Example sentences of "[noun] ' [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the working-class was the principal target for purists ' interventionary zeal they also provided rank-and-file recruits for the new movement . |
| 2 | The case proceeded before Hoffmann J. on the basis that , in accordance with the existing practice , the appellants were not entitled to see the administrators ' confidential statement which was before the judge . |
| 3 | We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route . |
| 4 | Three weeks ' extra salary which is given on the day before a holiday was taken . |
| 5 | I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill . |
| 6 | Intended for middle managers with at least two years ' relevant experience it is based on distance learning course and assessment materials which can be integrated with the individual 's work-place activities , thereby minimising career disruptions and maximising the benefits to employee and employer alike . |
| 7 | Winning design : Richard Horden Associates ' mast-like tour which reflects Glasgow 's link with sailing and the sea |
| 8 | Specimen memorandum of association for a solicitors ' incorporated practice which is a company limited by shares |
| 9 | Specimen articles of association for a solicitors ' incorporated practice which is a company limited by shares |
| 10 | Specimen memorandum of association for a solicitors ' incorporated practice which is an unlimited company having a share capital |
| 11 | Specimen articles of association for a solicitors ' incorporated practice which is an unlimited company having a share capital |
| 12 | to Sir John Mills ' old house which Ron Wood had just bought . |
| 13 | There is an enormous literature in Russian on the Decembrists ' Siberian exile which accurately reflects the powerful impact which these ‘ first enlighteners of the Siberian people ’ had on the scientific investigation and cultural development of the region with which so many of them came to identify themselves , and where not a few chose to remain after they were eventually amnestied by Alexander H. Just as their initial , ill-fated rebellion marked the beginning of the nineteenth-century Russian revolutionary movement , so did their exile beyond the Urals open a new phase in the history of political exile in Siberia and of the on-going battle between the radical intelligentsia and the autocratic Russian state . |
| 14 | This norm contrasts with that of the groups ' careful speech which is very much closer to traditional Dyirbal ( see Dixon 1971 for a description ) . |
| 15 | He was good enough to organize a complimentary flight for me on the Imperial Airways ' flying boat which plied the sea and air routes between Long Island Sound and Bermuda several times each week . |
| 16 | In the Airds ' duplex apartment I hung my raincoat over Tessa 's second mink with a malign hope that it would drip , which involved me in turning in my tracks after a minute or two to take the gesture back . |
| 17 | The proportion of expenses allowed will be the same as the proportion of the trustees ' worldwide income which is liable to UK tax . |
| 18 | I sought out and consulted separately with three of the sleeping-car attendants in the racegoers ' sleeping cars who frowned in turn and said that first , the sort of jacket I was describing was worn by thousands , and second , everyone tended to look gaunt outside in the cold air . |
| 19 | Chris Menges ' directorial debut which received critical acclaim and festival awards throughout the world . |
| 20 | By the watchfires ' waning light he could discern a handful of ghostly figures flitting about nearby . |
| 21 | If we are genuinely to make the services more acceptable and enhance users ' individual experiences we must take seriously the users ' views about their own personal treatment and care . |
| 22 | When we look at UK multinational corporations ' direct investment we again see the impact of the break-up of the Commonwealth as an economic bloc : in the early 1960s Commonwealth countries accounted for 60 per cent of the UK 's overseas direct assets , but by 1984 this figure had declined to 32 per cent ( taking account of current and ex-Commonwealth countries ) . |
| 23 | But the effect seemed diluted as he then toured the docks ' cold store which was stuffed full of apples . |
| 24 | Natural Gas Vehicles were also covered in some detail but as our public relations efforts seem to be hampered by these vehicles ' technical problems it 's difficult to be more positive than we have been . |
| 25 | By the moonbeams ' mystic light 'T IS the shadow on the wall . ’ |
| 26 | Unlike Leeds ' evil hardcore who had no such media approval . |
| 27 | This withdrawal of support for the housing policy was facilitated by the fact that the Planning Department had been ‘ abandoned ’ by the Councils ' topmost officials who were reluctant to share its unpopularity in any measure . |
| 28 | Writing of Andrewes ' public life he concludes , ‘ It is a cause of thanksgiving that Andrewes can be convicted of weakness rather than malice , but it is sad that either alternative should have to be attributed to such a man . ’ |
| 29 | Sister Catherine , of Our Lady of Passion monastery , Northants , on the order to slaughter the nuns ' salmonella-infected chickens I have never regarded the term ‘ do-gooder ’ as a criticism . |