Example sentences of "' [noun sg] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That might help undo memories of living in or around Lucca in a displaced persons ' camp when they left Trieste ; a little cosseted security makes up for the times when there were seventeen families in one room . |
| 2 | There , I learned , the churchyard was closed to burials , although her ashes might be interred — not in her parents ' grave as I had asked — but in the church 's garden of remembrance . |
| 3 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 4 | Secondly , we can turn to Berger and Mohr 's account of migrants ' experience as they travel from an economically peripheral society to a thriving industrial economy in Western Europe . |
| 5 | A Yorkshire pay clerk 's widow was able to play a ‘ big part ’ in her granddaughters ' upbringing because she lived next door across a common yard and could be ‘ always there ’ , in and out of the house . |
| 6 | In none of the 10 patients who completed the six months ' trial and none of the five patients who completed 12 months ' treatment was endoscopic improvement of the lesions seen . |
| 7 | I grabbed Shifty-Eyes ' foot as it landed again and hung on . |
| 8 | Shop-stewards can fail to support black workers or can participate in employers ' discrimination because they know the prejudiced opinions of their members and feel that they can not afford to lose their support . |
| 9 | In such a mood it is inevitable that the Government 's attempts to bring about change through legislation and increased prescription will be generally felt to be yet another attack on autonomy and yet another indication of a lack of trust in teachers ' judgement and their ability to do a good job . |
| 10 | He described how it was only after four years ' teaching that he had begun to question what he was doing on the grounds of both commonsense and increasing knowledge . |
| 11 | They stumbled and laughed down the tiny lane to the Littles ' cottage where they parted . |
| 12 | Seb spent many of the long winter evenings at the Hankses ' cottage and his reading and writing improved so much that Carrie was reluctantly forced to admit there was little more she could teach him in these two spheres of learning . |
| 13 | He took to spending more time than before at the Hankses ' cottage and his relationship with Carrie was an uncomplicated , comfortable one . |
| 14 | SIMON PARKE , whose selection for England in the World Championships was dogged by controversy , began to repay the selectors ' faith as he beat the Canadian No. 1 , Sabir Butt , and the effects of influenza here yesterday , writes Richard Eaton from Kuala Lumpur . |
| 15 | John O'Loan , head of Sky News , received the judges ' award because they ‘ noted the increasing significance of Sky News as a contributor to the journalistic mix ’ . |
| 16 | Yesterday Johanna 's ex-boyfriend Ryan Firman , 17 , visited the isolated lovers ' lane where her body was found on Boxing Day . |
| 17 | It was pitch black under the overhanging branches and it was n't until he reached the gate of Dobbs ' field that he was able , at last , to distinguish the shapes of the trees , and Dobbs and the wall by the churchyard . |
| 18 | Supremely we see it in Jesus ' ministry as he came alongside others . |
| 19 | Those who during the week at Lake Nona took the opportunity to ask questions about the running of America 's LPGA circuit , are convinced that it is to the players ' advantage that they leave the running of the association to its staff while they themselves concentrate on their golf . |
| 20 | The judges ordered DSS officer Alan Scaife to reconsider Mr Saunders ' case after he had ‘ effectively barred ’ him from receiving legal aid because he had put £407,000 into a trust for his children . |
| 21 | Mozzarella was originally made from buffalos ' milk but it is now a cows ' milk cheese . |
| 22 | Questions could be asked about the failure of the NRA to include in its cost estimate the sum of £6 million of taxpayers ' money that it has already spent promoting the scheme , or it could consider any of the indirect costs arising from the construction of the channel . |
| 23 | What the right-wingers are saying is that we will have the trade unions ' money but we will not give 'em the right to vote . |
| 24 | Besides , it would be a criminal waste of taxpayers ' money if I did nothing . |
| 25 | To introduce further byelaws , with all the attendant costs of application to the Home Off , with all the attendant costs of such things as application to the Home Office to enact the byelaw , the probability of requiring to post notices on all Council-owned land etcetera so that the public knows which is Council-owned land would , in the opinion of the responsible dog ownership group , be a waste of the charge payers ' money as we believe that the Council already have sufficient powers to deal with any problems arising by reference to the existing pleasure grounds byelaws and or the Dangerous Dogs Act . |
| 26 | Is the HMIs ' hope that their study ‘ may be of value ’ purely pious ? |
| 27 | [ See p. 36963 for security forces ' admission that they had " exceeded their authority " . ] |
| 28 | The Securities and Investments Board has welcomed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ' decision that its members should be authorised via membership of the Securities and Futures Authority , rather than the RICS seeking recognition in its own right . |
| 29 | Gale force winds could not blow away the players ' enthusiasm but they did make it very hard work . |
| 30 | This was not Dickens ' fault that he changed the ending , he was practically forced to do it by a friend . |