Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did the timeless beauty of the Fowey River provide the inspiration for the immortal children 's classic , ‘ The Wind in the Willows ’ ? |
| 2 | I got involved with agencies who specialise in placing children who were difficult to place , be it handicapped , black or of the wrong age , and that led to my doing a lot of work taking photographs for a magazine published by the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering and various publicity and public relations work for the Catholic Children 's Society . |
| 3 | Reg is keen to organise other fund-raising events for the Handicapped Children 's Mobility Trust . |
| 4 | His wife might even be sparing a thought for the murdered women 's families , never guessing that the man she was married to had been the perpetrator . |
| 5 | Elizabeth Wolstenholme-Elmy , for example , was associated with the suffrage movement , Butler 's campaign against the CD Acts , and the campaign for the Married Women 's Property Acts , while Millicent Fawcett , though withholding public support for Butler because she feared it would bring the suffrage movement into disrepute , in fact wholeheartedly approved of her work . |
| 6 | The next year she was selected with Doris Rhodes for the European women 's team championships , held in Venice . |
| 7 | Welsh open stroke play champion Macara is the only northerner in Wales ' six-man squad for the European men 's team championships in Czechoslovakia from July 1–4 , although Wrexham 's Matthew Ellis is also named in the squad as a non-travelling reserve . |
| 8 | They also raised over £800 for the Sick Children 's Hospital . |
| 9 | BRITAIN 'S Monique Javer took advantage of an erratic performance by Dominique Monami , of Belgium , to reach the second round of the Suntory Japan Open yesterday , while Mark Petchey qualified for the top-class men 's event , in which Stefan Edberg is defending his title , by defeating South Africa 's Byron Talbot 6-7 , 6-1 , 6-4 . |
| 10 | He 's worked for the National Children 's Bureau . |
| 11 | NINE-EIGHTEEN is the name of the Italian company which came to Ferndown for the British Women 's Open and sold designer golf shirts and T-shirts such as we have never previously seen , even in the tented village at The Open . |
| 12 | is well known for her charity work , raising much needed money for the local children 's hospice — Hope House . |
| 13 | As the Fabian Women 's Group ( FWG ) pointed out , contributory insurance was bound to reflect the existing economic position of women and divide them into those living as their husbands ’ dependants and those living as economically independent individuals . |
| 14 | As the average women 's tenure is only half that of men , their promotion up the seniority ladder is cut short . |
| 15 | It favoured the formation of an all-German Green party as a confederation in which the two parties would retain considerable autonomy and also advocated ( in contrast to the East German Greens ) a broader radical-ecological alliance with East German citizens ' movements such as the Independent Women 's Union and the United Left [ see p. 37301 ] . |
| 16 | William Graffunder , an expatriate German and the promoter of an organisation in Cardiff which he registered as the Amalgamated Seamen 's and Tradesmen 's Union of Great Britain and Ireland in September 1890 , likewise made no bones about its connection with the Shipping Federation in the supply of " free labour " , though he denied being its official . |
| 17 | Money raised from their endeavours will be divided between the Abused Children 's Action Group and the Victims of Crime Support Group . |
| 18 | He has made a score of films since , including his infamous documentary about the Rolling Stones 's 1972 tour , which the Stones suppressed because of its depiction of drug use and sex . |
| 19 | He had then put the bottle of whisky out on the table , in the hope that after a couple of shots , Pat Milligan 's rage would abate , and they could talk instead about the Red Sox 's chances in next week 's match against the New York Giants . |
| 20 | Thomson soon found himself hob-nobbing with Mongkut , the King of Siam , who he met through the royal children 's governess , Anna Leonowens . |
| 21 | Whereas the men 's and women 's toilets in large American stations usually led off the separate men 's and women 's waiting-rooms , no such delicacy prevailed for the Blacks . |
| 22 | Drawing breath : Brian Semple ( 8 ) and Andrew McCullough ( 8 ) , both from Belfast , take a rest after the National Children 's Fun Run . |
| 23 | It had originally been intended to include the Independent Women 's Union , which had campaigned jointly with the Green Party , but the two parties split after the Independent Women 's Union unsuccessfully demanded a larger share of the eight seats the list had won . |
| 24 | The Delegation was composed of seven women : Margarita Papandreou ( Women for Mutual Security , and Global Co-ordinator of the Delegation ) ; myself — Nawal El Saadawi ( writer , medical doctor and President of the Arab Women 's Solidarity Association ) ; Fatheya Seoudi ( Women 's Centre , Jordan ) ; Joan Drake ( Institute of Policy Studies in Washington and Madrea , Latin America ) ; Maude Barlow ( Voice of Women — Canada , Women World Parliamentarians for Peace ) ; Flora Abrachmanova ( World Democratic Federation of Women ) and Kay Kamp ( Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom ) . |
| 25 | However , the State Procurator 's office considered that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute his wife Anastasiya Tsedenbal-Filatova , for misappropriation of resources of the Mongolian Children 's Fund . |
| 26 | Before that I 've always been involved in women 's journals , including Women 's Report which is one of the early women 's monitoring journals in this country . |
| 27 | As a result of the Married Women 's Property Act 1882 , and later Acts , the capacity of a married woman to own property , to make contracts , and to incur liability for torts was different from that of a man . |
| 28 | Even married women , before the enactment of the Married Women 's Property Act of 1882 , might find themselves trapped in dependence upon their husbands in a loveless marriage . |
| 29 | Until the passing of the Married Women 's Property Act the husband 's marriage vow , ‘ with all my worldly goods I thee endow ’ , was ironic . |
| 30 | The only campaign undertaken by mainstream feminists in the late nineteenth century to improve the position of wives was in support of the Married Women 's Property Acts , which aided only middle class women . |