Example sentences of "[det] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | For the third period , that after the parents ' death or incapacity , I do accept the reasonableness of employing a nursing agency and therefore on this occasion I do accept Mr figure per year of sixty five thousand five hundred and thirty seven pounds and ninety six pence . |
2 | So I I would erm you know , quite often get bags of clothes , and s we sorted them out , and give them to people with erm quite large families and erm we used to also get some for the tenants ' association for the jumble sales . |
3 | During the second world war , the government took control of the system , worked it to death without investing and , under a fixed ‘ rental ’ agreement of 1941 , pocketed more than half of the railways ' receipts . |
4 | Mr Matthews reckons that about half of the banks ' retained earnings comes from securities gains . |
5 | The first of these stages was much the most important , for despite the promulgation of the Nazimov Rescript a betting man would not have laid money , at the end of 1857 , on the proposition that peasants were going to acquire both freedom from manorial jurisdiction and some of the landlords ' property . |
6 | After a tough debate within the Miners ' Federation in 1911 — the miners were not united on the baths ' efficacy — some of the miners ' leaders collaborated with women activists in the labour movement and during the First World War brought out a pamphlet , published by the Women 's Labour League , promoting pithead baths , including testimony from Robert Smillie and the well-known feminist Kathryn Bruce-Glazier . |
7 | There are other features of prison life , however , which could only occur in this especially artificial environment , but before moving on to them it may be useful to concentrate on some of the prisoners ' own views of Maidstone . |
8 | On Oct. 15 , prison officials agreed to meet some of the prisoners ' demands , including the improvement of conditions in isolation cells . |
9 | Reviews of exhibiting societies ' shows have constantly presented difficulties to critics , as it is only possible to give brief comments on some of the artists ' work ; how could it be otherwise when an exhibiting society shows several thousand works ? |
10 | Some of the residents ' fears |
11 | The seventeenth century witnessed a tremendous expansion of the lord 's demesne at the expense of some of the tenants ' arable and possibly at the loss of their commons as well . |
12 | Integral to at least some of the philosophers ' thinking is the idea that the individual is part of a collective ; a member of society . |
13 | Cascades of salt spray had already washed some of the kittiwakes ' nests off the lower ledges when we took a last look out before nightfall , and there seemed little chance that the old ‘ Sulan ’ would be able to make a landing tomorrow , even if the sea conditions allowed a crossing from Sørvágur . |
14 | In fact , it is hoped to have some of the children 's embroidery work at the next ‘ Craft , Embroidery & Fashion Show ’ to be staged by Madeira Threads , once again at Harrogate , on the 12th and 13th November , where visitors will be able to buy some of the girls ' finished articles on display . |
15 | The majority verdict is that Seve 's handiwork is difficult but fair , and tournament director , Andy McFee , aims to keep it that way by utilising a variety of tees , including some of the ladies ' , to strike the right balance . |
16 | At the same time we have to take account of the fact that some of the households ' income will be channelled into saving , and that additional spending on the output of firms will arise from investment . |
17 | He reversed some of the laws on language and education which discriminated against Tamils , and took to visiting some of the Tamils ' Hindu temples , even attempting the odd public statement in Tamil . |
18 | After half an hour or so , when some of the journalists ' drinking arms were a blur , Jefferson banged on the table . |
19 | However , the Commission did not find evidence of deaths having resulted from deliberate brutality by police or prison officers , as had been alleged by some of the victims ' families . |
20 | The cuts , equivalent to a 2p reduction in the basic rate of income tax , are expected to replenish some of the consumers ' depleted ammunition . |
21 | But For every person at Aldermaston there are hundreds who share at least some of the protestors ' fears , without their fanaticism . |
22 | It should be noted that most of these are neutral on the optimism/pessimism scale , while some of the characters ' proverbs approach the meaningless . |
23 | Well I think some of the manufacturers ' guarantees , certainly on motor cars , erm are reasonable and you can expect to rely on them and get things put right . |
24 | On leaving the plaintiffs , the defendant set up another company which sold heaters of a similar type to some of the plaintiffs ' previous customers . |
25 | Now the problem with that model of proceeding is that you then end up with you can end up with the exploitation of complain procedures for a wide variety of , not all of which you want to countenance , and some of the universities ' and colleges ' experience of trying to run complaint procedures in connection with sexual harassment has been deciding when to try to cool someone down and when a complaint is someone that should be run along with . |
26 | But look at individuals , rather than averages , and you see interesting things happening to some of the peasants ' lives . |
27 | Changing this number also meant changing the inscriptions on some of the camps ' memorial plaques ; some Jewish groups did not like the wording of the new inscriptions . |
28 | Your stringer should be able to explain these terms and more — and understanding some of the stringers ' buzz words can be useful , even if it 's just to impress your friends . |
29 | The shoot was waylaid by litigation , however , after Mr Kluge 's Irish and British gamekeepers were convicted of killing hundreds of protected hawks and owls — and some of the neighbours ' dogs — in an authentic effort to keep the game alive for the pleasure of the guests . |
30 | There is no statutory requirement to refer to this in the directors ' report . |