Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They voted the local taxes for the governors ' salaries which might be as high as £2,000 a year ( a hundred times a labourer 's wage , and 40 per cent of the prime Minister 's salary ) , and sometimes they felt governors should earn their salaries by letting the assembly have its own way . |
| 2 | Mr Davis has spent thousands of pounds fighting in court for the gypsies ' rights to stay . |
| 3 | Carry out duties and responsibilities conscientiously and with proper regard for the employers ' interests . |
| 4 | As for the investors ' representatives , businessman John Dyer and his committee at BCIG and Antony Gold and David Pine at Alexander Tatham yesterday represented almost the end of a daily nightmare . |
| 5 | The £500 deposit would hardly pay for the barristers ' lunches at the public inquiry , whereas my standing for Parliament will concentrate the other candidates ' minds solidly on the issue and emphasise the public 's outrage at National Grid plc 's proposals . |
| 6 | Aficionados of art and antiques will make a bee-line for the towns ' museums and art galleries . |
| 7 | Yet in France , even as early as the Janaury draw for the challengers ' trials , the event was screened nationally — and special television walls were installed in Tokyo stations to carry pictures in Japan . |
| 8 | Fairy tales , fables , moral and religious stories , alphabets , songs and poems , all were grist for the stationers ' presses . |
| 9 | Cos really that 'd pay for the girls ' nightshirts . |
| 10 | At about this time tights were no longer worn on stage : ‘ wet white ’ was used for the Girls ' legs . |
| 11 | In the early 1970s , she turned to documentary — she joined the feminist Hackney Flashers , photographed for the Childrens ' Rights Workshop and seemed set to become one of a large emerging group of leftist agit prop campaigning photo-reporters . |
| 12 | The runners found themselves unfairly rebuked for the market-makers ' errors , and for their whimsical misquotes or bid-only quotes that could ruin a deal . |
| 13 | My wife acted as housekeeper for the officers ' houses and Mrs Weaverhurst , the headmistress , took charge of St Michael 's . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | To do the project justice and allow time for the respondents ' concerns to be dealt with , this amount of time is required rather than sending all surveys out in one block . |
| 16 | He attended few matches and Alex Jones , the spokesman for the Hearts ' Supporters Federation , said : ‘ It 's fair to say he 'll not be missed . ’ |
| 17 | Sealed with the papal leaden seal , the bulla or bull , it was the authority for the judges ' actions , outlining any specific points which needed to be brought to their attention , informing them in some cases of the law and declaring their actual powers . |
| 18 | Perhaps this was too sinister for the judges ' tastes ? |
| 19 | That force , unlike those vortices , was a well-evidenced explanation for the planets ' orbits because , the argument went , the orbits themselves were not the sole evidence for its existence . |
| 20 | Currently , a Home Office grant pays for the schemes ' managers and co-ordinators . |
| 21 | They had a special role in relation to stock-rearing and stock health and as the confidante and sounding board for the farmers ' problems . |
| 22 | Yes , for the farmers ' daughters and |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This explains why heads of governments , the police and the Establishment in general are such popular targets for the protesters ' attacks . |
| 25 | The young Fusiliers had been patriotically offered up for the politicians ' errors ; they had even been bullied by the militant women brandishing their white feathers , and they went cheering , singing , promising to come home victoriously to the grime and love of their Lancashire womb . |
| 26 | ‘ Rural children have no right to play in areas which have become increasingly dangerous , ’ says Alison Marshall , new rural development officer for the Kids ' Clubs Network . |
| 27 | Some of the neighbours , however , do n't care much for the spotters ' activities . |
| 28 | All those years I amassed it , and polished it with my mind : for the Jews ' teeth . |
| 29 | For the twins ' sakes , she must put aside all her antagonistic feelings , the deep frustration she felt at having to coexist , cheek by jowl , with a man she fervently hoped would soon be her ex -husband . |
| 30 | The next day , while we were exercising , Brian kept watch under the door for the guards ' feet as I tapped out , ‘ We are Brian Keenan and John McCarthy . |