Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun pl] [unc] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Furthermore , once achieved , these targets no longer constrained individuals ' aspirations or behaviour ; instead , successful individuals experienced a release from moral and social binds . |
| 3 | The scribbling and spinning mills which were erected in the river valleys soon attracted workers ' houses alongside them . |
| 4 | Giant and inefficient marketing boards have had the opposite effect of their nominal purpose , and have further squeezed farmers ' margins . |
| 5 | Controversy has surrounded Saints ' clashes with Cheshire this season , with first Nottage then Colin Kirkham being sent off in close games . |
| 6 | When it did , Aung San and his friends were outspoken and firm , and Communist popularity waned , even in the country districts where they had organised cultivators ' unions , advocated the non-payment of taxes and rent , and promised the confiscation of land and its division among the landless and debt-ridden peasants . |
| 7 | The forum will bring together the women who have organised women 's workshops throughout the region , in Hong Kong , India , Indonesia , the Philippines , Sri Lanka , Korea , Malaysia and Thailand . |
| 8 | Millett , in Sexual Politics ( 1977 ) , sees patriarchal power as something so historically all-embracing that it has totally dominated women 's lives . |
| 9 | ( We 'd learned in science about Galvin and his electrically operated frogs ' legs ; if they could do it , why not relics ? ) |
| 10 | A spokesman said that the organisation had met fishermen 's leaders and was exploring ‘ possibilities ’ of repairing the harbour and improving the facilities . |
| 11 | Men , on the other hand , were granted dependants ' benefits under national insurance in 1922 , plus the married man 's tax allowance from 1919 , on the assumption that a man supporting a wife needed additional tax relief ( in fact the allowance was paid to all men regardless of whether or not their wives worked ) . |
| 12 | Someone 's hand had torn away three quarters of the days of the desktop calendar and filled a wastebasket with them , and someone had written girls ' names and telephone numbers on the blotters . |
| 13 | The pub 's east wall was also used for playing handball , he says ‘ like squash but without the racket ; I 've seen men 's hands running in blood after playing to a final . ’ |
| 14 | They are competitively priced children 's books which are both entertaining and instructive and cater for all age groups . |
| 15 | ‘ The Russian Revolution ’ , Russell wrote in March 1917 , ‘ has stirred men 's imaginations everywhere and has made things possible which would have been quite impossible a week ago . ’ |
| 16 | And I just want to repeat that I do think that some of the writing that 's come out of it has saved women 's lives . |
| 17 | Alongside this , the US Supreme Court has expanded citizens ' rights to sue police departments or their chief for officer misconduct . |
| 18 | BLUNDERING builders who have made residents ' lives a misery are set to be hauled over the coals by angry councillors . |
| 19 | I 've got loads o accents altogether . |
| 20 | The former Wimbledon boss takes his vastly-improved Sheffield United side to Loftus Road today , full of praise for the way Gerry Francis has transformed Rangers ' fortunes . |
| 21 | Worrying about how to build more aeroplanes has got aircraft-builders ' minds off their big worry of two years ago : how to compete with Boeing . |
| 22 | ‘ No one thinks women can write good books , so we have used men 's names instead . |
| 23 | There are also specially commissioned children 's classics and exclusive Learning Together packs — and there 's even a selection of entertaining cassettes and ‘ talking books ’ to vary the stimulus ! |
| 24 | I mean there 's no reason because we have n't got men 's issues , because all issues are men 's issues , nobody expects a male Prime Minister to go for any particular issue , but why should we expect a woman Prime Minister to go particularly for certain issues ? |
| 25 | Countless independent ‘ free house ’ owners have copied brewers ' fashions and wrought untold havoc with unassuming old country pubs before moving on to pastures new . |
| 26 | If the court considers that a matter has not been disclosed and that matter might have affected shareholders ' decisions on how to vote , it is unlikely to sanction the scheme ( see , for example , Re Jessel Trust Limited [ 1985 ] BCLC 119 and Re MB Group plc [ 1989 ] 5 BCC 684 ) . |
| 27 | Mr Goldring said it might have crossed jurors ' minds ‘ Why should a nurse do these things ? ’ |
| 28 | Romanians called pigs ' trotters ‘ patriots ’ because they were the only bits of the pig allowed to remain in the country . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , we have been told by counsel that the matter is far from academic , in that justices ' courts are concerned , this being a matter which has exercised justices ' courts on many occasions and on which there are different practices in different justices ' courts . |
| 30 | As far as emotional state is concerned we have compared respondents ' answers between first and second assessments to the following questions : |