Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edward Stanton 's elder son , William , who was master mason to the Mint , attempted to carry on the sculptors ' yard , but was declared bankrupt in 1735 . |
| 2 | Laker took on the airlines ' cartel which held ticket prices high and broke it singlehanded . |
| 3 | The judge said Mr and Mrs Lauder conceded that from May 1972 effective steps were taken on the landowners ' behalf to assert a right to exclude the public . |
| 4 | Do you know how long the boys ' ploughing matches went on for ? |
| 5 | The various Right-On movements , especially the women 's movement , had grown enormously during the years of the Wilson-Callaghan government . |
| 6 | Naturally the judges ' tariff is not writ in stone ; it may and does change over time , so that sentences passed in 1900 are of little or no value in ascertaining the tariff in 1992 . |
| 7 | And when I er went to go on me own er I still wanted to keep in the union and I went down the Locksmiths ' union , which was in the market place , and they said they er we could n't , we could n't have you in the union if you go on your own erm there 's another denomination or something , was something that you 'd have to join or something like that and be on your own . |
| 8 | Sheriff Principal Ronald Ireland turned down the parents ' appeal that Thursday morning . |
| 9 | Professionals have a choice between imposing ‘ appropriate ’ needs on their clients or attempting to break down the latters ' 'dein-dividualisation' ( e.g. as an unemployed person , as a schizophrenic etc. ) and assisting ‘ real ’ needs to be collectively voiced . |
| 10 | I am employing the kind of argument that has been used to resist demands that God prove Himself by miraculous interventions of some form — demands that in Christian tradition Christ himself refused to satisfy when he turned down the Pharisees ' request for a ‘ sign ’ and asked that they have faith instead . |
| 11 | They have little experience of the style of presentation in higher courts ‘ and it matters ’ and whilst a number of solicitors are extremely good others ‘ let themselves down in court ’ and in doing so let down the solicitors ' branch of the profession as a whole . |
| 12 | Does the Minister recall the vandalism of the former Secretary of State for the Environment , his right hon. Friend the Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , who , at the very time that the White Paper was issued , turned down the inspectors ' recommendation for a tunnel under Oxleas wood ? |
| 13 | That 's why they had torn down the children 's hospital to make room for the miniature golf course . |
| 14 | PERHAPS THE SHAMEN 'S SUCCESS is down to the fact that , even more than in their indie dance days , they are a bundle of productive contradictions . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , perhaps the children 's home did n't have any boys , so they sent you a girl , ’ answered the station-master carelessly . |
| 16 | However , the journeys of smolts and mature salmon are often separated by several months , and so the smolts ' odour would have to be very persistent to act as a guide . |
| 17 | So the Masters ' honour roll contains such unlikely winners as Art Wall , Gay Brewer , Bob Goalby , George Archer , Charles Coody and Larry Mize , all of whom have failed to win another major title . |
| 18 | and so the Children 's Aid Society , which was the Church of England Society then |
| 19 | Wrong horse … and speaking of odds , word reaches us that super-confident Hartlepool Conservative candidate Graham Robb is so much the punters ' favourite that the town 's biggest bookie has stopped taking bets . |
| 20 | But erm another funny story that er always sticks in my mind is er when we sent memos to the Clerks ' Department and there was only the Clerks ' Department , they were , they were trying to erm improve their public image as |
| 21 | As the Psalmist does not mention the destruction of the city or the deportation of the people , the context can hardly be the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. But the description does not correspond either to what we are told in the Books of Maccabees about the defilement of the Temple in 167 B.C. , when only the priests ' chamber was destroyed and only the gates burned ( I Mac . |
| 22 | Only the Women 's Ministry would be given equal license . |
| 23 | The NSA is now so large , so complex , and so secret that no one in America , least of all the president or Congress , has any idea what it is doing or how sensibly the taxpayers ' money is being spent . |
| 24 | Only now it is more difficult to spot because they have taken away the visitors ' platform and the view through the most celebrated new gap in the Berlin Wall is often obscured by the steady stream of tramping East Berliners and their Trabant cars . |
| 25 | Mr Murray now wants to give away the Smugglers ' Kitchen so that he can channel his efforts into another property — the Dartmoor Inn at Bovey Tracey , also in Devon . |
| 26 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 27 | However , this enthusiasm to convey solutions to pupils often ends up by precluding the pupils ' own ideas and can not only be inhibiting but also take away the pupils ' enjoyment of getting there themselves . |
| 28 | If fully independent castellans such as those of Bemy and the Mâconnais remained a rarity , nevertheless the princes ' claim to control fortifications was at best spasmodically enforced , at worst absent in practice if recognized in theory . |
| 29 | Thus the lawyers ' input is limited , but the investors may require questionnaires to be completed and warranted by management , to flush out any past problems . |
| 30 | Thus the authorities ' ability to raise the level of demand above Y * ; is contingent on their success in deceiving the private sector into underanticipating inflation |