Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " 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 | Freer schemes which incorporate well-written children 's literature ( Cliff Moon 's Kaleidoscope packs ( 1981 ) , for instance ) , have shown that the prop of carefully-controlled vocabulary is illusory . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is also possible that as teachers we assess bilingual children 's mathematical ability without reference to their first language , again creating lower expectations and failing to recognise the pupils ' full abilities by confusing fluency in English with mathematical competence . |
| 10 | They will possess the same cognitive structures and whatever maturational schedules thereof that underlie hearing children 's language acquisition . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Plymouth youth justice team manager Phil Kendrick says courts view young women 's crimes differently and that this is reflected in the sentences dished out by magistrates . |
| 14 | They have dark skin , long noses and wear shabby farmers ' smocks . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Tudhoe Working Men 's Club was burgled on Saturday night when thieves smashed a window and took £600 cash from a gaming machine . |
| 17 | ( 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 ) . |
| 18 | subscribe to parents and get free children 's books worth nearly £8 page 90 |
| 19 | These are piers built out over the harbour , and indicate old merchants ' houses , where ships could unload directly into the premises . |
| 20 | 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 ' . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It would restrict promotion prospects and seriously endanger young children 's education , with ‘ potentially disastrous consequences ’ throughout the whole educational process and the country . |
| 23 | 640 attend Special Ministers ' Study Day |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They also use old crows ' or pigeons ' nests . |
| 28 | What a pity the management allows bombers to ski out of control and spoil serious skiers ' pleasure by crashing into them ! |
| 29 | Try local builders ' merchants and garden centres for stocks . |
| 30 | 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 ? |