Example sentences of "'s [coord] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of us who have criticised the Government 's and western nations ' lack of urgency in providing appropriate assistance to the Soviet Union will also welcome the new steps and the energy that is being shown in this area If , as the Prime Minister rightly says , the protection of non-proliferation is the absolute key to world peace , why are the Government seeking to increase the number of nuclear warheads that are carried on Trident , when they have the option of keeping the number the same , at a time when the rest of the world is decreasing them ? |
| 2 | Magistrate Pamela Long made an order under the Children 's and Young Persons ' Act banning publication of details which might lead to the baby 's identity . |
| 3 | The primary intention was to end ETA 's and other groups ' " sanctuaries " in prisons , notably in the two high-security prisons of Herrera de la Mancha and Alcalá-Meco . |
| 4 | The question of law raised by the application was whether Savory Milln could be made personally liable as constructive trustees to repay the £13.5m ( no longer traceable ) which had been applied in discharge of Mr Ferriday 's and other sub-underwriters ' liabilities to Savory Milln . |
| 5 | Spender ( 1980 ) criticizes Lakoff 's and other psycholinguists ' studies of gender bias in language and thinking , for using traditional , male-oriented measures of ‘ good ’ language . |
| 6 | But that year 's and subsequent years ' deficits on trade in manufactured goods brought into sharp focus the realization that the ‘ workshop of the world ’ tag is completely out of date and has sharply posed the question of what new role is the UK taking in the international economy . |