ' access to Soviet libraries and , to a much more limited extent , to archives . |
| 25 | Most of the larger stations in the United States had separate immigrants ' waiting-rooms . |
| 26 | The issue of direct application of Directive 76/207 has more recently been debated in the European Court in the case of Foster v. British Gas [ 1991 ] 2 WLR 258 , where it was held that provisions of a Directive which were capable of having direct effect could be relied upon by bodies made responsible by the state for providing a public service under state control where such bodies held –special powers ' in relation to such a function . |
| 27 | In a meeting with the Canadian ambassador , Paul Dingledine , he criticised western governments ' growing public support for Rushdie , whose death was ordered by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini four years ago for alleged blasphemy in his book The Satanic Verses . |
| 28 | In a meeting with the Canadian ambassador , Paul Dingledine , he criticised western governments ' growing public support for Rushdie , whose death was ordered by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini four years ago over his book The Satanic Verses . |