Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nah listen 'ere — any more o' this an' you 'll all go back to Gaul an' eat bloody frogs ' legs — all right ? ’ |
| 2 | These freight forwarders frequently act either as carriers in their own right when they consolidate multiple shippers ' cargo and hire space on the vessel or vessels involved in the maritime leg of the journey . |
| 3 | The MoD denies cash savings caused the move — stressing that the bands charge full Musicians ' Union rates when playing at outside venues and that the money each brings in is placed in a national pot . |
| 4 | Tables II and III show general practitioners ' and non-medical staff 's assessment of the impact of fundholding on their relationships and roles . |
| 5 | take steps to adjust operational and strategic plans learn from and match other employers ' tactics |
| 6 | Indeed the gentry prefer to leave business to the professionals ( 'those damn usurers ' ) and concentrate on the arts and natural sciences , religious speculation and , of course , a little hunting . |
| 7 | In the case of the wrongful deportation of any asylum seeker , he admitted that he was consulted , but he hides behind the excuse that he did no more than accept civil servants ' advice . |
| 8 | On the reverse , less positive side , the principle of inverse irreversibility explains the phenomenon we observe when scientists and other professional experts refuse to accept or even consider other scientists ' , other experts ' objectively-arrived-at truths when these tend to undermine or place in disrepute their own objectively arrived-at truths . |
| 9 | For instance , he examines the costs and benefits of creching to the ducklings , to the parents who lost offspring to the common pool and to the recipient adults who rear other birds ' young . |
| 10 | They have dark skin , long noses and wear shabby farmers ' smocks . |
| 11 | It seems that in some cases the answer is yes , even though no characteristic elements of segmental phonology have been found which distinguish black Londoners ' speech from that of other Londoners . |
| 12 | ( For example Manu the lawgiver recommended to Hindu society more than twelve centuries ago that ‘ the chief function of a woman is to give birth , nurse those who are born and attend daily duties ' or ‘ A girl must be married before she attains puberty and after she is married she must be kept busy looking after elders , cooking , cleaning , keeping accounts and saving money and of course doing Dharma ) . |
| 13 | These are piers built out over the harbour , and indicate old merchants ' houses , where ships could unload directly into the premises . |
| 14 | In evidence before the Committee on Physical Deterioration , Dr T. F. Young from Liverpool described how , particularly at the point when they started work , young people ‘ throw off all parental authority … get to congregating about the street corners at night … become what we call ‘ corner boys ’ ’ , and get drunken habits ' . |
| 15 | The second government measure increased producers ' bargaining power with financiers by reserving for British films a portion of the money taken at the domestic box office . |
| 16 | 640 attend Special Ministers ' Study Day |
| 17 | One frequently-cited piece of evidence is that of desperately low yields for cereal crops ( even as low as one measure reaped for one measure sown — compare modern farmers ' ratios of up to 18:1 ) suggested by a fragment of an inventory of the royal estate of Annappes during Charlemagne 's reign . |
| 18 | To help pupils care about the environment and understand other peoples ' beliefs and attitudes , giving them a perspective into which to place information and their own ideas . |
| 19 | Delicious recipes will tempt you to experiment — try Smoked Quails ' Eggs and Mozzarella salad for an unusual starter ; tiny Mushroom Soufflés using dried funghi ; Lemon and Pistachio Pudding . |
| 20 | They also use old crows ' or pigeons ' nests . |
| 21 | What a pity the management allows bombers to ski out of control and spoil serious skiers ' pleasure by crashing into them ! |
| 22 | Try local builders ' merchants and garden centres for stocks . |
| 23 | How have strategies for managing workers in data processing developed during this period of rapid growth and how do British managers ' strategies compare with those in several different industrialised countries ? |
| 24 | They also restore small companies ' exemption from the requirement to disclose auditors ' remuneration in the abbreviated accounts . |
| 25 | Composites : essentially manufacturers in their own right which stock and sell other manufacturers ' products . |
| 26 | Prediction has been shown to be difficult , if not dangerous , when one thinks of all those worthy , well-written , sincerely felt , and critically-supported books that remain unread ( see Manning , 1969 ; Avery , 1972 ) , and those obvious , apparently superficial and mundane pot-boilers that gain young readers ' affections . |
| 27 | Shock news that the European Commission could , after all , block British Airways ' Dan-Air bid sent BA 's shares 2p better at 282p . |
| 28 | Since I mention native speakers ' feelings in this connection , and since I am elsewhere rather sceptical about appeals to native speakers ' feelings , I had better explain that in this case my evidence comes from the native speakers of English I have taught in practical classes on transcription over many years . |
| 29 | They ignore other countries ' difficulties and concentrate solely on those in this country , to the damage of our interests . |
| 30 | The ground rules might be " avoid nasty numbers ' i.e. very large numbers or decimal numbers . |