Example sentences of "of the [noun pl] ' [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this tendency to ratiocinate in central isolation was already rife by 1917 in the microcosmic situation of the Belorussians , how much greater were the potential dangers for the future of the Bolsheviks ' wider theories as applied to the all-Russian macrocosm . |
| 2 | For instance , the appearance of the partitive expression " one of the ministers ' later in the narrative presupposes an earlier reference to the group of ministers as a whole . |
| 3 | The trade unions fear that wage demands may have to be lowered because of the refugees ' greater flexibility and readiness to work for less money . |
| 4 | For Dorothy is still not in focus , and one begins to think that she never will be , even if the correspondence of the Pounds ' later years is some day published . |
| 5 | The room at the top stretches from the front to the back of the house and is the domain of the Pages ' younger son , Nicholas . |
| 6 | Government spokesmen had indicated on June 11 a willingness to consider one of the protestors ' later demands , namely the opening up of an independent television station . |