Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a fax I want you to send to Ian in Aiden Mouth and it reads as follows good afternoon Ian , at long last I 've been able to get down to this memo of yours , dated the thirtieth alt can you please let me know the actual deliveries ' figures in the first part of this memo . |
| 2 | The lady of medium build will need the regular ladies ' shaft coded " L " , while the more powerful and hard-hitting female could use the same clubs as a slightly-built man . |
| 3 | The £500 deposit would hardly pay for the barristers ' lunches at the public inquiry , whereas my standing for Parliament will concentrate the other candidates ' minds solidly on the issue and emphasise the public 's outrage at National Grid plc 's proposals . |
| 4 | It is for this reason that sociologists have often assumed that they must respect the professional psychologists ' judgement in these matters , and so have treated Freud from their viewpoint as unscientific and unusable . |
| 5 | In both countries , undoubtedly one of the goals of what the United States euphemistically called ‘ low-intensity conflict ’ was to hamper and discredit the revolutionary movements ' ability to deliver services to their peoples , and to involve them in changing their lives . |
| 6 | It might be the case that the activities of the Young Conservatives make the young people involved feel better : to use the curious language of modern psychologists , participation might improve the young members ' ’ sense of self-esteem' or ‘ actualize their inner identities ’ . |
| 7 | For a regiment which has its headquarters at Edinburgh Castle and which recruits its officers largely from the city , the appointment of Rifkind , the member for Edinburgh Pentlands , will do the Royal Scots ' ( motto : No one may touch me with impunity ) case no harm at all . |
| 8 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 9 | The media would still be able to cover current stories but within a longer-term , in-depth perspective so that Ethiopia or the Lebanon , Westland or nuclear disarmament do not simply occupy a few weeks ' worth of front page/main bulletin coverage per year . |
| 10 | That company , 51pc owned by Renault and 49pc by Volvo , will hold 35pc of the Paris-based Renault/Volvo operating company , which will control the two firms ' car , truck and financial subsidiaries . |
| 11 | But the Witton-le-Wear trainer must face a local stewards ' inquiry at the East Boldon circuit to explain the dramatic improvement in form of Carley Pop . |
| 12 | Why not try the old pals ' act , just the two of us together , it 'll be off the record ? |
| 13 | To allow it to maintain the 300 nuclear weapons that it is currently estimated to hold — including 100 tactical weapons — can only provoke and encourage the Arab states ' determination to obtain nuclear arsenals . |
| 14 | In this respect , it is useful to pay attention to what we might now term the human rights ' issue as one examines the handling of public — private morality in the Irish constitution . |
| 15 | But the Formalists did not share the New Critics ' view of poetry as paradox or resolution of contradictions , since they were not interested in poetry 's meaning . |
| 16 | The two leaders on June 17 signed an unprecedented arms reduction agreement which would eventually cut the two powers ' nuclear arsenals by two-thirds , going far beyond the START treaty signed by President Bush and President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union in July 1991 [ see p. 38320 ] . |
| 17 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 18 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 19 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
| 20 | The larger second-class stations would also have a separate ladies ' waiting-room . |
| 21 | The 1991 Crime Bill would virtually end the federal courts ' power to hear appeals by death row prisoners and cancel their right to legal representation at these appeals . |
| 22 | The Bank will credit the commercial banks ' accounts and this represents an increase in their cash reserves . |
| 23 | I think Mao was quite keyed up on the whole situation , I think he realized that to win the war they had to erm adjust the mass support very carefully , and I think that 's basically what this I think that 's why two months later they er they er gave up this document cos he was worried then they 'd lose the middle peasants ' support . |
| 24 | The Teddy Bear 's weekend on July 18 and 19 will be a favourite with the children while on September 5 and 6 the railway will host the popular Modellers ' meet . |
| 25 | He would reject the 100 outstanding applications for GM status ( including the nine unfortunate schools given preliminary approval to go ahead in September ) , and could reduce the existing schools ' funding and capital for building improvements . |
| 26 | In addition , the Act will reduce the local authorities ' control even over those educational functions and services that they continue to finance , as Local Management of Schools comes into operation ( see below ) . |
| 27 | Unless there is exceptional need they only work from Monday to Friday , and as the service is very short-staffed in many areas most people can only receive a few hours ' help a week ; although in special cases daily help can be arranged . |
| 28 | That would only hasten the rich countries ' relative decline . |
| 29 | ( 13 ) Mrs Arthur Goldberg , wife of the Secretary of Labour , paints professionally and helps sponsor the Associated Artists ' Gallery in the District of Columbia . |
| 30 | ( 37 ) Mrs Arthur Goldberg … paints professionally and helps sponsor the Associated Artists ' Gallery in the District of Columbia . |