Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] in [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when Jan came up , gasping for air , her hair in rats ' tails — laughter lit up her pretty face . |
| 2 | Through centuries this image has become a Serbian ideal of woman and her part in mens ' wars . |
| 3 | Whilst non-equity shares have a particular legal status which justifies their inclusion in shareholders ' funds , this does not justify reporting within shareholders ' funds an instrument which does not have that status and may never be converted into one that does . |
| 4 | The crime to which some addicts resort to finance their habits , and in which the suppliers of illegal drugs habitually engage , exacts its price in victims ' lives , not just money . |
| 5 | After making her name in children 's shows like Wacaday and Owl TV , Michaela has broadened her range to such adult fare as ITV 's The Hitman and Her . |
| 6 | Ms Wansbrough started her career in children 's books with Hamish Hamilton . |
| 7 | Yet while we readily blame employers for their extra exploitation of women as cheap labour , and the state for regulating women 's economic dependence on men , we protect men from the shame of their participation in women 's poverty by keeping the secret . |
| 8 | Mary Newport , who spent her life in children 's homes and with foster parents , met up with three sisters she never knew she had . |
| 9 | Their plight in Nails 's house which had yielded such a bizarre collection of spare clothes seemed a week away . |
| 10 | Because participating preference shares contain an entitlement to share in profits which is of a restricted amount and has priority over the other classes of shares , they are non-equity shares in accordance with the definition in paragraph 11 of the [ draft ] FRS and their interest in shareholders ' funds should be presented within the aggregate amount attributable to non-equity shares as required by paragraph 34 . |
| 11 | Feminist psychology 's consciousness of these ambiguities encourages its interest in women 's representation , not just among psychologists , but among psychological subjects . |
| 12 | It may well be that it is the first of these , his work in children 's theatre , for which he will be most remembered , for he revolutionised the whole conception of what forms theatre for children might take . |