Example sentences of "[adj] for the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | And I feel sorry for the officers ' families who have to know that every time they go to work they 're in this sort of danger . |
2 | He remembered his wife mentioning to him that some immigrants had moved into the street , and , because he knew that neither Donna nor Mrs Stych would bother to call on immigrants , he felt vaguely sorry for the newcomers ' isolation . |
3 | As long ago as 1978 , the Scottish Hospital Advisory Service reported from observation visits to long-stay hospitals throughout Scotland that even when adjustable beds were provided , they were frequently found at a height too high for the patients ' safety and unfortunately , this is often still true . |
4 | So I I would erm you know , quite often get bags of clothes , and s we sorted them out , and give them to people with erm quite large families and erm we used to also get some for the tenants ' association for the jumble sales . |
5 | Top two-year-old Sayyedati is also considered doubtful for the Fillies ' Mile . |
6 | It would have been all too easy for the residents ' views to weigh lightly compared to the supposedly more objective professional assessments but , avoiding this pitfall , the author looked for ways of tapping the experiences of the residents themselves and sought to complement these with staff assessments of social and psychiatric functioning . |
7 | This can be demonstrated in Vacwell Engineering Co Ltd v BDH Chemicals [ 1971 ] 1 QB 88 where a chemical supplied by the defendants , although fit for the plaintiffs ' purposes , exploded on contact with water , though this was unknown to the plaintiffs . |
8 | The tie is sponsored by Carmen Furniture , appropriate to the musical chairs likely for the Scots ' second outing and key to qualification for the knock-out stages — against Canada — where the intention is that Tony Stanger and Carl Hogg will play . |
9 | This can not be good for the employees ' self-esteem . |
10 | The new Guineas favourite is Tertian , a Newmarket winner last season , and now as low as 11–2 for the colts ' classic on May 2 . |
11 | Perhaps this was too sinister for the judges ' tastes ? |
12 | The erm , importance of monitoring procedures can not be over-stressed because enable , to enable us to actually find out if these er , arrangements are working properly we do have to monitor the arrangements that are in place , and we have to provide details of monitor important for the members ' benefit , er , explaining how the budget is er , is being spent , and also bringing in information about the number of assessments , the levels of assessments , and all the other aspects that er , that make a new system work . |
13 | Knight Williams is responsible for the trusts ' overall investment strategy , while specialist fund managers ( Mercury , Schroder , Barings , James Capel , GT , Perpetual , SGTR and Whittingale ) are in charge of day-to-day management . |
14 | Included in the criteria , which the RSPCA insist new EC regulations should meet , are a maximum journey time to abattoirs of eight hours , and certification for those responsible for the animals ' care in transit . |
15 | For instance , housing units should not only be available for the planners ' notion of the traditional nuclear family , but for a range of different relationships . |
16 | Definitely it was Eddie 's day and with his fiftieth birthday just past the ‘ auld yin ’ as he described himself also admitted that he was now eligible for the Seniors ' Tour ! |
17 | The prognosis was for Rangers to qualify for the European Cup , Celtic for the Cup-Winners ' Cup ( having beaten Rangers in the semi-final , of course , then prevailed in the final ) , Hearts for a place in the UEFA Cup for finishing second in their Premier Division and Hibs as Skol League Cup winners , joining them . |
18 | The Customs Authorities allowed furniture and household goods in tax-free for the visitors ' stay , but they had to pay tax on all goods which they did not take with them when they left . |
19 | About three quarters of the contestants at each board are graded as suitable for the candidates ' list , some of them with recommended restrictions ( the Indian doctor was reckoned ‘ suitable for consideration for an ethnic seat ’ ) . |
20 | Indeed , the first ( voluntary ) codes of recommendation for livestock drawn up by the Ministry of Agriculture were described as setting standards below which profitability would be jeopardised , not as being desirable for the animals ' welfare . |
21 | They 've got the ordinary ordinary ones but a lot and but I thought that 's alright for the kids ' bedroom . |