Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [adj] [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his first vote the West German elector can if he so desires make a choice solely with reference to the rival candidates ' personal qualities or their popularity . |
| 2 | These Student Disks may contain general exercises based on common language learning needs or may be customized according to 's identified market sector needs and/or according to clients ' particular syllabus or domain . |
| 3 | Nothing is known about the brothers ' formal education or early apprenticeships . |
| 4 | A frequent methodological problem in electrophysiological experiments has been that experimenters have either failed to exercise any control whatever over their subjects ' cognitive strategies or else have relied simply on instructions to subjects to engage in a particular mental activity . |
| 5 | In formal situations roles can clearly give people special rights , but even in conversation — where according to our definition unequal power is suspended — it is unlikely that knowledge of participants ' social office or status will be wholly forgotten . |
| 6 | The RF Defence and Foreign Ministries were to negotiate the status of troops on Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) states ' territories not forming part of those states ' armed forces or of the CIS strategic forces . |
| 7 | Increasingly these instructions are becoming more important in determining the power and flexibility of computers than the machines ' electronic parts or hardware . |
| 8 | Such sons can either succumb to being the passive agent of their mothers ' neurotic ambitions or can try to rebel , often in a manner which seeks to be both a proof of the son 's independent masculinity and a revolt against the awesome maternal authority . |
| 9 | So much mere lip-service is paid to the concept of the primacy of users ' needs , and so often are the users ' needs merely perceived rather than ascertained , that library services fall short of users ' real needs or requirements too often . |
| 10 | On top of the official fee of up to 10 yuan ( about $1 ) a term , many schools add on other charges , for repairing crumbling school buildings , topping up teachers ' meagre pay or buying books , which can easily add up to the equivalent of $10 a month . |
| 11 | You can work for large multi-national corporations ' in-house counsel or in the branch office of your firm abroad . |
| 12 | Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted . |
| 13 | When er the sales exec for marketing goes round doing the contract bits and pieces er they he or she and the surgery the doctors ' senior partners or all the doctors will agree on the number of booklets we 're going to print . |
| 14 | Yet few educationists would argue that they do not figure in their overall goals for what they wish pupils to achieve or that they do not impinge fundamentally on pupils ' potential success or failure . |
| 15 | It has n't got the Stone Roses ' laddish edge or the Beloved 's slickness , but that 's the appeal . |
| 16 | The dolphins ' high-protein fish or squid diet , with almost no carbohydrate content , also contributes considerably to a high metabolic rate . |