Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] ' [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Peace People are there for prisoners ' wives who want to break all connections with the gunmen . |
| 2 | Of course , there have been plenty of Lions ' tours which brought no such dividend , 1951 being a case in point . |
| 3 | Aside from his Jamaican paintings , this was the year that Minton produced his London Transport poster as well as the lithograph Apple Orchard , Kent for the second of three series of artists ' prints which J. Lyons & Co. commissioned as wall decorations for their tea shops and which were also made available to the public at 15s 9d each . |
| 4 | Although dual employer structuring may be common in some industries , nevertheless our main concern is more specifically with the origins and development of employers ' associations themselves , which will now be delineated . |
| 5 | Instead , supervisors should consider concentrating regulation — and deposit protection — on those ( shrinking ) bits of banks ' activities which there is truly a public interest in protecting . |
| 6 | Without this " attraction " it was hardly to be expected that rural labour markets could clear themselves through falling wages , since they were already so close to the level of subsistence that a further lowering would have reduced the productivity of labour via its depressing effect on the calorific value of workers ' diets which would no longer have sustained the same work effort . |
| 7 | There are also a large number of bodies ' accounts which C. and A.G. audits by agreement with the body and the government department concerned . |
| 8 | On Feb. 18 the North suspended the fourth round of Premiers ' talks which had been scheduled for Feb. 25-28 , but agreement was reached the same month on joint sports teams [ see p. 38010 ; see also pp. 38341 ; 38437 ; 38529 ; 38576 ] . |
| 9 | Each day they brought him cyclostyled sheets from their local agents , and the telephone numbers of friends ' relatives whose relatives ' friends had seen a board up somewhere . |
| 10 | On the one hand , the average number of females ' friends who also used heroin was greater , at 2.8 out of 5 against 1.8 out of 5 in the known sample . |
| 11 | I think that 's right I 'm sure the architects do those and and there are sort of architects ' practices who are particularly interested in |
| 12 | O'er lawyers ' fingers who straight dream on fees ; |
| 13 | Then there is the work with prisoners ' wives who naturally shy away from publicity . |
| 14 | The deep disillusion of the mining community ( including miners ' wives who played an unprecedently prominent role in the strike ) at the erosion of their pits , their villages , and their way of life since the 1950s was spontaneous and genuine . |
| 15 | The Law Society has issued guidance notes for equal opportunities in solicitors ' firms which reproduce a standard policy for their use which has been drawn up on the basis of recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 16 | In addition , the structure of collective bargaining is an important influence upon the role and locus of decision-making within employers ' organisations themselves . |
| 17 | It is one of the easiest measures for the government to control , but it has been frequently criticized as being of little use as an indicator of spending power in the economy since it excludes the most important component of money supply , namely bank deposits , and includes money in banks ' tills which is the money that banks need to keep in their tills as a ‘ float ’ . |
| 18 | Nigel , who in any case really delighted in sows ' ears which had the faintest possibility of turning into even cotton purses , beavered away with them for an hour or more before unceremoniously dumping them in the dustbin and banging down the lid . |
| 19 | In ladies ' shoes it was a thinner leather and the men 's shoes it was a thicker leather . |
| 20 | There is an analogy between teachers ' in-service development and the mounting evidence that intervention in pupils ' careers which take place away from their school have limited value for either pupil rehabilitation or for changes in school ethos ( Topping 1983 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ We know about the players with senior clubs but there may be those in leagues like the Amateur League or in Boys ' Clubs who would be worth looking at , ’ says Ronnie . |
| 22 | On beginners ' courses we can have adults in four metre Europas alongside kids in Rotobats whilst the bigger kids soon move on to playboats and squirt boats . |
| 23 | While this transformation depends fundamentally on workers ' initiatives it could be aided by a government using the financing relation ( 4 ) as a means of leverage . |
| 24 | The use of such tests is a controversial issue , with on the one hand , anti-abortion lobbies arguing that life begins at conception and that therefore all abortion is wrong , through to womens ' groups who believe that such tests should be available to all pregnant women of all ages , so that those who do not wish to take the risk of giving birth to a mentally handicapped child may take the appropriate actions to prevent it . |
| 25 | Our drinks are served on elephants ' feet which make good side-tables and were once popular as souvenirs . |
| 26 | Yet for more than three months he has had in his hands the report by the Select Committee on Members ' Interests which recommends changes in the registration of commercial lobbying interests . |
| 27 | It 's also ideally suited to photographers ' assistants who want to progress . |
| 28 | Mr Welsh said that in response to reporters ' questions he had refused to rule out any tactic because the party had not decided what its strategy on civil disobedience might be . |
| 29 | By way of response the Government established the Committee on Ministers ' Powers which reported in 1932 and has come to be known as the Donoughmore Committee ( Donoughmore , 1932 ) . |
| 30 | The area between the top and bottom lines roughly corresponds with the average gaps between couples ' earnings which we can observe in totally independent data like the Family Expenditure Survey discussed above . |