Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [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 | President Mugabe aroused the students ' anger last weekend with a speech accusing them of drinking and smoking too much and misbehaving rather than studying . |
| 4 | On May 12th , at Wembley , Parma took the Cup-Winners ' Cup , one of Europe 's three main international tournaments . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Phelioff won the Ladies ' Open at this meeting last Easter and is once again amongst the 15 entries . |
| 7 | He under-estimated his side 's dominance by two years , as Surrey held the champions ' pennant from 1952–58 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Bomberg shared the Vorticists ' involvement with the machine-age dynamism of modern urban life . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | The 6ft 10in Scott Paterson led the Riders ' scoring with 26 points . |
| 12 | ( The previous attempt to introduce a poll tax in England provoked the Peasants ' Revolt in the fourteenth century . ) |
| 13 | As part of her Arts Council responsibilities , Deirdre Keaney chaired the Writers ' Bursaries Panel . |
| 14 | The Clarets only once managed to get past Ford during a frenzied 90 minutes in which Burnley bombarded the Seasiders ' goal . |
| 15 | Team captain Ben Hall collected the winners ' shield and each member of the squad , and also Helen Blake , received a trophy to keep . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As part of the recent Belfast Civic Festival celebrations the IFA staged a kids ' five-a-side soccer tournament in the Shankill Leisure Centre . |
| 18 | It was very late when Seb and Nahum left the navvies ' camp . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When , on 24 May , in a speech before the House of Commons , Churchill acknowledged the Allies ' debt to Spain for keeping open the Straits of Gibraltar , Franco naturally interpreted this as endorsement of his regime and , therefore , another international victory . |
| 21 | Whether it was the power of Haston 's argument or of his boot , the result was that Healy joined the Workers ' International League . |
| 22 | Is it true , that B&Q sponsored the agents ' ball at the Conservative party conference ? |
| 23 | In the consolation events , Brigitte Newbury won the Ladies ' 50 singles , while Harri Gibbon was runner-up in the Men 's 70 singles . |
| 24 | Lisburn 's Anne Terek won the ladies ' section from Avril Magee ( Annadale Striders ) with new mum Ursula McGloin making a return to racing and finishing an excellent third . |
| 25 | A writer in the Berliner Zeitung said the authorities ' failure to respond to complaints had created a feeling of insecurity . |
| 26 | Dobbie shared the islanders ' hardships and broadcast to and visited the people constantly . |
| 27 | Potts J. dismissed the defendants ' application to strike out the statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action . |
| 28 | Thomas Dooley scored the Americans ' first goal in 389 minutes of international football just two minutes before half-time . |
| 29 | Sanchez scored the Dons ' opening goal . |
| 30 | For two days , Joseph rejected the commissioners ' overtures to buy his territory , explaining simply : ‘ We love the land . |