Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun] [vb -s] [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 | The small number of area health board staff working on the schools ' programmes makes it impossible for them to cater for individual classroom visits . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Growing up is hard to do , when the terms of your parents ' will keeps you in a perpetual state of childhood . |
| 5 | Inviting secondary schools to mount a stall in the primary school hall or corridors during parents ' evenings gives them a good opportunity to inform parents of what they have to offer children . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Above all , experiencing our parents ' death forces us to face the fact of our own mortality . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Our man on the visitors ' end assures us that the chant was ‘ Big fat Ray 's black and white army ’ virtually throughout . |
| 10 | ‘ How may years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock ( sic ) up … ’ chides Miss Phillips . |
| 11 | How many years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock up before attempting to master the use of apostrophes and capitalisation ? |
| 12 | Four hours ' ride finds you at ruins of the Mayan civilisation where the cousins of the Aztecs built jungle pyramids to worship their gods . |
| 13 | The families ' lawyer says it 's time the matter was sorted out . |
| 14 | Just wearing the Falcons ' jumpsuit gives you confidence . |
| 15 | The Prague linguists ' approach explains it in terms of reversing the theme-rheme sequence . |
| 16 | Although ales represent around a fifth of the nablab sector as a whole , The Brewers ' Society says it is ‘ so small a market that we do n't even bother to quantify it . ’ |
| 17 | Our sister publication BBC Gardeners ' World tells us that you can eat the fruit from your passion flower , but it will be rather seedy and not particularly palatable . |