Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one case the court confirmed the Commission 's finding that there was evidence of abusive conduct where United Brands ' prices in certain banana markets within the EC were excessive in relation to the economic value of the product supplied and that they differed considerably from one EC market to another . |
| 2 | Moreover , Britain lags far behind developments in the USA , where older persons ' organisations like the Gray Panthers are dominated by women , and where the shared interests between women and older people are recognised more commonly . |
| 3 | It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do . |
| 4 | A crippling recruitment and retention crisis has seen BR lose vital engineering staff to better paid jobs for example in British Telecom and Mercury , where senior technicians ' rates are up to £60 a week more . |
| 5 | Alliance partisans admitted that they read anti-Alliance papers but they claimed their papers were less pro-Conservative than Conservative partisans ' papers and less pro-Labour than Labour partisans ' papers ( Table 6.6 ) . |
| 6 | A group of more than 30 travellers ' caravans have now set up on a roadside site a mile from the village at Crew crossroads . |
| 7 | Ron Atkinson may look a bit odd , but he knows the management business — and his cufflinks are bigger than some players ' cars . |
| 8 | To our late-twentieth century , dreadnought-accustomed eyes , guitars like this look more like toys than serious players ' instruments . |
| 9 | More than ninety teachers ' jobs are to go in Gloucestershire as a result of spending cuts . |
| 10 | As a rule-of-thumb , your debts ( excluding mortgage ) should not total more than three months ' earnings before tax . |
| 11 | Although these animals ' eyes are bizarrely constructed , they are tuned into the same light as most of the rest of the natural world . |
| 12 | Although it is a newcomer to New York politics , the Coalition proved startlingly effective , distributing more than 100,000 voters ' guides , many of them through the Catholic church . |
| 13 | The Leicestershire company has sold off many of its loss-making businesses to cut debts , but they remain at £76.6 million — more than double shareholders ' funds . |
| 14 | The UK 's stock of overseas direct investments is second only to that of the United States , considerably ahead of West Germany 's and Japan 's , although those countries ' enterprises abroad have grown considerably since the 1960s . |
| 15 | This , and many companion volumes on overseas registers which Air-Britain produces , are much more serious volumes than those spotters ' guides of yore , their contents likely to prove as useful to aircraft dealers , brokers , insurers , buyers ( and tax inspectors ? ) as they do to the binocular-and-bobble-hats brigade , not to mention we scribblers , who occasionally have a compelling need to know how many PA-28s there are in the country ( a lot ) or whether the Miles Student jet trainer is still extant ( it is ) . |
| 16 | Alliance partisans admitted that they read anti-Alliance papers but they claimed their papers were less pro-Conservative than Conservative partisans ' papers and less pro-Labour than Labour partisans ' papers ( Table 6.6 ) . |
| 17 | Calls a whistling ‘ tyu-tyu-tyu ’ and ‘ kuvitt ’ , song more like Bullfinch 's pipe than other owls ' hoots . |
| 18 | ‘ As Anthony said to Cleopatra , as he opened a crate of ale , some girls are bigger than others , some girls ' mothers are bigger than other girls ' mothers … ’ |
| 19 | I tried just about every diesel and the Peugeots performed better than other manufacturers ' diesels I tried . ’ |
| 20 | THE Times newspaper axed more than 20 journalists ' jobs yesterday . |
| 21 | There were very few other sources of employment , so most miners ' wives were confined to domestic labour ( a confinement enhanced by the ‘ slave ’ relationship described earlier — p. 110 ) , and were as tied to the colliery as their husbands . |
| 22 | The services are not tested but a visual inspection is made and advice is offered if further specialists ' tests are needed . |
| 23 | If some voters ' choices are determined by the lottery of surnames , others are channelled by specific guidance . |
| 24 | And if these groups ' interests must be considered , why not also require the directors to consider the interests of the local community , the environment and consumers ? |
| 25 | Who will pay compensation if one operators ' trains are delayed by a breakdown of a train by another operator ? |
| 26 | Do n't be surprised therefore , if young peoples ' interests have developed in the direction of other sports . |
| 27 | Word from the pit crews of Race 7 Strega and Race 77 Rare Bear was to expect speeds in the 490s if both racers ' engines held together . |
| 28 | This is not surprising , considering senior managers ' minds have been focused on assessments and discharge arrangements . |
| 29 | Four felt their parents were too strict , while many others ' parents were not strict enough . |
| 30 | Disputes relating to rights and obligations centre upon interpreting the status quo , while third parties ' claims may rest upon interests or needs that have emerged or been articulated at some subsequent time . |