Example sentences of "[adv] with [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Whilst Rick 's aim in changing the curriculum was to focus on mathematical thinking , this was at odds not only with many parents ' perceptions of mathematics , but also those of one member of his department and the headteacher . |
2 | Chairman , could I just mention to the Committee , on Shropshire child care links , erm , the County Council of course , is also the registration body that erm , registers childminders and day care , and erm , while obviously this is very much to be supported and ties in with Social Services ' own requirements to promote child care , it should not be seen , and we should perhaps , Bruce make a , we can have discussions with , we should be careful to endorse , the giving of this money does n't necessarily imply or endorse the standards of the people on their books , who may be people that the County Council in another arm , are investigating and in some cases , taking action to close down . |
3 | She knew Maisie 's mother from the days when she had stood the Wednesday market along with other farmers ' wives , but had never met Len Brayton , the girl 's father . |
4 | Some give open-ended contracts , others employ their seasonal workers on a succession of fixed-term contracts of essentially an arbitrary duration ( usually between 10 and 12 weeks ) which contain an additional clause allowing the employer to terminate them prematurely with one weeks ' notice . |
5 | By the time Charlie and Tommy climbed through the ropes , Tommy had made it clear to his friend that he hoped to get away with three minutes ' shadow-boxing . |
6 | And definitely not with several days ' growth of beard on an aggressively masculine jaw , or with so much … so much compelling strength in his face , in his ice-blue eyes . |
7 | So we actually ended up with two days ' climbing . |
8 | Looking back with seventy years ' hindsight , Dad might have been wiser to have accepted this offer , but things were different before the First World War and couples might quarrel and argue all their married life as Mum and Dad did but rarely separated and never divorced . |
9 | How could people pack and prepare a lifetime 's possessions , even with six days ' notice ? |
10 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
11 | Lockhart 's flight became lost and returned to the carrier , then set off again with two hours ' fuel already gone . |