Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Securities and Investments Board has welcomed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ' decision that its members should be authorised via membership of the Securities and Futures Authority , rather than the RICS seeking recognition in its own right . |
| 2 | Although both sides became frustrated , it says much for the social workers ' determination that they turned up to meetings and attempted to understand me . |
| 3 | It is when you get on to the more high tech aspects of English Hops ' work that small and muted alarm bells begin to ring . |
| 4 | Experts have exploded the old wives ' myth that , if he decided to play away , there must have been something wrong with the relationship in the first place . |
| 5 | I think it 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin . |
| 6 | It 's an old wives ' tale that make-up ruins the skin |
| 7 | Is n't it British Gas ' Chairman that 's just had that enormous pay rise ? |
| 8 | The French theorists ' suggestion that minor modes were apt to express sadness , and major , more positive emotions is by no means borne out simplistically . |
| 9 | With only ninepence in their pockets , they founded an old boys ' association that went on to include a thriving club ( albeit minus clubhouse ) , a sports field and four football teams competing in the Zingari and Old Boys Associations ' leagues . |
| 10 | That matter was being discussed at the chief executives ' conference that I attended in Harrogate on Thursday , and it is a matter of great importance to all those working in the ’ next steps ’ agencies . |
| 11 | I had hoped that the hon. Gentleman was going to say whether he was in favour of the Liberal Democrats ' position that there should not be a Secretary of State and on Labour 's position that there should be . |
| 12 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 13 | Fairlie emphasizes that the House has no corporate feeling , it can not stand apart from the government , and the parliamentary reformers ' idea that the House can recover some of its former powers is both impracticable and , in his judgement , undesirable . |
| 14 | But the natural theologians ' assumption that God had designed a harmonious order of Nature was hardly a suitable basis upon which to build a modern science . |
| 15 | He welcomed the European Commission on Human Rights ' ruling that the case of the three IRA members killed by the SAS in Gibraltar was good enough to go the European Court . |
| 16 | Ministers had hoped that arguments over the killings would not be re-opened , but maintained they were not embarrassed by the European Commission on Human Rights ' ruling that there was a case to be answered . |
| 17 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 18 | Welfare benefits currently form a higher proportion of many individuals ' income that was formerly the case , because of the rise in unemployment to levels unheard of since the 1930s , and because of the increase in the number of old people who are dependent upon state pensions . |
| 19 | Notes of the Qualified Teachers ' Meeting that was cancelled on Saturday , 9th January 1982 |
| 20 | erm There are indications that in perhaps twenty years ' time that there might be some novel applications of lasers . |
| 21 | Finally , women could never receive the maximum compensation because of differential retirement ages , payments based on age , and the ceiling of twenty years ' maximum that counted towards payments . |
| 22 | It is several critics ' testimony that John 's awakening re-awakens the reader to John 's sleeping presence ( or , rather , immanence ) . |
| 23 | In December 1990 it came to the other directors ' knowledge that M and another manager , Elizabeth Melon , the software sales manager , intended to start a new company and to take over the distribution of the Boeing software . |
| 24 | She knew from thirty years ' experience that bullies were a breed apart . |
| 25 | Word came back in two days ' time that Sigarup was getting better . |
| 26 | He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge . |
| 27 | PRINCESS Diana has sent a secret cash gift to a battered wives ' refuge that the Mirror has been campaigning to save . |
| 28 | The Politburo , reviewing the talks , described them as a ‘ major political event ’ and thought particularly significant the two leaders ' declaration that a nuclear war could not be won and must never be fought ; this was at odds with the views of some influential US ( and Soviet ) strategists . |
| 29 | She confirmed other insiders ' information that Bryan became Fergie 's boyfriend last November . |
| 30 | If it ever gets them , it will probably be thanks to the Geographic Targeting Taskforce , a local activists ' group that is now beginning to make an impact on the area . |