Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Pravda became the Bolsheviks ' legal mouthpiece in St Petersburg in 1912 , he suffered the frustration of having many of the articles he submitted for publication rejected by the editors in Russia ; communication between the Central Committee and local party organs was much too tenuous to admit of close supervision ; and , as we shall see , during the war and the revolution itself , Lenin 's word was by no means accepted as holy writ . |
| 2 | In 1971 Jack Webb became the Bondholders ' Secretary , followed by Harold Chambers in 1975 up to 1981 , from which date to their winding up Basil Peacock held the reins . |
| 3 | The folk of these towns and villages took their convicted witches , stood them in pitch-filled barrels and set them afire : in Forres stands a witches ' stone , site of such burnings — in thunder , lightning , or in rain ? |
| 4 | Retailer Dixons includes a directors ' responsibilities statement on a separate page with the auditors ' report . |
| 5 | President Mugabe aroused the students ' anger last weekend with a speech accusing them of drinking and smoking too much and misbehaving rather than studying . |
| 6 | On May 12th , at Wembley , Parma took the Cup-Winners ' Cup , one of Europe 's three main international tournaments . |
| 7 | The four Capel Curig youngsters , Rebbecca Banks , 11 , Sally West , 14 , and sisters Medi Ashton , 11 , and Sarah Ashton , 14 , all pupils of Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy , Llanrwst won the girls ' section of the recent Welsh School artificial ski championships . |
| 8 | Phelioff won the Ladies ' Open at this meeting last Easter and is once again amongst the 15 entries . |
| 9 | If they were to appoint a knowledgeable , experienced , well-briefed David to oppose the players ' Goliath , they might not gain total victory but at least there would be a result and we could all get on with the game . |
| 10 | Wright was genuinely touched by Hill-Wood 's public support — and he needs the support after being criticised by Saints defender Ken Monkou following the Gunners ' 2-0 defeat at The Dell , their third successive League loss . |
| 11 | He under-estimated his side 's dominance by two years , as Surrey held the champions ' pennant from 1952–58 . |
| 12 | Mr Newman added the councils ' policy of inaction is shortsighted as a recent survey carried out by property agent Drivers Jonas for English Estates shows that 32pc of all office property in Middlesbrough is situated in the Enterprise Zone . |
| 13 | When Glóin describes the dwarves ' urge to revisit Moria we can not be sure whether this is the prompting of Sauron from outside or dwarvish greed and ambition from inside . |
| 14 | And one from Scotland represents the philanthropists ' view : ‘ We would prefer to depart in plain , ‘ off the rack ’ , coffins and so allow the savings to be devoted to charity . |
| 15 | Bomberg shared the Vorticists ' involvement with the machine-age dynamism of modern urban life . |
| 16 | After North became the contras ' overseer , in October 1984 , he tried , according to Rafael Quintero , to inculcate some honesty into them : taking Calero 's brother Mario off the contract for ponchos and boots ( the ponchos leaked , anyway ) and putting control of the contras ' foreign money in the hands of Secord and ‘ the company ’ . |
| 17 | The 6ft 10in Scott Paterson led the Riders ' scoring with 26 points . |
| 18 | ( The previous attempt to introduce a poll tax in England provoked the Peasants ' Revolt in the fourteenth century . ) |
| 19 | As part of her Arts Council responsibilities , Deirdre Keaney chaired the Writers ' Bursaries Panel . |
| 20 | The Clarets only once managed to get past Ford during a frenzied 90 minutes in which Burnley bombarded the Seasiders ' goal . |
| 21 | Wiltshire County Council says repair work , costing about £180,000 , will get underway in January to strengthen the schools ' structure . |
| 22 | The remains of small Celtic-type cattle in Iceland pre-date the Vikings ' first visits early in the ninth century and the colonisation of Iceland by Norsemen about AD 930 . |
| 23 | Team captain Ben Hall collected the winners ' shield and each member of the squad , and also Helen Blake , received a trophy to keep . |
| 24 | It was here for example that Ian and Mick discovered the Caterers ' Club , and full of enthusiasm took me there one grey afternoon after the pubs shut . |
| 25 | Some will be given training by Ford so that they can lay healing hands on the yachts ' Mermaid engines , some will go to Lewmar to learn how to strip down and repair winches and several of the crew will be trained by Hood to keep the boats ' frugal sail wardrobe in circulation . |
| 26 | Gillingham enters the Europeans ' at the peak of his form , and a performance in keeping with that would help to overcome that current image as the perennial man of tomorrow . |
| 27 | So they compromised and gave £100 to the Barlow Clowes Investors Group which was formed last July to represent the investors ' interests and co-ordinate the fight for compensation . |
| 28 | As part of the recent Belfast Civic Festival celebrations the IFA staged a kids ' five-a-side soccer tournament in the Shankill Leisure Centre . |
| 29 | It was very late when Seb and Nahum left the navvies ' camp . |
| 30 | The three senior judges agreed that a balance had to be struck between the interests of the children and their parents — and Lord Hope said the parents ' interests were also of very great importance . |