Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) Ten Fridays and four half days are given for private members ' motions . |
| 2 | Dr. Corrigan suggests that ‘ by the time the World Health Organisation have listed and checked all the herbs which could be used , doctors may find themselves prescribing herbs which were once dismissed as old wives ' tales ’ . |
| 3 | Moreover , they are regarded as valuable collectors ' items , not toys . |
| 4 | The Avalon bathroom was developed after three years ' extensive research into the difficulties associated with ageing . |
| 5 | You are sacked after 20 years ' service with a week 's notice . |
| 6 | An employee who is dismissed after two years ' service has three months in which to complain to an industrial tribunal . |
| 7 | Popular at home ( the Duke of Edinburgh recently bought one ) , for foreigners they offer cheap chic : a cab dismissed after ten years ' service sells for around £1,500 ( $1,250 ) . |
| 8 | This had been among the most violent events reported during several weeks ' of clashes between Kirghiz and Uzbeks in Kirghizia 's Osh oblast ( region ) [ see pp. 37540-41 ; 37618 ] . |
| 9 | The top right-hand corner was decorated with small rose leaves interspersed with some ladies ' bedstraw , on which I arranged some geums and cow parsley centres . |
| 10 | Details of these were given out at the April training day and included in that days ' notes . |
| 11 | They apply to different communities , they have responded to different communities ' needs but they also contribute to a ripple effect of achievement at national and international levels which will ultimately benefit the lives of many more children . |
| 12 | Cubs and even foetuses cut from the bodies of pregnant females were added to individual hunters ' totals . |
| 13 | Cameron , needing nothing , sat around the house , surrounded by other peoples ' books and music and art . |
| 14 | Indeed , following on from the government 's Next Steps agencies ( see below ) , for many government executive operations outturn information in departmental reports will , in future , be supplemented by individual agencies ' annual reports to Parliament . |
| 15 | They have been updated and supplemented by local authorities ' own guidelines , covering procedures , training and pupil-teacher ratios , ranging in Strathclyde 's case from 10-1 for easy hillwalking to 5-1 for walking on difficult ridges . |
| 16 | He had never thought to find himself discussing such a thing with a single young woman , but he had heard of American girls ' frankness , and he supposed that this was a sample of it . |
| 17 | The general rule is that the penalty available in such circumstances is the same as that for the substantive offence incited , in this case level three , and since the legislature , thought that greater punishment than that was appropriate , specific provision is made for three months ' imprisonment , or a level 4 fine . |
| 18 | In the eventual settlement , fine promises were made about equivalent facilities ' becoming available at Mile End Hospital . |
| 19 | Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners ' legs , |
| 20 | For example , in the past two years many applications have been made against local authorities ' handling of assessment and service delivery for children with special educational needs . |
| 21 | HOW we could have done with some frogs ' legs among the dire fare served up for national consumption at Stamford Bridge yesterday . |
| 22 | The team got off to a good start on the general knowledge round , they then had to answer questions connected with local councillors ' work . |
| 23 | Further investigations will be made into these childrens ' inability to count the number of sounds in a word by tapping them out and their failure to perform rhyme judgements : both tasks which have been thought , hitherto , to be essential to adequate sound-letter mapping . |
| 24 | Regional task forces estimate , however , that the gap between the hours stipulated in most juniors ' contracts and the hours that they will actually work is about five to 10 hours a week . |
| 25 | The two main reasons for antenatal screening are ( a ) to plan the most appropriate place and mode of delivery to minimise the hazard to neonatal life and ( b ) to offer termination of pregnancy if the diagnosis is made before 24 weeks ' gestation ( previously 28 weeks ' ) . |
| 26 | The balance of the field will be selected from those Tours ' leading money winners . |
| 27 | But King He can expect to be freed in three years ' time but Don King is convinced the former champion 's conviction will be overturned at a forthcoming appeal . |
| 28 | Deductions are made from 52,000 Scots ' benefits to pay off fuel debts . |
| 29 | Consumption of partially cooked meat and cheese made from unpasteurised goats ' milk is common in France . |
| 30 | What disruption carefully organised and constantly renewed bomb attacks would have wreaked upon this communications ' artery ( i.e. the Voie Sacrée ) , crammed to the most extreme limits of its capacity , requires no details . |