Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fenella and Caspar both knelt down , taking a gentle hold of the Tree Spirits ' maimed branches , searching for the right words to convey their gratitude . |
| 2 | The trophies were displayed on a prize cloth , designed and embroidered by Marjorie McCree and ladies of the church embroiderers ' guild . |
| 3 | Brigade boss : David Blake , from the Bebington Company , is to take over from Brian Clarke as Commander of the first Chester Battalion of the Church Lads ' and Church Girls ' Brigade . |
| 4 | In 1981 he was chairman of the Computer Retailers ' Association , and he stood as a local government candidate for Rother Valley in the 1987 General Election . |
| 5 | The efforts of the home unions ' committee appear to have worked — for now at least . |
| 6 | He also challenged the central premise of the service chiefs ' and Bevin 's argument : the belief that the Mediterranean was absolutely crucial to Britain s international position . |
| 7 | They 're from one of the country Women 's Institutes , and they 're coming to check out the suitability of the bush walk for a much larger party — most of them elderly . |
| 8 | They included Lady Mary Bell , of East Rounton ; Mr Tom Haigh , of Stokesley ; Mrs Iris Wilkinson , of Sessay ; Mr Ian Kibble , of the Country Landowners ' Association ; Mr Peter Edmonds , of the National Farmers ' Union , and others who have spearheaded the anti-pylons movement over the last year . |
| 9 | Recently we have demonstrated the presence in the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus ( growth conditions 87°C pH 3.5 ) of the elongation factors aEF-1α , aEF-2 and aEF-1β . |
| 10 | With any luck later in the week a survey will appear here of the NorthEast breweries ' increases . |
| 11 | Both centres were able to identify specific areas for action as a result of the Subject Assessors ' visits and comments . |
| 12 | [ A. B. Emden , Biographical Register of the University of Oxford , vol. i , 1957 ; N. Denholm-Young , Collected Papers , 1969 , pp. 74–82 ; W. N. Yates , ‘ The Authorship of the Hereford Mappa Mundi and the Career of Richard de Bello ’ , Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists ' Field Club , Herefordshire , vol. xli , pt. 2 , 1974 ; J. Le Neve , Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae , 1066–1300 , vol. iii , Lincoln , compiled by D. E. Greenway , 1977 , pp. 20 , 73 ; N. J. Morgan , Early Gothic Manuscripts , vol. ii , 1250–1285 , 1988 , pp. 195–200 . ] |
| 13 | Its qualities were also appreciated by the Sumerians — carnelian rings formed part of the queen Pu-abi 's head-dress and by the citizens of the Indus Valley civilization . |
| 14 | Finally , one has to wonder when looking at some of the Tour professionals ' clubs . |
| 15 | Cosmos , Europe 's largest Coach Tour Operator , is a bonded member of the Tour Operators ' Study group ( TOSG ) an association of Britain 's leading Tour Companies . |
| 16 | Such an expectation on the part of adoptive parents , they would argue , is self-centred and also takes no account of the birth parents ' feelings . |
| 17 | For the record , Courtney 's current reading material is 12 Days On The Road , the recently published account of the Sex Pistols ' fatal American tour . |
| 18 | After only a few minutes ' discussion , Hill and Branson agreed a transfer of the Sex Pistols ' contract from EMI to Virgin , conditional , of course , on the agreement of the group 's manager , Malcolm McLaren . |
| 19 | In the offices of the Sex Pistols ' company , Glitterbest , Branson became known as ‘ Mr Pickles ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Fascist pigs ’ , yelled McLaren , at last creating an ‘ incident ’ worthy of the Sex Pistols ' reputation . |
| 21 | McLaren , desperate to complete the film , had no option but to agree , thereby effectively signing away his control of the Sex Pistols ' future . |
| 22 | Despite the consistent influence of the Crown Agents ' technical assistance in all these colonies , a remarkable diversity still prevailed . |
| 23 | Here was the source of the Committee members ' indecision and the second of the factors which decided the matter in Franco 's favour . |
| 24 | The National Union of Mineworkers says it had expected the news but Trevor of the pit deputies ' union NACODS had this message for miners . |
| 25 | The accounts provided in this chapter of the development officers ' work will have shown already the breadth of activities in which they were involved : assessing , visiting and supporting clients and their families ; recruiting , training and supervising support workers ; negotiating with other service-providers . |
| 26 | Their duty covers all kinds of further education for adults that do not come within the scope of the funding councils ' duty . |
| 27 | In both litigation and arbitration the parties would have had to use accountants as expert witnesses , with the judge or arbitrator deciding between them , on the basis of the expert witnesses ' reports and their ability to withstand cross-examination . |
| 28 | Up to 1,500 Indians may have died over the last two years as a result of the gold miners ' presence on their land . |
| 29 | We had brought in respected experts from outside Whitehall like Mark Weinberg , Professor Alan Peacock , and Marshall Field of the Life Offices ' Association to act as assessors . |
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