Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | They form the basis if not of the Federalists ' philosophy , then at least of much of the present movement towards a Federalist structure for Europe . |
| 2 | But I think it 's fair to say that the changes in the n nine , early nineteen eighties particularly those which gave the unions a predominant position in choosing the leader , were not of the unions ' making , certainly not of the G M B's making , as I know from personal experience at the time . |
| 3 | But the punishment was still permitted in some fee-paying schools , provided that was not against the parents ' principles . |
| 4 | It should be remembered by the advisers that , following completion , the management and the investors will work together as a team and it is not in the investors ' interests to antagonise or demoralise their management team at the outset . |
| 5 | In both cases their parents took decisions for them which , in my view , were not in the boys ' best interests . |
| 6 | He adds that it is not in the traders ' interests for the elephants to die out . |
| 7 | ‘ Not from the Mothers ' Union ! ’ |
| 8 | It is time that Mr Major let British interest rates be fixed by the needs of our low-inflation recessionary economy , not by the Germans ' need to fight the rising inflation caused by their economic mismanagement . |
| 9 | And it was n't for the others ' safety . |
| 10 | One or two people said that you were n't in the Americans ' league . ‘ |