Example sentences of "[noun sg] with [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The red silk skirt with workers ' heads and a gold top that goes with it , both cut from silk bought in Soviet Central Asia , would cost about 1,000 roubles ( the average Soviet wage is 200 roubles a month ) or £700 in London . |
2 | Palace are at home to Blackburn today and Noades will have lunch with Rovers ' directors to finally thrash out the Thomas deal . |
3 | Then there is the work with prisoners ' wives who naturally shy away from publicity . |
4 | Another publication which may be of help with artists ' methods and materials , is ‘ Artists ’ Materials , Which , Why and How ’ , published by A&C Black . |
5 | Significant measures of freedom are necessary if the student is to acquire the virtues of intellectual independence , toughness , empathy with others ' views , and willingness to engage in meaningful conversation . |
6 | If the price of a money market instrument rises then the yield falls , and this is indeed the case with bankers ' acceptances , which are normally cheaper than straight cash advances , even allowing for the fact that interest is paid upfront . |
7 | Execution of the partnership agreement as a deed is only required when , and this will rarely be the case with solicitors ' firms , it seeks to transfer land or an interest in land : otherwise an agreement under hand will be sufficient . |
8 | Fish should be prepared for their winter vigil by judicious feeding with ants ' eggs , dried flies or freeze-dried worms until the weather turns cold and they cease to be active . |
9 | Erm I do n't know that 's , this is not in any official stats books but it 's just my experience with students ' projects that if you get more than , there 's a sort of critical mass of about , about forty respondents and then you 're much more likely to start showing some interesting statistically significant findings for some reason , erm I do n't quite know why but er it 's one of life 's little mysteries but er so that 's usually if there 's a lot of numerical data what I 'd try and advise people to er to get . |
10 | Rather , each place has to be carefully arranged , on an individual basis , matching staff interests , level and availability with providers ' timetables and own internal demands . |
11 | What the Bank wanted was a closer relationship with banks ' auditors . |
12 | The passengers share their ride with holiday-makers ' bicycles , fresh vegetables , or miscellaneous freight of all shapes and sizes . |
13 | The largest had been Gorky ( renamed in 1932 after the writer Maxim Gorky ) , which had reverted to the name Nizhny Novgorod by decree of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet on Oct. 23 , 1990 , in compliance with residents ' demands . |
14 | The NSF 's earlier decision to abolish the death penalty had been confirmed by Iliescu in his New Year 's broadcast to the Romanian people on Jan. 1 , " in order to stress the profoundly popular and humanist character of the new regime " and in compliance with students ' proposals that " the two dictators [ i.e. Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena ] were the last persons who deserved this fate " . |
15 | All work processed at the Company is tracked by computer , and all parts are accompanied by work control documents , in compliance with customers ' requirements . |
16 | There will also be concern with teachers ' conceptions of how pupils influence both those goals and the actions taken to achieve them . |
17 | The printers have been designed to reflect Hewlett-Packard 's ‘ anywhere to anywhere ’ print strategy , which aims to accommodate the complexities of heterogeneous computing environments while keeping pace with users ' demands for speedier and more advanced printers . |
18 | This enlarged LFA , the areas included in which were determined in close consultation with farmers ' representatives , now takes in much land amenable for agricultural development and may increase the proportion of the UK uplands experiencing the nature conservation/agriculture conflict . |
19 | At the time of my visits there had already been considerable changes in terms of staffing and resources in line with advisers ' recommendations . |
20 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
21 | The loss for the quarter of $285m , $0.50 a share , was in line with analysts ' estimates , which averaged at a loss of $0.49 a share , and cost controls are seen to be improving . |
22 | The Labour Department said the figures were in line with economists ' forecasts , but many were looking for a modest reduction . |
23 | I would like to help in a general way with Friends ' events |
24 | Drs Smith and Bothwell appeared to represent a minority view amongst our sample ; most of the respondents appealed to a different set of work orientations which emphasised personal involvement with patients ' problems , ‘ family doctoring ’ and continuity . |
25 | An immediate and obvious problem with pluralists ' methods is that in the effort to achieve falsifiability , only major visible issues reaching decisional status are used , yet of course it is possible for pre-decisional power to be used to keep grievances from becoming observable issues . |
26 | There is , I have found , some gentle entertainment to be had in discussion with publishers ' representatives , observing the wide-eyed eagerness with which they greet potentially saleable ideas , and their clenched , wary , glazed-eyes response to proposals they feel negative about , or perhaps do not understand . |
27 | Still others , as in the case of unit , investment or property trusts , specialize in matching borrowers ' needs for long-term finance with lenders ' needs for paper assets denominated in small units which are readily saleable . |
28 | The decision is expected to have widespread implications in connection with liquidators ' attempts to recover other bank debts with UK companies . |