Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Professional Boxers ' Association would try er , many years ago , and it did n't have the support of people like the G M B and the S P F. |
| 2 | FIG. 1 The spatial Prisoners ' Dilemma can generate a large variety of qualitatively different patterns , depending on the magnitude of the parameter , b , which represents the advantage for defectors . |
| 3 | Even a few hours ' warning can save lives and reduce injuries . |
| 4 | Exceptionally , 12 months ' extension may be granted ( Ord 7 , r 20(3) ) . |
| 5 | A group of residents in an old peoples ' home may between them be confronting many occasions of loss and death ; the handling of these matters requires sensitivity too . |
| 6 | The routine for a haulier offering 30 days ' credit might look like this : |
| 7 | The dilemma of whether to improve ( or not ) an old building which may not be needed in a few years ' time can last for decades . |
| 8 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 9 | Is it not outrageous that so much British taxpayers ' money should have been spent trying to suppress a book which in part told us about the treacherous activities of the security services in trying to undermine the democratically elected Government of Harold Wilson ? |
| 10 | In this decorators ' dreamland may be found marble columns , ornamental birds , chimney pieces , lecterns , windows and plaster busts . |
| 11 | Randi describes their methods in detail , except where some professional magicians ' secret would otherwise be exposed . |
| 12 | IN THE wake of his suspension , French prop GREGOIRE LASCUBE has taken up refereeing in the hope that his six months ' ban will be reduced . |
| 13 | In his report delivered the next day , he observed that the road surface was not yet completed and that only drivers with at least six years ' service could be employed on Anerley Hill . |
| 14 | Once one budget round is over in March , the chief executive and the chief officers ' group will prepare papers for the policy and resources committee identifying key issues for deeper analysis , possible priorities for the next financial year , and areas for major economies . |
| 15 | The civil servants ' reluctance would be resolved by a ministerial directive that the project must be supported — some action was always better than none , the project would have an impact in several regions , if it worked it would boost exports and create employment . |
| 16 | Lexandro had expected that the Imperial Fists ' home-base would be on a world . |
| 17 | An official teachers ' guide may recommend project work and locally based enquiry , whereas the official timetable renders such initiatives impossible by dividing up the day into small fragments . |
| 18 | Although the need for one organization of policy-making for curriculum and examinations had been recognized as long ago as the mid-1960s ( through the establishment of the Schools Council ) , it had been abandoned in the early 1980s in favour of centralized curriculum-making and a blanket acceptance that the assessment of individual pupils ' achievement would lead to greater improvements in the system than the development of logically connected public examinations and national qualifications . |
| 19 | The Liberal Democrats ' total would fall from 22 ( including by-elections ) to 16 in the new Parliament . |
| 20 | This extra consumers ' expenditure will give rise to additional income of £40 million in those domestic industries producing the required goods and services . |
| 21 | The greatest advantage , however , was that 8–10 weeks ' notice could be given of precise dates , venues and course programme . |
| 22 | Forty years later William Hutton , who had once himself been a framework knitter , wrote that manufactures tended to decay when " plenty preponderates " , for a man who could support his family on three days ' labour would not work six . |
| 23 | Basically , however , secure tenants of three years ' standing can buy their houses at discounts ranging from 33 per cent of market price to a maximum of 50 per cent . |
| 24 | Corporate managers ' discretion will be legitimated since their power will be severely limited by the requirement that all their decisions must aim simply at profit-maximization . |
| 25 | MDC noted that a Younger Chemists ' reception would be held during the 1992 annual congress and that Ciba-Geigy had agreed to provide sponsorship . |
| 26 | The remaining three terms ' grant can be reinstated at whichever point the student reaches the target resulting , again , in some students graduating at Christmas or Easter after their originally expected date of completion . |
| 27 | So , too , is the risk that an overcooked spinners ' pitch may be ruled out of order and points deducted at umpires ' question time . |
| 28 | Regional delegates ' conference will be held where the regional nat the regional negotiating councils or where there is a need for a regional sounding board for the effective operation of the national negotiating council . |
| 29 | The injured dogs ' behaviour can not be differentiated from that of their uninjured pack mates . |
| 30 | Not all departments ' spending could be cash limited . |