Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Large wage increases were thus envisaged for doctors and teachers , currently among the lowest paid [ for May medical workers ' strike see p. 38923 ] . |
| 2 | Within a few years of Karak Eight Peaks ' fall the Night Goblins had settled permanently in the ruins and split into many tribes based around the adjoining mountains and the tunnels that ran beneath them . |
| 3 | But her more confident mood was sustained by an intervention during the House of Commons prime ministers ' question time by the former Labour cabinet minister , Mr Peter Shore . |
| 4 | But her more confident mood was sustained by an intervention during the House of Commons prime ministers ' question time by the former Labour cabinet minister , Mr Peter Shore . |
| 5 | In July 1989 Burt issued a statement in Geneva ( during the 11th NST round ) that the USA was willing to revise its existing demand for a ban on mobile ICBMs if the US Congress were to approve funding for " the deployment of US mobile missiles ' , the multi-warhead rail-based MX and the single-warhead road-based Midgetman systems , a proposal finalized in Wyoming in September 1989 ( see above ) . |
| 6 | The harp is here set to the dominant 7th in the key of E. Six bars ' rest provide time and to spare for setting the pedals . |
| 7 | Further research studies confirmed the earlier picture of West Indian pupils ' underachievement , on average , compared with Asian and white pupils , but showed that the gap appeared to be diminishing significantly as time passed . |
| 8 | Both results ( running counter to the trend in the East German elections of March 18 — see pp. 37300-02 ) were widely interpreted as indicative of West German voters ' concern at the costs and pace of the German unification process . |
| 9 | The National Deaf Club , as will be remembered , was originally founded for the oral deaf , but by the 1930s had become so well-established as a sports and social club for independent-minded deaf people who were mostly well-bred and upper-class , and so dominant in the Federation of London Deaf Clubs ' sports tournaments , that oral deaf people were once more isolated from social activities . |
| 10 | [ For November 1990 railworkers ' strike see p. 37867 . ] |
| 11 | It favoured the formation of an all-German Green party as a confederation in which the two parties would retain considerable autonomy and also advocated ( in contrast to the East German Greens ) a broader radical-ecological alliance with East German citizens ' movements such as the Independent Women 's Union and the United Left [ see p. 37301 ] . |
| 12 | She arrived back in England seven months ' pregnant , her blood levels of toxoplasmosis greatly reduced . |
| 13 | Demand for cars from WG would increase ( UK imports ) and demand for UK cars would decline ( UK exports ) , but this would also result in an increase in UK residents ' demand for Deutschmarks and a decrease in West German residents ' demand for the pound . |
| 14 | As a result of the dispute in the Republic of Ireland last year and the recent difficulties in Britain many members ' eyes have been opened to the harsh realities of industrial relations in Banking . |
| 15 | Movements in US domestic-based banks ' prime lending rates influence the euro-dollar 's LIBOR , and the same applies to deposits and loans in other currencies . |
| 16 | ( Not surprisingly , the survey was commissioned by the Bath and Bradford on Avon Antique Dealers ' Association . ) |
| 17 | The aforementioned Bath and Bradford on Avon Antique Dealers ' Association provides a helpful leaflet and map of its 40 or so members . |
| 18 | On Jan. 4 miners ' leaders had called for a temporary halt to the march , after an offer by Prime Minister Yildirim Akbulut to hold talks , but two days later the march was resumed after union leaders had rejected a government offer of a 250 per cent pay rise . |
| 19 | In the century and a half prior to Gregory numerous saints ' Lives had been written , most notably those concerned with the Lérinian saints , Honoratus , Hilary of Arles and Caesarius , as well as those devoted to Germanus of Auxerre , the Jura Fathers , and Genovefa , the virgin saint of Paris . |
| 20 | Among other things , these networks will offer clearer connections and better sound quality , greater capacity and increased security — all calls made over Mercury Personal Communications ' portable phone network , for example , will be digitally encrypted to make eavesdropping impossible — and extend the area covered to the Continent . |
| 21 | Highly confidential , but somewhat easily ( deliberately ? ) leaked , this took the form of a memorandum from Labour Leader Neil Kinnock 's Press Secretary , Patricia Hewitt , to London Labour MPs ' Chair Frank Dobson . |
| 22 | When we look at UK multinational corporations ' direct investment we again see the impact of the break-up of the Commonwealth as an economic bloc : in the early 1960s Commonwealth countries accounted for 60 per cent of the UK 's overseas direct assets , but by 1984 this figure had declined to 32 per cent ( taking account of current and ex-Commonwealth countries ) . |
| 23 | The procession was led by the group from Copenhagen , the Unicorns , with The Death of the Virgin ; this was followed by Durham Medieval Players ' The Assumption of the Virgin ; the Lords of Misrule from York with The Coronation of the Virgin ; and the final play in the York cycle , Doomsday , performed by Joculatores Lancastienses . |