Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way , the organizational climate interacts with the men 's personal qualities to predispose the majority of them to define their role as one of community service . |
| 2 | The action starts with the women 's game at 7.00pm and the men 's follows at 8.30pm . |
| 3 | And so the explanation lies in the men 's relation both to the culture of domesticity , power in the domestic sphere , and the sexual division of labour . |
| 4 | It requires the teacher to demonstrate the significance which she places upon the children 's resources and judgements . |
| 5 | Whatever effect this has on the children 's futures as clerks , it maims creative instinct . |
| 6 | Brig Ramsey arrives from the Women 's Royal Army Corps ( WRAC ) , where she was the final director before its abolition last week under Options for Change . |
| 7 | Whatever the fiscal sees , he sees through the policemen 's eyes . |
| 8 | These interviews are directed at building up life histories for forty female offenders and are analysed with the aim of identifying significant turning points in the women 's criminal careers . |
| 9 | Erm the same provision applies to the children 's pension . |
| 10 | An example of this type in lead , dated 1648 , rests on the children 's shelf in the De La Warr vault , but of greater interest are three wooden versions . |
| 11 | Now essentially this also relies on the children 's using their imaginations to find answers — as in the case of the ‘ sewer ’ and the ‘ Lost Valley ’ contexts — but the difference is that ( a ) each ‘ find ’ is given due weight and attention , is publicly shared , evaluated , accepted or rejected , ( b ) the focus within which their imaginations can have free range is defined from the beginning , i.e. the puzzle is clear — ‘ what could be a logical solution ? ’ is the name of the game , and ( c ) the problem-solving does not have to be hurried by action . |
| 12 | The self-supporting framework builds on the children 's existing collective resources : their knowledge and experience , their social relationships , their capacity to support and stimulate one another through shared interests and concerns . |
| 13 | ‘ And when you get there , make sure he goes to the Gentlemen 's Cloakroom and has a good wash before the interview . |
| 14 | But without the sort of big-money sponsorship that goes to the men 's game the women are having to spend precious time fund-raising rather than concentrating on their playing . |
| 15 | That of women 's or gender consciousness emerges from the women 's movement when consciousness-raising helped to make women aware of their specific position and disadvantages within contemporary society . |
| 16 | We also ask you to contribute to a kitty which pays for the children 's food and drinks . |
| 17 | Mrs McNee tries to ensure that that coincides with the children 's return from school . |
| 18 | The effectiveness of the micro in simulating experiments hinges on the children 's accepting the analogy with the true experimental situation . |
| 19 | The next example is an account of a teacher 's observation of children at play whereby she learns of the children 's own discoveries as they experiment for themselves . |
| 20 | It has remained dominated by the police and operates on the police 's terms ( Stephens , 1988:113 ) . |
| 21 | The sequence in Figure 1 begins with the children 's boisterous behaviour . |
| 22 | Olga , his wife , is registered in Estonia but works in the children 's cafe on the Latvian side . |