Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Green Party representatives have claimed that their findings invalidate other political parties ' claims to be green . |
| 2 | It was only a few minutes ' walk to her office in Aldersgate Street ; but she normally did not arrive there till nine . |
| 3 | But there was a joker in the pack , too , a fool at this court of kings , a jester , a clown , pure showman and extrovert , the big-wave riders ' answer to Evel Knievel . |
| 4 | Because our computer programme has been specially designed for us by our Information Technology Manager , we have never experienced any problems in converting our English clients ' instructions to Scots ! |
| 5 | Equally , we noted some heads ' resistance to developing their own professional understanding and their failure to engage with current educational issues . |
| 6 | During the Depression years mothers often called at the better-off houses in the neighbourhood to try and find places for their daughters and one woman recalled employing a succession of unemployed miners ' daughters to whom she paid 5/ a week . |
| 7 | And in Asturias 's Men of Maize , which deals with the expropriation of Indian communal lands for the commercial exploitation of maize , the Guatemalan Indians ' resistance to the destruction of their way of life is waged not only with arms , but also through the myths by which they preserve their concept of the world . |
| 8 | Thus perhaps the fact that a number of legal cases have been brought is indicative of some parents ' resistance to the subservient , rather than partnership , role which some say they are forced to assume by the Act ( regardless of exhortations to LEAs to extend parental involvement ) . |
| 9 | Some parents ' reaction to the diagnosis is nullified by the additional diagnosis of some life-threatening physical condition such as meningitis or a heart defect , which to them is more distressing . |
| 10 | The application must state the grounds of the application and should be made to the judge or district judge who tried the proceedings and ( save with leave ) not more than 14 days after the trial and on not less than seven clear days ' notice to the opposite party . |
| 11 | An East German parliamentary committee yesterday dismissed a draft travel law , saying that the 30 days ' travel to be granted a year in no way met people 's expectations . |
| 12 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 13 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 14 | Only after a few days ' exposure to New York sunlight did they readjust to local time . |
| 15 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 16 | If he decides to summon such a meeting , the meeting must be held not more than four months from the date of the bankruptcy order ( r 6.79(1) ) , and the official receiver must inform the court and give at least twenty-one days ' notice to all creditors ( r 6.79(2) ) . |
| 17 | British Universities ' Guide to Graduate Study |
| 18 | American banks ' loans totalled $157 billion in 1992 , of which one-fifth were not being serviced ; British banks ' lending to property companies alone stood at £37 billion in March 1993 . |
| 19 | The state of confusion surrounding such issues was such that he was obliged to allow forty days ' grace to many of his ninety or so loyal vassals assembled at St Sever in September 1273 , so that they might consult their title-deeds , old charters , relatives and aged kinsmen . |
| 20 | We have all experienced situations in which clients under stress through poverty , mental illness , limited ability or personality disorders have reacted to their difficulties or to social workers ' responses to their problems with displaced anger and aggression . |
| 21 | The first stage of this research , now completed , explored social workers ' reactions to this method of assessment . |
| 22 | SOCIAL WORKERS ' REACTIONS TO THE STUDY |
| 23 | Social workers ' contribution to the legal process is both appropriate and vital . |
| 24 | Not that the crowd at Le Palais noticed , of course : British audiences ' antipathy to homegrown rappers is as legendary as it is ignorant , but the real surprise was the startlingly similar response for Pete Rock & CL Smooth . |
| 25 | Also omitted are assessments or even mention of the studies of cultural evolution made since Richard Dawkins 's discussion of the memo , the scathing attacks by Richard Lewontin of the scientific method used in sociobiology , and of social scientists ' reactions to Wilson 's claims . |
| 26 | Teacher and pupil in interaction ( awareness of different professionals ' reactions to particular difficulties and behaviour patterns ; their potential effect on pupils ) |
| 27 | It would be technically possible now for some Members ' offices to be given the feed . |
| 28 | The decision is made harder by the knowledge that almost all terminally ill patients are receiving medication and may be suffering pain and distress , all of which could affect their mental competence , quite apart from some doctors ' reluctance to ‘ give up . ’ |
| 29 | On the other hand , some feminists ' objections to the principle of Wages for Housework lead them to oppose any proposal that might , in their view , ‘ look like ’ or ‘ lead to ’ it . |
| 30 | Despite the fact that the global , often UK-originated course is likely to become less important as product becomes increasingly country , market and syllabus-specific , it is the UK 's TEFL industry that underpins British publishers ' claim to superior authenticity , experience and expertise . |