Example sentences of "[noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scores also illustrated a recurring problem on this sevens tour — the Scots ' physique puts them at great disadvantage in terms of weight of tackle . |
| 2 | Fierce Eyes ' spear took it in the shoulder . |
| 3 | One year after its inception , the members of the Precision RISC Organisation supporters ' club say they have successfully built and delivered a new business model for industry consortia , Hewlett-Packard Co reports . |
| 4 | And er you think you 're right with Kids ' County give us a ring soon . |
| 5 | It is not the authors ' intention to give it this gloss . |
| 6 | It might seem obvious that all good design has to be ‘ editorially led ’ by a full understanding of the relative importance of different sections of the data , and by a full appreciation of the needs of the readers — but a critical look at some companies ' material makes it woefully apparent that things by no means always work like that . |
| 7 | Rovers ' victory gave them the Barclays Performance of the Week vote from Graham Taylor 's panel . |
| 8 | that while injury to Lonrho 's business was foreseeable it was not the defendants ' purpose to bring it about . |
| 9 | ‘ My parents ' break-up made me grow up very quickly which really helps quite a lot in my profession , ’ he says . |
| 10 | They have been close ever since their parents ' divorce drew them together . |
| 11 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 12 | Growing up is hard to do , when the terms of your parents ' will keeps you in a perpetual state of childhood . |
| 13 | Home burials are particularly important to children , partly because it helps them to understand that the pet has gone forever and also because seeing their parents ' sorrow teaches them that it 's normal and acceptable to grieve . |
| 14 | Above all , experiencing our parents ' death forces us to face the fact of our own mortality . |
| 15 | The supermarkets ' muscle enables them to demand quality yet keep farmers ' prices down , and the gap between what they pay and what they charge has widened . |
| 16 | The Ramblers ' Association said it welcomed any measures that allowed more people to walk in the countryside , and assistant director David Baskine said : ‘ It is important that the proposals will not offer payment to farmers who own land where public access is already allowed . ’ |
| 17 | Most at risk is Venice , California , on Los Angeles 's Pacific shore , where the Venice in Peril organisation welcomes visitors ' support to help them to save the many cultural treasures , some of them almost 50 years old . |
| 18 | Our man on the visitors ' end assures us that the chant was ‘ Big fat Ray 's black and white army ’ virtually throughout . |
| 19 | The projects 's director told us how important Oxfam 's help is . |
| 20 | A spokesman for the Shetland Fishermen 's Association said it was hoped the grounds would escape damage as herring do not spawn until August and September . |
| 21 | Social workers ' tendency to co-opt her into the professional team will be difficult for her to handle . |
| 22 | Now Will brought down an old van er which was scrap it was quite a good body I mean and he painted on it , We 're still open , er something like , Despite Transport and General Workers ' Union picketing we are fully open , and he plonked this van with no wheels on it just the body right th in the entrance of th on his own ground naturally er right in front of the pickets which was like you know tantalizing . |
| 23 | The triumph of the Ulster Workers ' Council left it with huge prestige during the remainder of the summer . |
| 24 | Opposition groups were critical of the visit , the Workers ' Party describing it as " a condonation of recent government measures which deny the values believed in by the Commonwealth " . |
| 25 | The therapist agreed to see Pamela as in outpatient in 5 days ' time to provide her with a further chance to talk about her difficulties and also to provide her with support . |
| 26 | ‘ How may years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock ( sic ) up … ’ chides Miss Phillips . |
| 27 | How many years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock up before attempting to master the use of apostrophes and capitalisation ? |
| 28 | After a minimum five years ' operating experience it would be time to think about taking a few orders for commercial stations , the first of which should come on stream about 2020 — always provided , of course , that the cost and dwindling resources of uranium made it commercially worthwhile : |
| 29 | I 've seen one sergeant with fourteen years ' service chuck it and go to Australia , saying : ‘ I 've had enough of this bloody job . ’ |
| 30 | Let them run down just so much every year , remember your low outgoings , and in a few years ' time have them towed away for their break-up value . " |