Example sentences of "[noun sg] in the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the second floor they found a light in the typists ' room and heard the mumble of voices . |
| 2 | Former England spinner Nick Cook clashed with Wasim Akram when the Pakistani all-rounder tried to leave the field during a last-wicket partnership in the tourists ' match against Northants . |
| 3 | They should not have disputed the decision as they did , and any suggestion that this was an early ingredient in the Pakistanis ' exasperation deserves little sympathy . |
| 4 | Time spent on this aspect is a very sound investment in the ferrets ' future performance . |
| 5 | In 1971 ‘ Justice ’ , a group of liberal lawyers , published a booklet entitled The Unrepresented Defendant in the Magistrates ' Courts . |
| 6 | and take his seat in the visitors ' dug-out . |
| 7 | Souness will conduct tonight 's team talk at the pre-match hotel and then take a seat in the directors ' box as he starts a five-match touchline and dressing room ban . |
| 8 | The Anfield boss , starting his five-match UEFA ban from the dug-out and dressing room , waved a defiant clenched-fist salute as he took his seat in the directors ' box and his team followed his passionate lead . |
| 9 | A version of it had been announced by Faber and Faber , as " Mr Eliot 's Book of Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats as Recited to Him by the Man in White Spats " , in the spring of 1936 ; the blurb , written either by Frank Morley or by Eliot himself , explained that " several of the poems , illustrated by the author , have been in private circulation in the Publishers ' various families for a considerable time … " |
| 10 | In this way we could get some idea of the day-by-day variability in the subjects ' habits . |
| 11 | Companies should not continue to be penalised by a reference to an inherent uncertainty in the auditors ' report when the directors have given it prominent and full disclosure . |
| 12 | Such an arrangement met a number of needs : privacy ; an assured future in the parents ' minds , as well as those of their children ; a place in local life ; independence ; and a financial stake in the housing market . |
| 13 | Closer to home , D'Arcy is an essential cog in the Pumpkins ' wheel . |
| 14 | As a cryptic entry in the visitors ' book noted : ‘ Raine stopped play ’ . |
| 15 | This work upset some textile practitioners : at one venue , an entry in the visitors ' book invited viewers to the nearby art college to see ‘ real textiles ’ — a sign that the exhibition has gone beyond the ‘ logic ’ of textiles . |
| 16 | His entry in The Cricketers ' Who 's Who includes 11 O-levels ( six As ) , four A-levels ( three As ) ; and a BSc ( Hons ) in Human Biological Sciences from Loughborough . |
| 17 | This loss is an empty gap in the characters ' lives and both Celie and Ponyboy try to fill it by installing great love and understanding into their friendships . |
| 18 | Geary explains the return to tactical violence in the 1 980s partly in terms of the police 's tougher and more sophisticated approach to public disorder induced by the inner-city disturbances of 1981 , though he attributes much of the unusually high level of violence in the miners ' strike to certain exceptional characteristics of the dispute : |
| 19 | Associated Fire Alarms Ltd , the Court of Appeal held that although there was an implied term in the employees ' contracts entitling the employer to move them within reasonable daily commuting distance of their homes in Liverpool , the site which the company wished them to go to — Barrow-in-Furness — was beyond this reasonable distance . |
| 20 | There was a slight preponderance of hiatus hernia in the control group and of Barrett 's oesophagus in the miners ' group , but these were not statistically significant . |
| 21 | His explanation is partly geographical ( these composers , and the ‘ folk remnants ’ they use , came from relatively ‘ backward ’ Eastern European countries , where such archaic traditions still had valid life ) and partly on the grounds that the old materials are reinterpreted through incorporation in the composers ' radically alienated perspective and progressive language ( Adorno 1973 : 35–6 ) . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , a preliminary report suggests that they remain patent longer than plastic stents , produce a more rapid decrease in the patients ' jaundice , and are associated with a lower incidence of early cholangitis . |
| 23 | By the time of the next election , Labour must have established a clear ideological alternative in the voters ' mind . |
| 24 | , Frances Mary ( 1827–1894 ) , educator and founding figure in the girls ' public day-school movement in England , was born in London 16 August 1827 , the eldest of ten children ( of whom she and four brothers were survivors ) of Robert William Buss , painter and etcher , and his wife Frances Fleetwood . |
| 25 | He was a key figure in the Quakers ' side for six seasons and played an equally important role with Bristol City until he moved abroad to play for Turkish side Beskitas . |
| 26 | Easy Over also holds an engagement in the Ladies ' Open , along with True Dowry , already a course winner this season . |
| 27 | Criminal legal aid in the magistrates ' courts cost £14 million in 1976 , rising to £16¾ million the following year , an increase of 17 per cent . |
| 28 | The rating agency says that the action follows Philips ' agreement to sell to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co its 35% stake in the companies ' joint venture . |
| 29 | LESTER Piggott has declared himself fit to ride — less than a month after his horrific fall in the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 30 | THE small ad in The Times ' Golden Anniversary column this week was refreshingly honest . |