Example sentences of "[adj] with the [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This incident seems to epitomise what is believed to have gone wrong with the Children 's Hearing system in Orkney . |
| 2 | Harish then concluded on Dec. 11 that he could find nothing wrong with the settlers ' claims of legal ownership of the properties . |
| 3 | This Government is rarely so generous with the taxpayers ' money , espe cially to people who seek out an in vestment opportunity which does n't involve paying UK tax . |
| 4 | Vit is a frequent homonym in Old French , appearing , as in Modern French , as the passé simple of the verb voir , " to see " , and being nearly homophonic with the nouns vis , " face " , and vie , " life " . |
| 5 | Thus , although the legal model may prevent directors from regarding third party interests as ends in their own right , it is arguable that it is consistent with the directors ' obligations to the shareholders for the company to sacrifice profits in order to protect them given these possible relationships with shareholder utility . |
| 6 | Either way , the position of women reflected by the dowry system was consistent with the Asians ' new petit-bourgeois role in East Africa . |
| 7 | Changes in traffic noise at these sites affected subjective response in a manner consistent with the investigators ' findings , and the investigators therefore predict that , to the extent that noise levels have remained constant at these sites , subjective response will also have remained constant . |
| 8 | Animal welfare workers say they 're delighted with the judges 's decision . |
| 9 | but erm , had a little with the children 's Christmas presents |
| 10 | The large dark hall-piece stood there to her left with the tenants ' letters sitting on it . |
| 11 | She was thrilled with the suffragettes ' tenacity and the expression it gave to her feelings about being in some kind of sexual trap . |
| 12 | George locked the baggage car door behind us and we stood again in the quiet horse car which looked homely and friendly with the horses ' heads poking forward over the doors . |
| 13 | Flushed and triumphant after this orgy of extravagance , they left the store at last , keeping an eye on the time because Mabel must n't be late with the boys ' tea whatever happened and then they had a long , annoying wait at the bus-stop . |
| 14 | As I went round the various sections of work I was so impressed with the students ' enthusiasm and the very high quality of their work . |
| 15 | He could not admit to his own heart that Surere was involved with the girls ' killings ; though perhaps — the dark thought was there — Huy was afraid to admit such a thing was possible , as he would then , however innocently , have played a part in their deaths . |
| 16 | The point could be simply made if psychology modelled on the natural sciences were always ‘ behavioural ’ and concerned with the actors ' brains rather than with their minds . |
| 17 | They are also concerned with the parents ' attitude to the school and the teachers , their ideas about the causes of educational achievement , and their contacts with the school . |
| 18 | As it faces the power of capital organized in interlocking but legally separate corporate entities , labour is now cut up into atomized units of which the boundaries are by law coterminous with the employers ' definitions of employment units in both private and public sectors . |
| 19 | Yeah erm oh well looks like we 're nearly drifting towards the end , again as I , as I say I 'm , I 'm , I 'm fairly , pretty happy with the questions erm you know er going back to what I was saying earlier I was just thinking that some of them might be more f easily phrased as non directional statements and you have the , you know , kind of have the words in the scales yeah right , good , so yeah |
| 20 | Neither contender was happy with the selectors ' indecision . |
| 21 | Erm so you can see actually from this fact find , from the planning the future document , there are , there was , there is a particular interest to you erm are you , are you quite happy with the figures er sorry was it erm was it that you were more or less interested in ? |
| 22 | I expect you 're busy with the ladies ' altar guild and the old people 's picnic . |
| 23 | These are directly congruent with the beings ' activities : whether they cause harm , in the form of disease and mishap , or whether they help to set things right following such a damaging occurrence . |
| 24 | Could I say to you that in terms of Greater York the County Council is the highway authority , the County Surveyor advises the County Council on traffic implications as a concept , the County Councillors highway authority is satisfied with the merits er of a new settlement . |