Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course the supermarkets ' aim is to make fat profits and they are not really in the business of doing their customers favours . |
| 2 | In a significant change of emphasis the governors ' meeting on April 13-14 agreed to abolish the ceiling of 6 per cent of bank lending which could go to the former Soviet Union ( corresponding to the Soviet Union 's 6 per cent holding in the EBRD ) , and to allow up to 40 per cent of the EBRD 's lending to go to former Soviet republics . |
| 3 | Even in cases involving the interpretation of legislation the judges ' choices between competing or differential readings of the words of the statutory material involve judicial creativity or innovation . |
| 4 | Twelve-week-old poodle pups , with hair and ear mites , sold directly to , or even worse , given as presents to frail OAPs who were given no idea of the amount of care the dogs ' ears will need every two or three weeks for the rest of their 16 year lives ? |
| 5 | In the process of exploration the consultees ' expertise is supplemented by one another 's and the consultant 's , and in this way professional understanding and skills are extended . |
| 6 | On an appeal to the Court of Appeal it was contended , inter alia , that the judge wrongly failed to take into account the applicants ' privilege against self-incrimination . |
| 7 | The research however does not take into account the readers ' literary competence and the analysis of the responses tends to be rather impressionistic . |
| 8 | I have been following with interest the Gardeners ' World programmes where Nigel Colborn had been designing a new garden , especially when he had been using plants for the shady corner . |
| 9 | Well there is n't actually regrettably there is so much personal debt within the City , and the problem is rising to such an extent that all the bodies that provide money advice , including for example the Citizens ' Advice Bureau , which we also fund , are overwhelmed by the numbers of people coming to them . |
| 10 | Withdrawing support , or not putting in support , was of course sometimes straightforward ( for example the clients ' residential place came up , he or she became physically ill and was admitted to hospital , existing support at home was adequate ) . |
| 11 | In contrast the Situationists ' notion of pleasure is a negation of work in almost every sense of the word — a kind of involuntary idleness in the land of Cockaigne . |
| 12 | In contrast the Barbarians ' tries owed everything to thrilling running , crisp passing and a surprisingly high level of understanding between what was a hugely-talented collection of players , but nevertheless a scratch side . |
| 13 | In essence the courts ' control over the conditions of jurisdiction is premised upon the assumption that they are thereby effectuating the will of Parliament ; they are ensuring that the tribunal or authority remains within the boundaries of what Parliament intended it to examine by ensuring that those conditions are present . |
| 14 | In Cuba the Communists ' early association with Batista did them great disservice when his second regime ( 1952–8 ) became increasingly corrupt and unpopular . |
| 15 | In truth the Inspirals ' so-called fairground sound is far more kitchen sink than rinky-dink . |
| 16 | The appropriate sale strategy will evolve from consideration the clients ' objectives and from our assessment of the valuation of the business , the degree of interest it is likely to attract , and deal structuring considerations . |
| 17 | Second , the Algerian negotiations between ETA and the Spanish government broke down over the government 's unwillingness to accept in principle the Basques ' right of self-determination . |
| 18 | In fact the tigers ' investment decisions have probably been shaped more by economic forces than by ethnic Chinese solidarity . |
| 19 | The Secretary of State took on board the consultants ' recommendations and , in November 1988 , sanctioned the extension of MDC 's boundaries . |
| 20 | The company would retaliate with a double gang , one gang to decoy the landlords ' men to drinks in the nearest pub , the other to put back to rails to let the train through . |
| 21 | The day prior to arrival the guests ' names and rooms allocated will be entered on the arrivals and departures list ( see Fig. 3.27 ) and circulated to all heads of departments , e.g. housekeeping , restaurants , bars and accounts . |
| 22 | The students ( all over 18 years of age ) chose a topic of interest to themselves and of potential use to others The students ' aim was to produce a database and they were thus involved in skills of defining their information needs , planning methods of acquiring information , and assessing the information needs of the users of the database . |