Example sentences of "[noun] or 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 | Children may use the classroom sink or water tray to wash the cups or the dolls ' clothes . |
| 9 | The section relates to any instrument that : ( i ) is executed in pursuance of an order of a court made on granting in respect of the parties a decree of divorce , nullity of marriage or judicial separation , or ( ii ) is executed in pursuance of an order of a court which is made in connection with the dissolution or annulment of the marriage or the parties ' judicial separation and which is made at any time after the granting of such a decree , or ( iii ) is executed at any time in pursuance of an agreement of the parties made in contemplation of or otherwise in connection with the dissolution or annulment of the marriage or their judicial separation . |
| 10 | Do not ask for or accept information , advice , or direction except from railway officials or the Travellers ' Aid . |
| 11 | But interestingly there 's no mention of Majorism or the citizens ' charter . |
| 12 | In these circumstances the Local Government Superannuation Regulations or the Teachers ' Superannuation ( Scotland ) Regulations will be applied as appropriate in terms of the payment or otherwise of pension benefits . |
| 13 | This did n't endanger either the Union 's negotiation rights or the groups ' autonomy . |
| 14 | They had no formal control over the staff or the centres ' finances . |
| 15 | As Bird ( 1984 ) has pointed out , these schools perceived disruptiveness as arising from either the irrational behaviour of pupils or the limited educational expectations of working class pupils or the pupils ' personal problems of adjustment to the school . |
| 16 | Some of his oldest friends , who for years had been accustomed to seeing him , fat and genial , as the leading light of a pig-sticking expedition , were astonished to hear him now holding forth like a veritable Newton or Faraday and discussing the latest discoveries in medicine as fluently as if they were entries in the Bengal Club Cup or the Planters ' Handicap . |
| 17 | They met at flats around London , avoiding Diana 's apartments at Kensington Palace or the lawyers ' offices in Gray 's Inn . |
| 18 | Software , as it is written and developed , can be deposited with an independent person ( for example , a bank manager or solicitor or the Stationers ' Company ) who can verify important dates such as when the software was first written and when it was modified . |
| 19 | If you 're planning to leave the lot to one person , or do n't have a lot to leave , buy a DIY will-pack from WH Smith or the Consumers ' Association . |