Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the PDA 600 Pen Pad launch ( see front ) , he responded to journalists ' concern that the pen would go missing : ‘ We give three away free in the box … after that they are £500 each ’ . |
| 2 | Even more than in the earlier conflict , direct vetting of journalists ' copy and reliance on allied debriefings ensure that military priorities squeeze out alternative perspectives and agendas . |
| 3 | The pathologists ' evidence and his own observations suggested that James ‘ came by the fatal aspects of his injuries at some time in the early evening on Friday ’ . |
| 4 | Jean-Marc Ferreri and Eric Cantona accumulated a series of short passes on the edge of the Scots ' box and the ball broke to Didier Deschamps 10 yards from goal with Gough nowhere in sight . |
| 5 | They are freshly prepared from organic fruit and vegetables and consist of four carrot and apple juices , four green leaf juices , four juices extracted from calves ' liver and one orange juice . |
| 6 | The allocation to L Detachment of specialists taken from Special Service units would greatly increase the scope of the units ' training and thereby augment its value to men who inevitably gain versatility and resourcefulness . |
| 7 | Substitution of numbers for 52 per cent could do this for an words in formulae easy standing charge and number of units ' formula and 17 per cent for an electricity bill ( p.61 ) . |
| 8 | The translation of the English volume is erratic , and the captions ' format and content need more thought . |
| 9 | During the 1650s he served as master of the Clothworkers ' Company and an assistant of the Levant Company . |
| 10 | Japan lived off other nations ' research and development , and , in practice , subsidized exports while protecting against imports . |
| 11 | But in December 1985 United States ’ officials indicated that they could accept a United Nations ' agreement if it led to a ‘ comprehensive and just settlement ’ , involving a short time frame for Soviet withdrawal and self-determination . |
| 12 | Tourism is also becoming an important component of developing nations ' economy because it is a source of foreign income . |
| 13 | Team captain Ben Hall collected the winners ' shield and each member of the squad , and also Helen Blake , received a trophy to keep . |
| 14 | It was cheers all round in the winners ' enclosure and for Nicholson , the man they call the Duke , it was time to feel like a king . |
| 15 | It made Patrick cringe of course , but the inevitable comparison with his brother was high on the agenda when , clutching his share of the £45,000 winners ' cheque and £15,000 for finishing eighth in the Nabisco points table , he walked into the interview room . |
| 16 | In that year , Kendall 's Everton won the Cup Winners ' Cup and the League and lost by the only goal in the FA Cup final to Manchester United . |
| 17 | ‘ Being realistic , it looks as if Northern Ireland 's clubs will always be in the preliminary rounds of the European Cup and the Cup Winners ' Cup and you wo n't draw a big name , ’ said Anderson . |
| 18 | This research aims to provide evidence on whether the experience of claiming benefits saps peoples ' independence and initiative and undermines incentives to seek jobs and work hard at them . |
| 19 | Overnight , government ownership has become the peoples ' ownership but soon that will change a third time to shareholder ownership . |
| 20 | erm Now , perhaps we come back to what can we do at this end , and I think Friends of the Earth has done an excellent job in bringing it to peoples ' attention that large areas of tropical forest are being destroyed at roughly the rate of 0.7 or 0.8 percent of the forest each year , erm and they , you know I 'm in agreement with them on the fact that forest is disappearing , it 's dangerous in many places , it 's catastrophic in some , for instance , particularly in West Africa , the clearing that 's gone on in the Ivory Coast is pretty disastrous , and erm there are indications that the West African strip of forest along the strip of the West African Coast by removing that you 're going to make not only that area slightly drier , but mainly the northern areas of those countries , and the drier , so it may well affect climate . |
| 21 | And it 's really to make people to attract peoples ' attention and to make them think about these issues . |
| 22 | If any member wishes to see a copy of the R.H.A. plans or the branches ' report or would like to be involved in any way please contact myself of Lynn Inglis . |
| 23 | Fussy stripes and piping , shoulder flashes and chest panels , buttons , drawstrings and cuffs all came under the manufacturers ' scrutiny and were tampered with . |
| 24 | Both of these functions can be carried out quickly and efficiently in main storage , and it is important to use the manufacturers ' software and allocate space to allow this to happen . |
| 25 | One can gain a certain insight from manufacturers ' advertising and reports from other people , but finally it comes down to whether the machine is suitable for the individual 's needs and whether he can afford the price . |
| 26 | In 1985 , the government set up a Nitrate Coordination Group ( NCG ) including DoE , the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and food ( MAFF ) , the Fertiliser Manufacturers ' Association and the National Farmers ' Union , but excluding consumers , environment or health groups . |
| 27 | I could accept the decision by the Referees ' Committee if my marks had gone down . |
| 28 | A further concern is that some journals do not transmit the referees ' comments to the authors ; this wastes the referees ' time and fails to appreciate that they want to improve published articles not just act as gatekeepers . |
| 29 | A schools ' video and a book are being produced , looking back on the history of the LGC . |
| 30 | How can any governing body discuss or ratify headteachers ' proposals unless they are aware of recent educational reforms and thinking , understand the schools ' organisation and planning and know of its successes and anticipated problems ? |