Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thousands of miles of new hedgerows in the Midland countryside , when they came to full growth after a generation , added enormously to the bird population , especially with the extermination of the larger hawks and kites as pests , a process that is abundantly recorded in the church-wardens ' accounts or the field-reeves ' books of Midland villages . |
| 2 | The government turns its head aside from government support — apart from words — and says that it is either the employers ' responsibility or the employees ' … |
| 3 | If any member wishes to see a copy of the R.H.A. plans or the branches ' report or would like to be involved in any way please contact myself of Lynn Inglis . |
| 4 | Richards asked a sample audience in Cambridge to describe their responses to a set of thirteen poems supplied without titles or the authors ' names . |
| 5 | Anyone who can separate the gains from the ‘ dynamics ’ of privatisation from those arising from capital investment or the companies ' success in manipulating the pricing formula will deserve free water for life . |
| 6 | Anyone who can separate the gains from the ‘ dynamics ’ of privatisation from those arising from capital investment or the companies ' success in manipulating the pricing formula will deserve free water for life . |
| 7 | Blanche 's antennae were very sensitive at gauging the progress of an investigation but she relied on Dexter to hoover up male gossip that was beyond her reach , idle chatter in the canteen or the gents ' toilet that sometimes hardened into hostility or resentment at some way a case was being handled . |
| 8 | The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall . |
| 9 | In 1872 , the CWS agreed to do so ; but in 1875 the employees ' right to a bonus was abrogated when delegates to a quarterly meeting of consumers ' societies ‘ swept away the entire bonus system after less than three years ’ trial , and at the same time abolished the United Employees ' Association and the privileges ' — that is , on the purchases of goods — ‘ attached to it , decreeing that employees should share and share alike with other members both as purchasers and as recipients of dividends on their purchases . ’ |
| 10 | I could partly understand Sally 's comments because I heard at second hand from Jack Mason about the bickering that went on between manufacturers and the players ' agents about contracts . |
| 11 | One lane , often heavy traffic , tends to stop while the other continues to rush past at speed and the pedestrians ' view is obscured by the heavy traffic . |
| 12 | The idea of enclosed worlds is powerfully woven through the movie and the patients ' dilemma effectively contracted with Sayer 's own emotional development . |
| 13 | The Giants Hill and the Crusaders ' Chapel |
| 14 | This includes the full range of academic facilities , personal services , recreational and sports amenities , the cultural affairs programme and the Students ' Union . |
| 15 | Lindsey followed her out , pausing at the reception desk to hand in her mail and the patients ' cards . |
| 16 | The decision to wind up coincided with Millar 's retirement , but owed more to the competition from the TUC 's own education department and the Workers ' Educational Association . |
| 17 | But the BBC and talent unions — the Musicians ' Union , Equity and the Writers ' Guild — still can not agree on how much the performers and writers who contribute to the original broadcast should be paid out of profits accruing from re-issue of their work on video disc or tape . |
| 18 | He hated it especially now as he dragged it out of its corner in the garage , squeezed it between his Vauxhall Viva estate car and the twins ' tricycles , and rolled it on to the uneven surface in front of the garage doors . |
| 19 | These courses are jointly planned by the College and the residents ' training groups . |
| 20 | Both the amplifier and the females ' ears are tuned to the roughly 3000 hertz frequency sounds created by the male . |
| 21 | Councillors were told that a pilot scheme was to start in the Northfield-Coalgate area of Tranent in the spring with the support of Tranent Community Council , the police , Scottish Homes and the residents ' association . |
| 22 | The policing of CND rallies and the miners ' strike could hardly be said from the Government 's point of view to have failed , and certainly the police did not suffer for want of legal powers . |
| 23 | This attitude was amply revealed in the results of the competition ( ‘ Inside the Pub ’ ) launched jointly by The Architectural Review and The Brewers ' Society in 1949 . |
| 24 | An area of the playground was allowed for this , though it was forbidden to slide on the pathways leading to the Boys ' Entrance and the Girls ' Entrance . |
| 25 | It points to some of the ethical roots of social action and the citizens ' responsibilities towards a just society . |
| 26 | And it was a responsibility of the L D C. it was the management 's side and the workers ' side combined . |
| 27 | If the census data and the voters ' register are available for each block in a particular city then electoral boundaries can be defined on the basis of equal voting populations per electoral district , and maps of these districts can be drawn . |
| 28 | activities of voluntary bodies such as the British Standards Institution and the Consumers ' Association . |
| 29 | The move had the desired effect but the Indians ' ‘ Friendship Tour ’ was also threatened yesterday by a sex scandal . |
| 30 | Children may use the classroom sink or water tray to wash the cups or the dolls ' clothes . |