Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] ['s] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No nuclear protection for Navy 's volunteers |
| 2 | Taiwan wanted China to agree to guarantee better protection for Taiwan 's investments in the mainland . |
| 3 | There is a growing trend towards greater protection for journalists ' sources in Europe , according to Ms D'Souza . |
| 4 | Not just a home movie , this is also a cultural document which exhumes the history of African-American struggle through Bobby 's memories of the Black Panther Isaiah Rawley . |
| 5 | A delicate frown creased the smooth skin between Charlotte 's brows . |
| 6 | A 46% rise for BAA 's profits to £220m is forecast with the dividend likely to go up 13% to 6.5p . |
| 7 | Against all advice and costings , the Conservative council awarded the catering contract for Bradford 's theatres to an outside company that was even more expensive than the in-house team . |
| 8 | The role which the tutor should adopt is that of a sounding board for students ' ideas and suggestions . |
| 9 | Several other Scottish education authorities — including Dumfries and Galloway , Highland , Tayside and Strathclyde — have already developed strong anti-smoking policies , though none is thought to have rejected the case for smokers ' areas . |
| 10 | Early that morning my father and mother , with Brian and me , preceded by the Legation escort with their red and white pennoned lances , rode down the wide lane between Balcha 's troops to the royal pavilion . |
| 11 | Davies , who has not renewed his contract as ITV 's sports presenter , is one of 17 whose names appeared on ITV Sport 's credits who have jumped ship this year alone . |
| 12 | Thus the symphony of Genesis ended on a series of strong major chords that sounded high hope for God 's purposes and for the redemption of the world . |
| 13 | ‘ This was a tragic death and I have every sympathy for Sarah 's parents . |
| 14 | While there 's undoubted public sympathy for Bosnia 's children opinion is not unanimous |
| 15 | And a lot of people of course do n't go into our shops , so we feel that there are a lot of people out there who have a lot of sympathy for Oxfam 's aims and objectives , but are only lacking just the opportunity to give , and that 's what we hope to provide them with . |
| 16 | Even those of us who have had a sneaking sympathy for Marina 's parents find their inability to accept their grandchild hard to comprehend . |
| 17 | Nutt was noncommittal about riders ' protests . |
| 18 | The meal came well up to expectations and the wine he selected made the blood course through Sophie 's veins . |
| 19 | As the blood began once more to course through George 's legs , his muscles went into spasms of cramp , so that they needed to pause every few yards . |
| 20 | Her hand moved ahead of her lips , ablaze when she brushed the fine wiry hair between Lucy 's thighs , all at once a mapless explorer in a rich forest . |
| 21 | Editor , — Michael Dewey 's plea for authors ' rights brought back painful memories , for we have recently suffered the writer 's equivalent of torture at the hands of the editors of a journal published by the BMA . |
| 22 | At the end of the conference the participants decided to make a collective appeal to Boris Yeltsin which warns of the extreme seriousness of the situation and of the danger that government funding for Russia 's museums could die out . |
| 23 | Some trade unions argued that free time was as important as perhaps even more important than — money in the struggle for workers ' rights . |
| 24 | On the other hand , a Club with a low rating for children 's facilities , for example , does not necessarily mean it is unsuitable for all families , simply that it is likely to have fewer facilities for children . |
| 25 | In addition , Mary Wilson was also a keen campaigner for women 's brothels and contributed an essay to The Voluptarian Cabinet on this subject under the title Adultery on the Part of Married Women , and Fornication on the Part of Old maids and Widows defended by Mary Wilson , Spinster , with Plans for Promoting the same , Addressed to the Ladies of the Metropolis and its Environs . |
| 26 | A spirited campaigner for women 's rights and for abortion at a time when birth-control was practically unavailable , Beatrice was sometimes incomprehensible and hysterical in her arguments , driven by her exposed position to extremes . |
| 27 | There were many highlights in her career as a campaigner for women 's rights , but it may be that her greatest contribution was the way she inspired others . |
| 28 | Now that 's what actually happens , there 's a there 's a dialectical interaction between people 's ideas about what society should be like and the changes that are actually going on around them . |
| 29 | ‘ Enthusiasm for children 's books is n't the only thing that 's infectious in Egypt . ’ |
| 30 | What comes to the fore through Gandhi 's strictures on the attitudes and methods of certain Christian missionaries is that it is possible for religious zeal and enthusiasm to lead to activities inconsistent with the religious and ethical ideals or values one might be seeking to promote . |