Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the most part , however , the solution will lie more on the managers ' side than the shareholders ' : the managers need to be given incentives that make them less likely to make the colossal errors of the 1960s . |
| 2 | Increasingly these instructions are becoming more important in determining the power and flexibility of computers than the machines ' electronic parts or hardware . |
| 3 | At a time of militant unionism in the country generally , both the FA and the Football League feared disruption of the football programme if the players ' union got involved with disputes in other industries . |
| 4 | In the first , the Home Secretary proposed a fixed ( ie mandatory ) sentence of imprisonment for life as an alternative penalty for murder if the abolitionists ' amendment were carried . |
| 5 | Answer guide : The answers should show that the student understands that liabilities are amounts owed by the business to third parties whereas the owners ' equity can be viewed as an amount the business owes to the owners . |
| 6 | The fact that one Health Authority felt unable to fund this operation and yet another Health Authority felt able to provide the necessary monies does call into question whether the Patients ' Charter does actually work . |
| 7 | They asked not only about feeding , weaning and toileting practices , but also about such matters as the mothers ' ways of handling dependent and aggressive behaviour , their methods of disciplining , their feelings towards pregnancy , overt expression of affection , and adjustment in marriage . |
| 8 | At first the Empire knights looked unstoppable as they drove the Goblin wolf riders from the field , but soon both sides became embroiled in hand-to-hand combat where the Knights ' lances were hindered by the close press of warriors . |
| 9 | People who cause trouble are constantly under medication ( more for the staff 's sake than the residents ' , so it seemed to me . |
| 10 | The judge was told it might not be possible for the trial to take place if the officers ' identities were not protected . |
| 11 | CD is playing with the term ‘ pocket-borough ’ , used for a constituency where the electors ' votes were all corruptly controlled by some wealthy individual ( see BOROUGH , CLOSE ) . |
| 12 | Let's hope for a butterflyfilled summer this year , and if you 're off to a country wedding , may it be as joyful an occasion as the Sarns ' feast . |
| 13 | Police called the hunt for the killer the Forest Belt Case because the victims ' bodies were usually found in woods . |
| 14 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 15 | Wasps pressed on with another penalty from Young while the students ' best hope of winning possession came from their 6ft 9in lock Derwin Jones . |
| 16 | Another study , by Mintel , a market-research company , covers some of the same ground as the academics ' book ( but costs £795 ) . |
| 17 | The two main resolutions on the " United Front " and Communist affiliation did , in any case , receive half a million votes each and were backed by such important bodies as the Miners ' Federation and the Amalgamated Engineering Union . |
| 18 | In another school , the committee had a detailed agenda for further development which would go into operation once the teachers ' dispute was resolved . |
| 19 | The fact that Holding ( who had 6 for 65 in the first innings ) and Julien conceded four an over from 34 overs and the spinners only just over two an over from 105 was of less significance than the spinners ' inability to bowl batsmen out . |
| 20 | They drift into an affair until the Robinsons ' daughter , Elaine , returns home from Berkeley . |
| 21 | In 1009 the Standard is the only source of information until the Ladies ' Minutes commenced at the year end . |
| 22 | But I left in a hurry because the piglets ' mother did n't approve of a stranger wandering among her brood and she came at me open-mouthed , barking explosively . |
| 23 | As labour employed by capital , in principle they needed trade unions and were organised by them , exemplary employer though the Consumers ' Movement generally was . |
| 24 | No sooner had the Minister of Education , Lionel Jospin , stated that the scarves could not be a motive for excluding the girls from school than the teachers ' union , traditionally close to the Socialist Party , called him a traitor and 50 of his deputies signed a petition publicly disaffiliating themselves from his line and asking for his resignation . |
| 25 | ‘ Whatever the contribution of aggressive toys to children 's anti-social behaviour may be , ’ concludes Professor Goldstein , ‘ it is fairly minor compared to such factors as the parents ' use of aggression and their tolerance of their child 's aggression . ’ |
| 26 | If the nurses accepted it , their pay would be determined in the same way as the doctors ' , by an independent review body . |
| 27 | Jordanian potash extraction will be affected in the same way as the Israelis ' . |
| 28 | In fact , some small part of the new funds might indeed have been used for this purpose as the societies ' balance sheet shows , but it will be only a very small proportion of the total funds received . |
| 29 | To guard against accidents — such as the loss of the first packet , for example , or a furious spate of activity when the chemists ' were closed — he bought another packet of condoms and secreted them under the lining paper of his sock drawer . |
| 30 | Typical of Geoff 's talent was the opening goal he scored to set us on the way to a Wembley victory over Everton in the Zenith Data Systems Cup Final in April 1991 , cleaving his way though The Toffees ' defence to head home from a corner and , perhaps partly because of Palace 's and Geoff 's success at Wembley , he was awarded his first full International cap when England travelled to Turkey for the European Nations Championship tie on May Day 1991 . |