Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But will the arrival of baby number four signal that the time is right to ‘ hang up the booties ' once and for all ? |
| 2 | The Court accepted that the agreement did not formulate precisely the inhabitants ' rights but thought them sufficiently precise for judicial enforcement . |
| 3 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 4 | Turning to the White Paper , to be published before the next party conference , he said it would set out the Conservatives ' agenda for the rest of this century . |
| 5 | But even in the gloom you can make out the apostles ' faces . |
| 6 | The spectators can take over the performers ' roles . |
| 7 | Owen could take over the transcendentalists ' search for underlying patterns , but , since the relationships were ideal rather than physical , he could follow Cuvier 's refutation of transmutation by emphasizing the gaps between the different forms of vertebrate life . |
| 8 | Lords and peasants were given two years to prepare charters which would map out the peasants ' " portions of arable land " and define the extent of their " obligations " . |
| 9 | If we are genuinely to make the services more acceptable and enhance users ' individual experiences we must take seriously the users ' views about their own personal treatment and care . |
| 10 | Then when Mr Deaves 's fortunes turn around and he sells his house , he can pay back the taxpayers ' money . |
| 11 | Liquidation proceedings will start once a creditors ' meeting has taken place . |