Example sentences of "on [pron] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally Mann 's carefully created idyllic scenarios focuses on her children 's nakedness ‘ without fear and without shame ’ . |
| 2 | Alas , stylish though they are , the drivers ' wives have had no effect on their men 's hair . |
| 3 | Another six families are thought to be suing the baby drinks firm this year because of its effect on their children 's teeth . |
| 4 | The proposed post-divorce reform of a jointly agreed statement of parenting arrangements for children is welcome in principle , but many parents will require access to conciliation to enable them to concentrate on their children 's needs . |
| 5 | I particularly welcome the priority given to the patients charter , which will reduce appointment waiting times and waiting lists in hospitals , and to the schools charter , which will make sure that parents get the fullest information on their children 's education . |
| 6 | And as depressed parents can have a deleterious effect on their children 's behaviour and vulnerability to psychiatric disturbance ( Rutter , 1966 ) , the number of people who can be affected in some way by the disorder is substantial and marks it out as one of the most important psychiatric conditions . |
| 7 | Also proposed is a twelve month cooling off period where couples consider the situation and parents reflect on their children 's future with a marriage guidance counsellor . |
| 8 | ‘ This is our task , ’ he says , emphasizing each phrase with a wave of the carving knife ; ‘ to provide the harsh materials on which men 's imaginations can be exercised , and to offer , through the cultured and civilized life that we ourselves lead here in the metropolis , some intimation of the world they might envisage . ’ |
| 9 | One may suppose that such was the genesis of C.S. Lewis 's sad comment on his step-children 's response to the death of his wife : |
| 10 | Crell in particular had no scruples about playing on his countrymen 's cultural nationalism for the development of the fatherland 's chemistry . |
| 11 | The ground is white , and on it women 's skin is outlined in red , men 's and boys ' in black filled in with a pinkish colour , the same distinction as on the Thermon metopes ( above , p. 13 ) , and clothes are in flat washes of clear , bright red and blue . |