Example sentences of "' [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United States ' experience with its ally is not unique . |
| 2 | We then move on , in Chapter 4 , to examine in detail the various arguments put forward about the likely effects of technical change on workers ' experience of their jobs . |
| 3 | In this chapter she discusses her preconceptions and first impressions of further education , then describes her own and her students ' experience of their course and their attempts to participate with other students in the life of the college . |
| 4 | Bob , who is director of the Indonesian joint venture , brought more than 25 years ' experience to his session on the development of LNG in Indonesia , while Paul , manager of strategic planning , and John , finance manager for the Indonesian Region , gave comprehensive presentations of the key financial issues . |
| 5 | It should lead to more understanding of language diversity , including multilingualism , and be closely related to pupils ' experience in their own communities , and therefore be treated with great sensitivity to pupils ' home backgrounds . |
| 6 | The pupils tested were identified in relation to the schools ' rating of their achievement . |
| 7 | Steerforth ‘ bored to death ’ as an undergraduate there , DC 19 ; the dons considered by him to be ‘ a parcel of heavy-headed fellows ’ , DC 20 ; Mrs Nickleby on Oxford undergraduates ' attachment to their nightcaps , NN 38 . |
| 8 | In supporting this report we will be setting a future agenda which should go some way to extending working , workers ' protection for our members . |
| 9 | She remembered how huge she had thought the Longhills ' kitchen on her arrival in Nordale , and reckoned that it would have fitted into a corner of this one . |
| 10 | I persuaded them both to come out of the room the same way , as I had no key to the door , and took Heathcliff down into the warm servants ' kitchen with me , while Catherine returned to her guests and the dancing . |
| 11 | Up to 1,500 Indians may have died over the last two years as a result of the gold miners ' presence on their land . |
| 12 | America was fascinated by the Russians ' presence in their prettiest city , and duly ignored the real significance of what was going on . |
| 13 | As for the newspapers ' verdict on his conduct , that was never in doubt . |
| 14 | The Labour Conference , which described itself as a body uniting all forms of workers ' struggle for their rights , called for a national warning strike which would create local bodies which could participate in the struggle against the current government and its reforms . |
| 15 | Propaganda could be used to undermine their subjects ' faith in their legitimacy , while a war of successful raids ( or chevauchèes ) might shake that confidence yet further by showing that , as kings , they lacked the power to fulfil one of their prime roles , the defence of their people against the English . |
| 16 | The monks ' election of their own prior as bishop had recently been quashed by Archbishop Langton , who almost certainly approved , though he may not have engineered , the election of Alexander . |
| 17 | When Jack was given the accolade of Best Actor by the New York Critics ' Award for his performance , he responded by sending them all a polite thank-you letter ; those critics who had mentioned him in the past had not been especially kind . |
| 18 | ‘ My wife rightly points out that I 've never been in a ladies ' loo in my life . |
| 19 | Qureshi and Simon 's ( 1987 ) work , on exchanges of assistance between elderly people and their kin , and Wilson 's ( 1987 ) findings on grandparents ' support for their grandchildren , both show that women as well as men give economic support to younger generations , but there are some gender differences in the type of support given . |
| 20 | Labour candidate Ashok Kumar claims he has the shopworkers ' support for his party 's minimum wage policy . |
| 21 | Labour candidate Ashok Kumar claims he has the shopworkers ' support for his party 's minimum wage policy . |
| 22 | He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’ |
| 23 | The cat owners ' assessment of their health had returned to what they reported just before acquiring a feline friend , but dog owners continued to report improvements in their health and well being . |
| 24 | Michelle Stanworth provides a pertinent example of this process at work with regard to pupils ' assessment of their own competence . |
| 25 | G's business activities depended very much on his own personality and his personal relations with the relevant bank managers and the banks ' assessment of his business standing . |
| 26 | But back came Colleges and after Rigby ( damaged ankle ) had been replaced at prop by Alan Kittle , Wyllie grabbed a loose ball 20 metres out and simply exploded through the visitors ' defence for what proved to be the clinching score , Thomson adding the two points . |
| 27 | The parents ' defence of their own interests was complicated by a vicious attack on Outram as the archetypal spinster . |
| 28 | He said , I thought they might be used to prove Mrs Jones ' case against me , so I panicked . |
| 29 | In theory at least , the Closed Record represents both parties ' case in its final form , and the Proof will proceed on the basis of those allegations . |
| 30 | Further , since the previous examination record of the majority of our students was the minimum required , we could anticipate few B.Ed candidates — even if students ' response to what we had to offer proved to be very satisfactory indeed . |