Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1 ) , applying s , 30 to seamen 's canteen licences ) . |
| 2 | A similar picture emerges in the case of women except that women 's earnings at all levels are only two-thirds of men 's . |
| 3 | Secondly , since women are generally lower paid than men — earning on average about three-quarters of men 's pay — they are less likely to be able to afford cars . |
| 4 | In his speech , the Executive Director of UNICEF , James Grant , noted that " millions of children 's lives " could be saved by diverting funds away from defence spending . |
| 5 | the impression gained is one of women 's inferiority , her domesticity , her lack of intelligence , ability , sense of adventure of creativity . |
| 6 | maybe that 's one of women 's traditions , I believe they had a big part to pla play in it . |
| 7 | Also on show at the gallery throughout March is the work of Norman Stuart Clark , one of Britains 's foremost glass blowers . |
| 8 | Purely from a financial perspective , have you any idea how much more valuable the cottage will be when it 's known to be one of Piers 's creations ? ’ |
| 9 | She and Guy lived over the road , next door but one to Barbs 's house . |
| 10 | Riot police were despatched early in August to the Tuva ASSR ( part of the Russian Federation , beside the Mongolian border ) to prevent clashes between native Tuvans and Russians who constituted over one-third of Tuva 's 300,000 population . |
| 11 | They share that with thousands of working-men 's clubs throughout the country . |
| 12 | How do you know which of the thousands of children 's books published every year are best for your own , individual children ? |