Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you have only used the cottagers ' convenience as an argument , ’ said Duncan . |
| 2 | Mrs Quinton closed her eyes for a moment as if recalling her cousin relating this girl 's history , which had not included the scissors ' business with Sister Mary as being the reason for her leaving because that might have put any caring mother off from engaging such a virago . |
| 3 | Mr Kohl has not visited an asylum-seekers ' home where foreigners had been attacked . |
| 4 | It had not escaped the Brownies ' sharp eyes that Mr. Gordon turned up near the close of each Pack Meeting and made himself very charming to Brown Owl . |
| 5 | Experimenters who expected their subjects to be brighter behaved differently towards the rats and thus affected the rats ' learning abilities . |
| 6 | But most of it had already escaped the princes ' grasp in the tenth century ; in the course of the eleventh , it passed squarely into the hands of local castellans , who exacted fines and imposed penalties on their peasants with remorseless vigour . |
| 7 | If that suggests an odd set of priorities in what is still quaintly called a players ' game , at least the 21 wore the familiar red jersey with the famous crest , white shorts and blue and green socks . |
| 8 | These areas retained the nineteenth-century characteristics which had already focused the reformers ' minds : they were tight-knit , high-density , congested , smoky , dirty and they presented a scene of old and obsolete buildings . |
| 9 | A claim against an expert may be that : ( 1 ) he has failed to carry out the reference properly ; or ( 2 ) he has failed to deliver a timely decision ; or ( 3 ) he has not followed the parties ' instructions : or ( 4 ) he has not kept to the standard of skill and care of his profession . |
| 10 | They have already appointed a gates ' superintendent for this year to ensure no one slips through the entrances without paying . |
| 11 | ‘ The recession has not dimmed the banks ' high-handed , bungling attitude to customer relations , ’ said Dr John Beishon , of the Consumers ' Association . |
| 12 | Graham has already criticised the players ' poor start , suggesting they 've gone soft by failing to come to terms with the physical aspect of their opening two games . |
| 13 | There were still plenty , although some had not survived the Nazis ' ferocity and others had died in the orgy of vengeance that had been unleashed after the liberation . |
| 14 | Despite Graham 's protestations , Arsenal have picked up 23 bookings already this season and a growing injury list has further blighted the Gunners ' bid for a third championship triumph in five seasons . |
| 15 | We were at a track well away from the hotel that the Italians had euphemistically dubbed the Athletes ' Village , and well away from the training track that was adjacent to the Olympic Stadium . |
| 16 | And even that will disappear once all-seater stadiums have further numbed the supporters ' creative outlets . |
| 17 | These developments aside , the legal model has traditionally regarded the shareholders ' interests as exclusive , in the sense that other groups may be benefited only to the extent that this furthers the interests of the members . |
| 18 | If the paper takes the reapplied wash differently than the original one , this is an indication that the sizing has not thoroughly penetrated the papers ' fibres . |
| 19 | Maybe they all wanted a rest , or did n't rate the £550,000 prize-money , or were n't offered a skins ' game as an enticement to attend . |
| 20 | If the Secretary of State had regularly taken the governors ' advice about appointments , patronage might have been used to control the assemblies — some governors , notably in Massachusetts , were able to get their own way in their assemblies much more often in wartime and , while this was partly due to patriotism and partly due to fear of the French , it does appear that war contracts could build support in what had not always been promising soil for the governors . |
| 21 | Eliot borrowed from it for The Waste Land , thus making it permanently famous ; Pound could not have known of it in 1911 , but if he had then visited the Templars ' cavern-church in Aubeterre he could hardly have failed to remember it in the light of jessie Weston 's argument . |
| 22 | The House of Lords unanimously allowed the defendants ' appeal . |
| 23 | FUND MANAGERS IN THE WINGS Almost every fund manager is convinced that the Charities Act 1992 has completely changed the charities ' investment world . |
| 24 | Almost every fund manager is convinced that the Charities Act 1992 has completely changed the charities ' investment world . |
| 25 | It had thereby perpetuated the peasants ' servile dependence on the nobles . |
| 26 | The teacher had faithfully reflected the kids ' culture . |
| 27 | The volume of movement of heavy goods vehicles along the approach roads seriously affected the residents ' enjoyment of their properties . |
| 28 | The yanks were itching to see the pop conquerors of late '89 , but a series of postponed tours and a lack of vinyl has seriously affected the Roses ' US invasion potential — not that they care , preferring to slip back into the easy pace of their pre-fuss lifestyle . |
| 29 | The yanks were itching to see the pop conquerors of late '89 , but a series of postponed tours and a lack of vinyl has seriously affected the Roses ' US invasion potential — not that they care , preferring to slip back into the easy pace of their pre-fuss lifestyle . |
| 30 | The Region also recently sponsored a parents ' evening at Broughton High School , which provided information to around 150 parents on provision including general SVQs and National Certificate Module Clusters . |