Example sentences of "[vb past] the [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weber shared the classical elitists ' hopes for developing a systematic social science , but he did not agree that natural science methods could be simply transposed to explain social action or behaviour , since a plausible account of actors ' motives is required for completeness ( Runcimann , 1972 ) . |
| 2 | SCOTT GIBBS became the British Lions ' latest casualty in the jinxed centre positions during a messy 34–16 victory over Southland today . |
| 3 | Not so CND house designer John Parke , who produced the anti warmongers ' new hallmark . |
| 4 | An interesting parallel for this is provided by an exhibition that has just opened in East Berlin , commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Muntzer , the theologian and Protestant reformer , who led the 16th-century Peasants ' Revolt . |
| 5 | She wrote long letters home to Antonia in which she translated the other girls ' lives in terms that made sense to her . |
| 6 | On the other hand , " the river … drowned the edge of the terrace " ( p. 217 ) , 'stealthily the moonlight moved the blue shadows ' ( p. 220 ) , and " the procession of stars ' ( p. 221 ) are overtly metaphorical in any context . |
| 7 | He complained at length about a Gallic bishop called Aldebert , who held services at springs and groves instead of in properly consecrated churches , spurned the established saints ' cults by distributing his own finger-nails as saintly relics , and invoked the names of archangels which were not to be found in the Bible . |
| 8 | Smith inspected the United Boys ' Brigades of America with her in 1907 but she died in the same year of a tragic accident , not long after their return . |
| 9 | Yesterday Johanna 's ex-boyfriend Ryan Firman , 17 , visited the isolated lovers ' lane where her body was found on Boxing Day . |
| 10 | I see from my Logbook that Geilenkirchen , Abbeville , Hirson , Hannover and Hamm amongst others appear as targets but I was never convinced that we either found , damaged , or even delayed the German masses ' progress through the Low Countries . |
| 11 | Even Gorbachev proclaimed the Soviet Unions ' interest in participating in the management of the world market economy . |
| 12 | Clive Allen , Tim Breacker and Trevor Morley scored the other Hammers ' goals while John Durnin , Jim Magilton and Andrew Melville netted for Oxford . |
| 13 | The injuries may give Tony Clement , who scored the only backs ' try for the Lions , a reward for his versatility . |
| 14 | Many drugs will be available over the counter instead of by doctor 's order only , Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley told the Medical Journalists ' Association in London yesterday . |
| 15 | The newly appointed Minister of Agriculture , Kumbirai Kangai , told the Commercial Farmers ' Union on July 16 that the government would reconsider plans to confiscate 13 commercial farms under the terms of the controversial Land Acquisition Act approved in March [ see p. 38804 ] . |
| 16 | By 1988 the programme had shifted 600,000 jobs from the public to the private sector and reduced the nationalized industries ' share of GDP to 6.5 per cent . |
| 17 | We felt like gods as we surveyed the distraught insects ' frantic efforts to remove precious eggs from sight . |
| 18 | By the time they had toured the famous house with its owner , studied the illustrious visitors ' book , looked round the study with Mr Luke Fildes ' picture of the Empty Chair in their mind 's eye , and had seen the chalet where Dickens wrote his last words before his death , they were drained of emotion , and it was fortunate that Rochester Castle provided exercise without undue stress . |
| 19 | MR PADDY Ashdown yesterday staked the Liberal Democrats ' claim to offer British politics a ‘ moral voice ’ for the 1990s , building on its stance over Hong Kong and the Vietnamese refugees . |
| 20 | A dramatic rise in fuel costs after 1973 , which affected the national brewers ' distribution costs more than the smaller regional ones ' . |
| 21 | I welcomed the Mozartean Players ' disc of the two Mozart Piano Quartets ( ) with open arms and I must say that I like their set of the Trios even more . |
| 22 | In more recent times , the present owners turned the old peasants ' houses , which are scattered all over the estate , into pleasant apartments . |
| 23 | When he returned he joined the local carpenters ' union , and in 1861 he persuaded his Sheffield union to become part of the newly established Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners ( ASCJ ) . |
| 24 | Gorbachev on Dec. 1 decreed that republican legislation which infringed the central authorities ' supremacy in defence matters was null and void . |
| 25 | Of those , 35 were liquidated or went into receivership , 38 were sold at a loss , and only 29 were sold at a price that returned the initial taxpayers ' investment . |
| 26 | Mr Lang urged the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland and the SMMB to put together a submission showing how the OFT 's findings were flawed and said he would pass it on to the OFT and the president of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine . |
| 27 | But his joy soon turned to anger when the excited teenager was told that he broke the licensed premises ' over 18 rule . |
| 28 | A decree pardoning EPL guerrillas who wished to be reintegrated into civilian life was approved by the government on Jan. 22 ; it also covered the Revolutionary Workers ' Party ( PRT ) , which was to lay down its arms on Jan. 26 , and the militant indigenous Quintín Lamé Commando . |
| 29 | It soon rumbled the furry frauds ' deceit . |
| 30 | No more than 14 when she pocketed the Scottish Girls ' title and the Scottish Girls ' Under-22 Stroke-Play Championship for a first time , Jane became the youngest ever to play for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup when she was chosen for the 1980 match at St. Pierre . |