Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [art] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | All Russian attempts to penetrate the Teleuts ' territories were opposed , since they regarded themselves as overlords in the northern Altai . |
| 2 | Using these forms has the advantage of enabling the selection personnel to compare the applicants ' responses and qualifications quickly and easily . |
| 3 | His death-warrant bore 58 signatures , headed by that of John Bradshaw who , born in Marple in 1602 , may have attended the School in his youth ; however , if he did , it seems to have made but little impression on him , for in his will he made bequests to increase the Masters ' salaries at his other schools , Bunbury and Middleton , and to found a new school in Marple , without mentioning Stockport . |
| 4 | ANC officials called for police help during the weekend of April 13-14 when some 500 armed Inkatha supporters attacked a workers ' hostel near the Mandelas ' home in Soweto . |
| 5 | They introduce the ‘ Son of man ’ , and the relationships between Christianity and other religions whose heaps of broken images strew the anthropologists ' pages and the sites of the world 's past cultures . |
| 6 | And though , as Lachlan had planned , they had expected the attack in the morning , they were quite happy when their lookouts reported the Macleans ' approach in the early evening . |
| 7 | In April 1477 the duke 's feoffees granted the countess ' manor of Fowlmere ( Cambs. ) to Queens ' College , Cambridge , for prayers for the good estate of the king and queen and of Gloucester , his wife and son , and for the souls of John de Vere late earl of Oxford and Elizabeth his consort . |
| 8 | In April 1477 the duke 's feoffees granted the countess ' manor of Fowlmere ( Cambs. ) to Queens ' College , Cambridge , for prayers for the good estate of the king and queen and of Gloucester , his wife and son , and for the souls of John de Vere late earl of Oxford and Elizabeth his consort . |
| 9 | Fundamentalist missionaries challenge the settlers ' church . |
| 10 | Menshevik and SR sympathizers dominated the soldiers ' committees ; among the peasantry the SRs enjoyed far more support than any other party ; the Mensheviks were most prominent in the trade unions ; together the two parties won large majorities in municipal duma elections which began in May ; and in June they dominated the First All-Russian Congress of Soviets and consolidated control of its Central Executive Committee ( CEC ) . |
| 11 | Mike Blaisdell and Rick Brebant both scored three goals to inflict the Pirates ' first defeat in the quarter-finals . |
| 12 | Rovers will go top of the table if they can score the goals to burst the Canaries ' bubble . |
| 13 | The efforts of priests and missionaries to eradicate the Indians ' ancestral beliefs produced profound emotional disturbances as well as great changes in their conception of the world . |
| 14 | Waller 's informants illustrated the residents ' reluctance to oppose the companies , for fear of losing their jobs and homes . |
| 15 | It could be argued that the weights reflect the decision-makers ' theory of investment desirability , but what theory could rate NPV 333 per cent more important than process yield and ten times as important as basic R&D ? |
| 16 | Then Lyman 's Ears replaced the cadets ' ordinary lugs , which were sliced away and quarried out … |
| 17 | In a letter to the policy boards of the two institutions on Sept. 18 , the Institute of International Finance ( IIF — representing 184 banks and financial institutions worldwide ) criticized what it saw as IMF " tolerance " of overdue interest payments to the banks , claiming that such arrears discouraged the banks ' involvement in the Brady Plan . |
| 18 | Whilst some schools have a teachers ' library the range of resources available seems poor . |
| 19 | As might be expected , most advertisements incorporated in books proclaim the publishers ' own wares-but with books issued in parts , such as those of Dickens , they can be a joyous medley covering everything from top hats to mouse traps , pills to perambulators and hair oils to phrenology . |
| 20 | It is clear that computer designers need the chemists ' understanding of the physical and chemical properties of silicon and the III-Vs and the rules under which they seem to operate at the atomic and molecular levels . |
| 21 | Other opportunities include the Magistrates ' Courts Service , law centres , charities , and even the armed services . |
| 22 | You can visit the village — it has a pub , beach and a shop — then retrace your steps through the woods to reach the Saints ' Way . |
| 23 | He had not seen Anna since Nahum 's arrival in Swinbrook and he had no plans to visit the Hankses ' cottage in the near future . |
| 24 | The General Commissioners dismissed the taxpayers ' appeal , accepting the Crown 's arguments that there was one practice and that an election under para 21(2) could not be made where a trade was split into two . |
| 25 | v. British Railways Board even though the goods were in no danger and the defendants recognised the plaintiffs ' title : the shortage of stock caused by industrial action was acute and damages would not adequately compensate the plaintiffs for the injury to their business . |
| 26 | The General Commissioners upheld the taxpayers ' claims to allowances and the Crown appealed to the High Court . |
| 27 | Second , few of the evaluations discuss the donors ' own role in promoting some of the weaknesses in project design . |
| 28 | As far as the school was concerned , the fact that so many parents attended a parents ' evening was ‘ an indication of the kind of area we are dealing with … where parents are interested in their children 's education and want to play as full a part as possible . ’ |
| 29 | Could it have been that the upholders contested the undertakers ' application to join their guild , on the pretext that the furnishing of funerals was the prerogative of their members ? |
| 30 | Once , her taut nerves convinced her there were footsteps leaving the typists ' room and she dropped to her knees at the side of the desk where someone glancing in would not see her . |