Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the stand the Directors ' Box emptied quickly but two men , sitting together , did not join in the rapid movement towards the Board Room . |
| 2 | I have had to stoop to pocketing the money the Supporters ' Club give for raffle prizes . |
| 3 | Chancellor Norman Lamont was also slammed by the Labour leader for the damage the Tories ' ‘ heartless and mindless ’ policies had done . |
| 4 | On the morning of the election the parties ' colours , in the two horse race , were much in evidence . |
| 5 | In the extract below they refer to the effect the teachers ' attitudes have on their behaviour and on the way prejudices appear to match their gradations of colour : |
| 6 | In the first few days of the revolt the Kurds ' peshmerga guerrillas ousted the army , secret police and Baath Party — the three pillars of Mr Hussein 's regime — from most of Iraqi Kurdistan , including the oil city of Kirkuk . |
| 7 | He was said to have been ‘ less than firm in his dealings with Baghdad ’ and to have generally failed to provide the leadership the Kurds ' plight required , prompting the decision to send US , British and French troops to protect them instead , despite concern , particularly in the US , not to keep troops in the region longer than necessary . |
| 8 | At the beginning the immigrants ' lack of experience and poor organization hampered mobilization , and so other workers struck first . |
| 9 | The photographs show you something of what you will see — underground roadways , coal-faces , haulage engines , and on the surface the blacksmiths ' shop , the baths , and exhibitions . |
| 10 | Well , if you looked at the lines on the grass the blokes ' leg was definately ahead of the defence , the angle made it difficult to judge if his body was . |
| 11 | The control the Scots ' pack brought to proceedings — principally from the platform of the lineout which they took by a conclusive 30-16 margin ( Doddie Weir and Damian Cronin pouching ten takes each ) , yet also in the alacrity with which they arrived at breakdown — left the Welsh utterly befuddled . |
| 12 | On the ground the eagles ' wings must be folded and the rugged shape is echoed in its posture , and in the head from front and side view |
| 13 | Then on Monday Durham County Council 's best laid plans were thrown into disarray by the news the teachers ' 7.5pc pay rise created a further deficit of almost £3m . |
| 14 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 15 | When we go to lunch in the little street round the corner the proprietors ' three-year-old son rushes to meet us . |
| 16 | Even when the siblings ' reactions to the aggressive child were eliminated from the analysis the siblings ' behaviour was much more aggressive in normal families . |
| 17 | Sole was also critical of the way the tourists ' programmed was structured so that , outside the tests , home players could turn out two or three times against the Scots . |
| 18 | In the meantime the dinosaurs ' lineage probably reached their optimum size for metabolic efficiency . |
| 19 | When er the sales exec for marketing goes round doing the contract bits and pieces er they he or she and the surgery the doctors ' senior partners or all the doctors will agree on the number of booklets we 're going to print . |
| 20 | And by the time the workers ' movement revived in 1902 , the energy of activists was caught up both in Party organization and in the challenge posed by the burgeoning liberal and neo-populist movements . |
| 21 | Their joint commissions reached well over a hundred , and though by the time the Dolls ' House was created , Miss Jekyll was nearly eighty and practically blind , being asked to design the garden gave her immense satisfaction , and has left us with an unaltered glimpse of this period of England 's gardening history . |
| 22 | The need to hire coaches arose from the fact the Supporters ' Club actively discouraged membership from fans under the age of 18 . |
| 23 | He has , to switch metaphors , grabbed by the throat the Tories ' controversial team of young election campaign advisers , shaken them vigorously , and hung them up on the nearest meat hook . |
| 24 | As a result the casings ' ’ open area ’ is increased a hundredfold , allowing more water in and , because the slots are much narrower , keeping more grit out . |
| 25 | No wonder the Socialists ' manifesto offers measures to reduce unemployment , invest Ptas500 billion ( $1 billion ) in training over the next four years , and build 500,000 new houses . |
| 26 | During a match the players ' level of fitness decreases steadily , or suddenly if injured ! |
| 27 | No doubt the governors ' admissions policy must be reasonable but apart from the express statutory provisions in section 6 of the Act of 1980 , there is no requirement as to the criteria to be adopted in such policies . |
| 28 | But the federal Department of Energy has helped to accelerate research on waste disposal by arguing that these pools are becoming dangerously crowded — an argument the plants ' owners echo . |