Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] ' [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a few minutes ' walk to her office in Aldersgate Street ; but she normally did not arrive there till nine . |
| 2 | Equally , we noted some heads ' resistance to developing their own professional understanding and their failure to engage with current educational issues . |
| 3 | Thus perhaps the fact that a number of legal cases have been brought is indicative of some parents ' resistance to the subservient , rather than partnership , role which some say they are forced to assume by the Act ( regardless of exhortations to LEAs to extend parental involvement ) . |
| 4 | Some parents ' reaction to the diagnosis is nullified by the additional diagnosis of some life-threatening physical condition such as meningitis or a heart defect , which to them is more distressing . |
| 5 | New York became conditioned to skyscrapers which were torn down after a few years ' life to be replaced by newer skyscrapers . |
| 6 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 7 | Only after a few days ' exposure to New York sunlight did they readjust to local time . |
| 8 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 9 | It would be technically possible now for some Members ' offices to be given the feed . |
| 10 | The decision is made harder by the knowledge that almost all terminally ill patients are receiving medication and may be suffering pain and distress , all of which could affect their mental competence , quite apart from some doctors ' reluctance to ‘ give up . ’ |
| 11 | On the other hand , some feminists ' objections to the principle of Wages for Housework lead them to oppose any proposal that might , in their view , ‘ look like ’ or ‘ lead to ’ it . |
| 12 | These areas ' commitment to multidisciplinary research is difficult to apply and sustain . |
| 13 | Instead , the emphasis is upon these individuals ' relations to the wider patterns of society , especially those patterns of power typically neglected by social psychologists . |
| 14 | The development of COPPs forms part of the broader story told in later chapters , in which these teams ' contribution to other major landings is shown . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The examiner is not looking for technical perfection and certainly would not find it in many candidates ' answers to this question . |
| 17 | Finally , another major problem as perceived by Western governments and agencies is the philosophy held by many LDCs ' governments to free/private enterprise , the market mechanism , foreign investment and expropriation of assets . |
| 18 | The summit declaration applauded those countries ' commitment to political and economic reform , and called attention to a continuing programme of visits and contacts . |
| 19 | The German government , forced to cover currency losses on Deutsche Aerospace 's work for Airbus , the pan-European aircraft consortium of which it is a member , is reluctant to put up yet more taxpayers ' money to back Mr Schrempp 's ambitious and controversial scheme to build a 130-seat regional airliner outside the Airbus consortium . |
| 20 | The fact that the appointments to such councils are in the hands of the Secretary of State advised by civil servants , makes one question those bodies ' ability to be very independent . |
| 21 | He therefore lacked those breeds ' capacity to ‘ set the problem in terms of historical perspective or first principles ’ . |
| 22 | I warrant that I have the unfettered right to authorise the publication of the Work ; that my own and any co-authors ' contributions to the Work are original and contain no libellous defamatory obscene or otherwise unlawful or misleading matter and that all statements therein purporting to be facts are true . |
| 23 | These are available on prescription when the patient is at home but it is usual to give several days ' supplies to patients in case they are unable to obtain a prescription immediately . |
| 24 | It hardly needs saying that if there is no audit there will not be any auditors ' report to be sent to members , laid before a general meeting , or delivered to the Registrar . |
| 25 | At those meetings , held in New York , Denktash countered Pérez de Cuéllar 's proposals with demands for the recognition of " two peoples " , rather than separate communities within the island , as well as both peoples ' right to self-determination ; his stance brought the meetings to an end on March 2 , 1990 [ see p. 37331 ] . |
| 26 | According to purchasing manager Roger DaForno , this excellent relationship has taken some time to build and there 's no doubt that both organizations ' commitment to a process of continuous improvement has helped immensely . |
| 27 | Following the talks a joint communiqué reiterated both governments ' adherence to the protocol signed in Damascus in August 1987 , and in addition Turkey committed itself to releasing more than the current 500 cubic metres of water a second to Syria . |