Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others are interested in storming insurers ' broader domain . |
| 2 | I shouted — to the men , who romped off to explore the premises , and to lay out some trinkets , and some food , some bread and tomatoes , say , as was traditional , for the Jews ' later use . |
| 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 | Many of the changes of the 1986 and 1988 Acts are new enough for heads to be given the benefit of parents ' earlier trust . |
| 5 | The Assistant Commissioners ' later report mentions that Lightpill was occupied by Brown and Tucker , and that they had only two hand looms , both unemployed . |
| 6 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 7 | The authorities ' earlier identification of Lembarek Boumaraaf as the assassin [ see p. 38981 ] was endorsed ; the commission confirmed that he had previously been known to be an Islamist sympathizer , but rejected as improbable the suggestion that he had acted alone . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal similarly dismissed the taxpayers ' further appeal . |
| 10 | But the accusation of eating with the Gentiles has been heard before , for Luke records the Pharisees ' earlier complaint about Jesus , ‘ 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them ’ ' ( Luke 15:2 ) . |
| 11 | I had very short hair , always wore jeans , sneakers and an anorak ( being perpetually cold ) , and strangers would often mistake me for a boy — my younger sisters ' younger brother . |
| 12 | Working-class mothers ' greater tendency to lie and to tell their children to hit back , for instance , is proposed as an explanation for the strong association of childhood behaviour problems with low social class ( Butier and Golding 1986 ) . |
| 13 | Although ‘ swamping ’ by elderly disabled people was partly responsible for this situation , the lack of motivation is attributable to users ' earlier life experiences : for the majority rehabilitation was inappropriate and for the rest the facilities offered were inadequate . |
| 14 | According to this grouping , genetic or innate differences in ability would go into the ‘ cognitive ’ basket , as would another hypothesis , namely , that the reason for girls ' lower achievement in mathematics is their poorer spatial visualisation ability . |
| 15 | First , the kinds of academic skills important in primary schools — especially reading and writing-are those for which girls ' earlier family socialisation may have prepared them better . |
| 16 | However , underlying this was his teachers ' deeper concern that he might be a victim of physical and sexual abuse . |
| 17 | QUALIFIED TEACHERS ' FURTHER TRAINING INFORMATION |
| 18 | Fees for Teachers ' Further Training |
| 19 | Through his controlling stake in the Daily Mail & General Trust , Rothermere is enjoying the benefits of increased profitability resulting from the papers ' lower cost base . |
| 20 | Reliance on the brewers ' better nature is a precarious sort of dependency , where today 's Jekyll can be tomorrow 's Hyde . |
| 21 | Hummersknott students ' further education needs are best provided for under existing arrangements . , . |
| 22 | It is possible that boys ' greater experience with measurement in other curricular subjects , such as technical drawing , as well as in mathematics , improves not only their ability to measure but also their understanding of the underlying number concepts . |