Example sentences of "[vb base] [det] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | British rulers have made collections of books down the ages , and the library portraits of the English kings Henry VII ( 1485–1509 ) , Henry VIII ( 1509–1547 ) and Queen Elizabeth I ( 1558–1603 ) acknowledge these monarchs ' contributions to the sixteenth-century Renaissance of learning in England . |
| 2 | Some organisations interview all candidates ' wives early in the selection process ; others invite only the wives of short-listed candidates into interview ; a few feel it unreasonable to call into question the intentions of potential expatriates ' wives . |
| 3 | It is not a place where one spends all day , every day , cut off from other people , and self-contained large units which provide all residents ' daytime activities on site face the danger of becoming merely ‘ wards ’ in the community , new types of ‘ closed ’ institution . |
| 4 | Managers gauge each others ' prestige by comparing the sizes of their BMWs . |
| 5 | The reason becomes clear when we consider these devices ' search spaces for learning . |
| 6 | Disclose any shareholders ' waiver of dividends . |
| 7 | The two central , baggy-suited dancers , Lynne Bristow and William Trevitt , either mirror each others ' movements ( the old man perhaps communing with his diary ) or else dance as a couple ( the man reliving past relationships ) . |
| 8 | Remember those philosophers ' schemes according to which we only exist if we are perceived as existing by something or somebody other than ourselves ? |
| 9 | Battison and Jordan report several types of study to determine if signers from different countries understand each others ' signing . |
| 10 | Seven nations ( Australia , France , New Zealand , Norway , the UK , Argentina , Chile ) claim sectors of the continent ; the claims of the last three overlap substantially , and only the first five recognize each others ' claims reciprocally . |
| 11 | The Reagan administration is trying to establish an alternative to the convention , in the form of a ‘ mini-treaty ’ including only the mining nations who recognise and protect each others ' claims . |
| 12 | This ethos contributed to the desexualisation of lesbianism and also ignored a whole range of inequalities which erode some lesbians ' choice of lovers . |
| 13 | Instead of wasteful duplication of effort , these bodies have now created a ‘ Link ’ organisation so that they can share information and ideas , reinforce each others ' action and , where possible , speak with one voice on matters of common concern . |
| 14 | Under the old system , which included rent in supplementary benefit so that tenants could pay it themselves , many tenants were able to shuffle their weekly budgets — this week buy some kids ' shoes , next week the rent , this week the gas bill , next week the rent . |
| 15 | In this way the real principles of powerlessness which govern these boys ' lives are both doubled over and displaced by the sense of being overpowered or outnumbered by a group which in political and demographic terms are in an even weaker position than they are . |
| 16 | Using the latest computer travel technology they handle all sites ' business travel as well as providing a complete foreign exchange service to BNFL personnel . . |
| 17 | The Soars each have many years ' experience as teachers and teacher trainers in the UK and abroad . |
| 18 | George Giangrande and his partners , Sarah Wood and landscape architect Richard Lemmon , have many years ' garden design and construction experience . |
| 19 | Note to artists : Because of the overwhelming response we now have several weeks ' supply of pictures for the Gallery page . |