Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legislation was introduced as part of a more general swing in the climate of opinion which has almost certainly contributed to changes that have taken place in the recent past : girls ' achievement , while still below that of boys ' , has nevertheless begun to catch up . |
| 2 | Will my hon. Friend pay particular attention to the application of a company in my constituency which requires a small amount of insurance cover that could lead to tens of millions of pounds ' worth of business ? |
| 3 | At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years . |
| 4 | Windows can be used on an 80286 based computer , but it will operate noticeably slower and can not take advantage of one of Windows ' main characteristics — Multi-tasking . |
| 5 | The column reportedly reveals that Mirror chief executive David Montgomery and other senior staff hold options to buy shares in the newspaper group which could make them hundreds of thousands of pounds ' worth of profits . |
| 6 | Arthur Scargill was in no doubt that the government intended to reduce the size of the coalmining industry substantially , through a major programme of pit closures : many tens of thousands of miners ' jobs would be at risk as more and more pits were declared uneconomic , not necessarily because the coal reserves had been worked out but rather because of the perceived costs of mining them , relative to the costs of imports . |
| 7 | The speed of decision making of some tribunals is broadly comparable with that of magistrates ' courts and the county courts . |
| 8 | IT IS a rare event — in the industrialised world , at least — for a state-owned enterprise to go bust , leaving banks with billions of dollars ' worth of bad loans . |
| 9 | The Masters had been out to dinner and were well mellowed , wide awake and disposed to chat , but sitting in their quarry-tiled kitchen-diner , with thousands of pounds ' worth of elegant cabinet work and expensive machinery around him , McLeish managed to extract a coherent story . |
| 10 | Police believe they still escaped with thousands of pounds ' worth of goods . |
| 11 | As outlined earlier , Tiger and Fox suggest that there is an innate ‘ male bonding ’ stemming from millions of years ' history and ultimately linked to a time when men co-operated in order to hunt . |
| 12 | During the project there was a shift away from locating the issue as one of girls ' motivation towards attempts to change the nature of school science . |
| 13 | They would probably suggest that during millions of years ' evolution , women 's instincts have developed in such a way as to protect and nourish family and kin . |
| 14 | This analysis is similar to that of shareholders ' funds and is required for the same reasons . |
| 15 | ‘ The deputy tries to prove to his manager that he is as good as the man he is replacing , ’ said Broos , doubtless applying that theory to all of Rangers ' outfield worries . |
| 16 | They would be worth one-fifth of residents ' pay and cover half the value of the goods . |
| 17 | Fame at last for brickies ' champion |