Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | A 1 million b/d ‘ strategic ’ pipeline had been installed so as to enable the southern fields ' production to be sent out via the northern pipeline system through Syria , or the reverse ; as it later proved , a sensible precaution . |
2 | When in barracks and field dress , generals often choose to wear the general officers ' cap badge not in the dark blue GS beret , but in the ‘ tribal headgear ’ of their former unit . |
3 | When O'Neill returned from a meeting with Harold Wilson in London , he reacted in a manner guaranteed to confirm the Free Presbyterians ' claims that O'Neill 's policies were designed to achieve in the political sphere what the ecumenical movement was trying to do in inter denominational co-operation . |
4 | The LSE group ( which was set up in October 1990 to support the Irish students ' campaign and to campaign for abortion rights for women in England and Ireland ) will be organising a further picket on that day to highlight this fundamental attack on Irish women 's right to choose . |
5 | Last August , we were lucky enough to have John with us when we marched through London and delivered a petition of five hundred thousand signatures , requesting the Prime Minister to implement the British Pensioners ' Charter . |
6 | Although situated entirely in the Libyan section of the continental shelf , 10 per cent of the revenue from the field would be devoted to joint projects , including one to connect the two countries ' power grids , a 300-km motorway between Ras Jedir on the border and Sfax in Tunisia , and a pipeline linking the Libyan refinery in Zuwarah , 200 km west of Tripoli , with the Tunisian port of Zarzis . |
7 | Britain , in fact , had been explicitly invited to attend the foreign ministers ' meeting in Messina . |
8 | The continuance of our training programme depends on attracting new students so please do all you can to publicise the Potential Teachers ' Day to be held on Saturday 8th March 1986 at Warwick Park School , Peckham High Street , London SE 15 . |
9 | For similar reasons , conservatives are also reluctant to disband the discredited Workers ' Guard . |
10 | Clearly , the houses will then be put in a position of having to sell bills ( or to borrow ) to meet the other banks ' demands . |
11 | It criticised the OECD countries for failing to meet the United Nations ' foreign aid target of 0.7 per cent of their GNPs . |
12 | Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit . |
13 | Given this premise , we should not be surprised to find the police are in the forefront of support for proposals such as the introduction of identity cards ; it was not surprising to find the 1988 Superintendents ' Association conference not only supporting this motion , but arguing for the creation of twenty-four hour armed patrols throughout the country and making a plea for a national motorway squad . |
14 | After being virtually the first dealer at his firm to pass the Registered Representatives ' and Traders ' examination , he was applauded by his colleagues only to be shunted off the sales desk into the back office . |
15 | The leader rose and brought Corbett a cup and , making signs , urged Corbett to drink the creamy goats ' milk laced with something acrid which burnt his mouth and the back of his throat . |
16 | Joanna had cheered up considerably by the time Sophie had finished , and Sophie 's spirits were still high as she drove out to visit the old ladies ' home . |
17 | Fynn is proposing the formation of a UEFA premier league and three regional divisions — with promotion and relegation between them — to replace the European Champions ' Cup and the Cup Winners ' Cup . |
18 | On 6 June , Paisley , this time wearing his church leader hat , clashed with the police when he led members of the Free Presbyterian Church to picket the Irish Presbyterians ' General Assembly . |
19 | South Korea was elected to chair the developing countries ' Group of 77 ( G-77 ) for 1993 at the Group 's General Assembly in Vienna on Dec. 14 . |
20 | It would have been storybook stuff had he returned to win the British Seniors ' Open at Lytham or defend his Forte PGA Seniors ' Open title at Royal Dublin for the third successive year . |
21 | Finally , if the Prime Minister says , as he rightly does , that one of the centrepieces of reshaping the United Nations so that it can cope with the new challenges to world peace is to strengthen the United Nations ' peacekeeping capacity , why is it that the Government are , I am told , $8 million in arrears with their dues towards United Nations ' peacekeeping ? |
22 | He almost immediately led a breakaway of members into a Scottish Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union at a wage of £pound2 a week and made common cause with Alderman " Tommy " Lewis , who had already led a similar breakaway in Southampton to form the British Seafarers ' Union with which Shinwell 's union merged . |
23 | Though the association was quick to change its policy , women , led by Josephine Butler , broke away to form the separatist Ladies ' National Association ( LNA ) . |
24 | The snub has sparked fears that the Clinton administration is about to put the two countries ' special relationship on hold in retaliation for Tory support of George Bush in the presidential campaign . |
25 | His voice seemed to fill the few inches ' space between them , bringing them even closer . |
26 | The fare was 10/ — ( 50p ) , and then there was lunch , often taken at one of the new mass-market eating-places , such as the Quality Inns , which had sprung up no doubt to satisfy the American G.I.s ' taste in food : ‘ Aunt Mary 's Home-made Apple Pie ’ was constantly on the menu . |
27 | Yet there are good reasons for continuing to read the New Critics ' work . |
28 | And with Mobuto due to address the United Nations ' General Assembly , the locale could n't have been better . |
29 | He was able to checkmate the French evolutionists ' efforts to use the duck-billed platypus as a link between reptiles and mammals because he alone had access to a good supply of specimens . |
30 | He was there to explain to the court that he and the other officers had tried to control the Nazi leaders ' demands for gross reprisals for the deaths of the Germans in the Via Rassella . |