Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | This chapter will examine the rules of competition from the competitors ' point of view , rather than from the referees ' . |
| 2 | This revealed that the proportionate use of custody in the Crown Court was five times greater than in the magistrates ' court , and that the average length of prison sentence was three times as long . |
| 3 | There seemed nowhere to take discussions of these dilemmas except to the conferences ' lesbian workshops , where they took up almost all the time . |
| 4 | There were problems expressed about the difficulties of people with disabilities and those in ill-health to have necessary adaptations made to their homes , again mainly due to financial considerations rather than on the tenants ' needs . |
| 5 | Any falling short in doing so reflects more on the teaching than on the students ' preparedness to respond . |
| 6 | In cases considered since Roe , the Supreme Court has generally shown more deference to congressional restrictions than to the states ' attempts to overturn Roe , for example it ruled that public funds may not be used for abortions whether therapeutic or non-therapeutic ( Harris v. McRae 1980 ) . |
| 7 | An American clinical study ( Anderson and White , 1986 ) also suggests that problems in step families are more likely to relate to parenting issues between adults and children than to the parents ' marital relationship . |
| 8 | They were not swayed by the Coal Board 's insistence that they could do what they wanted any more than by the unions ' claims about the threatened mines . |
| 9 | The above information on turnover , profit and net assets may be omitted if in the directors ' opinion its disclosure would be prejudicial to the interests of the company . |
| 10 | The above information on turnover and profit may be omitted if in the directors ' opinion its disclosure would be prejudicial to the interests of the company . |
| 11 | Second , obtaining extra funds for the NHS will become increasingly difficult because of the taxpayers ' revolt against higher taxation . |
| 12 | Because of the falsificationists ' emphasis on the growth of science , their account of confirmation is significantly different from that of the inductivists . |
| 13 | Their tissues showed changes due to cancerous destruction , and contained substantial amounts of radioactive material , evidently absorbed because of the girls ' practice of licking the tips of their paint brushes to achieve a finer point . |
| 14 | Because of the members ' diversity of experience , TAC debates generate lively argument among people with very different opinions ; this , together with the TAC 's reputation for preferring the practical to the conceptual , is the committee 's greatest contribution to the consultation process . |
| 15 | Because of the members ' diversity of experience , TAC debates generate lively argument |
| 16 | In one case , noted earlier , an order was made when a child from a good home was kept away from school because of the parents ' opposition to comprehensive schools . |
| 17 | In captivity or in the wild , the first two clutches of barn owl chicks often die because of the parents ' inexperience . |
| 18 | This is not because of class affiliation to the ‘ class in charge ’ rather than the hegemonic class , but because of the bureaucracy's ' character as a specific category through the intermediary of its relation with the state ’ . |
| 19 | During the period of the project , because of the teachers ' action , it was not possible systematically to collect data relating to generalization . |
| 20 | The trade unions fear that wage demands may have to be lowered because of the refugees ' greater flexibility and readiness to work for less money . |
| 21 | It was announced in Bucharest on Sept. 30 that a US$300,000,000 World Bank loan to Romania had been postponed because of the miners ' riots . |
| 22 | The sheriff of Lincoln was sent to Stamford , but he met with considerable resistance , and Peck , quoting John Selden , suggests the king himself came to the town because of the students ' stubbornness . |
| 23 | One of the first top riders to sign for the 1993 British League season , Rickardsson has no sympathy with riders who are refusing to sign this year because of the promoters ' strict pay policy . |
| 24 | The models are , uncharacteristically , giving their services free of charge to directors George Michael and Thierry Mugler , although filming had to be postponed because of the models ' hectic schedules . |
| 25 | This is significant , because there has been a period during which it looked as though , because of the societies ' successful opposition in 1990 to the then Italian Foreign Secretary Gianni De Michelis 's plan to site Expo2000 in the Veneto , the Italian government would no longer pay for the Unesco office . |
| 26 | Previous experiments with gene therapy , involving one Italian and two American children , have so far only altered blood cells rather than bone marrow cells and have had to be repeated monthly because of the cells ' limited life span . |
| 27 | Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice . |
| 28 | Because of the Allies ' inadequate resources of heavy artillery , he declared , it was impossible |
| 29 | Opponents of free banking argue that a lender of last resort ( i.e. a central bank ) is needed , and that inflation would be rampant under free banking because of the banks ' ability to print notes at will . |
| 30 | Because of the caves ' varying depths , 25 minutes decompression was required before removing the two front mounted cylinders , and pushing them ahead through the 16 inch high Cobble Inlet passage . |