Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | - Buses in the morning and afternoon are suddenly full of children , traffic jams are caused by cars containing family groups and signs appear in tobacconists ' shops : ‘ Sorry , No More Than One Schoolchild In Here At A Time , Put Your Arms Up and Stand Against The Wall To Be Searched When Requested . |
| 2 | This is one of those maverick ideas books that arrive out of nowhere and sleep on reviewers ' shelves until someone notices them . |
| 3 | Auditors will be able to comply with the Cadbury recommendation that they report on directors ' statements with regard to companies ' internal controls but only if there is clear guidance for both sides on a number of scope , technical and reporting issues , an analysis by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales concluded . |
| 4 | They then knock at solicitors ' doors , presenting their credentials and asking if there is a vacancy for an articled clerk . |
| 5 | Bell Atlantic Corp 's Bell Atlantic Business Systems International has formed a partnership with Fujitsu Australia Ltd to provide independent computer service and support for companies ' enterprises in Australia , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea and Fiji : each company will own a half interest in a partnership that owns ACL Computer Services and will conduct business under the name of FBA Computer Technology Services , providing hardware , software , network and usage support on mainframe to desktop systems from multiple vendors ; Fujitsu Australia is now 80% owned by Fujitsu Ltd and 20% by ICL Plc . |
| 6 | IBM TO PROVIDE SALES AND SUPPORT FOR SAPIENS ' PRODUCTS |
| 7 | The president 's television addresses activated grass-roots support in members ' districts , but administration strategists were not content to leave the matter there . |
| 8 | Men and women alike listen to others ' ideas and sympathise with their problems . |
| 9 | because erm when you listen to Gardeners ' Questions |
| 10 | Politicians take up views , and react to industries ' actions . |
| 11 | The Romanesque development shows , however , in the deeply recessed mouldings and jambs and in the columns which stand on lions ' backs . |
| 12 | For more information , see leaflet NP 45 A Guide to Widows ' Benefits . |
| 13 | When times are good , ever-optimistic bankers still lend ; in hard times , mysterious accounts add to creditors ' suspicions . |
| 14 | Norms begin as our expectations ; these then merge or converge with others ' expectations to produce ‘ rules ’ about required behaviour . |
| 15 | Most holidaymakers still opt for travellers ' cheques which are no longer the cheapest means of funding trips abroad . |
| 16 | ( 1986 ) find that even today , where referees refer to candidates ' families , they see those of female candidates as problems they have overcome , but refer to those of male candidates as assets . |
| 17 | It seems natural to assert that the extent to which managers deviate from owners ' interests will depend upon the degree of scope available to them and the degree to which they are constrained . |
| 18 | This authority also often gave details absent from others ' booklets . |
| 19 | You talk about Brides ' magazines , or any of the other magazines that are there , it 's all set out , it 's all hyped up and , I think a lot of people feel they ha , really have to get married in that way . |
| 20 | Now , normally in this programme when we talk about womens ' magazines , people are inveighing against them because they carry various advertisements that they find offensive or exploitative , but are women 's magazines actually erm performing quite a useful job by filling in the gaps that that schools and parents are are failing to address ? |
| 21 | But with the government forced , this week , to remove all reference to the parts of the treaty that deal with workers ' rights , the exact form of what gets ratified remains in doubt . |
| 22 | And finally plots of houses or factories overlap with farmers ' fields . |
| 23 | These originate from artists ' sketches that were engraved onto copper or steel plates , or wooden blocks in earlier times , and reproduced by a printing process . |
| 24 | SURGEONS in the US have pioneered the use of a mechanical arm laden with sensors to track the positions of their surgical instruments while they operate on patients ' brains . |
| 25 | Any enhancement that children bring to couples ' lives is incidental . |
| 26 | Often parents sit on pupils ' chairs facing the teacher across the teacher 's desk , a situation which gives clear messages of status and power . |
| 27 | In some places you get fans banging on the top of the dug-out and at others they lean forward and actually shout into managers ' faces . |
| 28 | SECURITY cameras are to be put outside the crematorium in Swansea to try to catch thieves who steal from mourners ' cars . |
| 29 | We thus turn to investors ' attitudes to risk and return . |
| 30 | All these comments apply to boys ' schools : the girls ' schools represented a much wider variation in style , and in many cases offered ( deliberately ) only a modestly academic education . |