Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I believe that this is absolutely vital , not only for teachers ' sanity , but also for the health of the education system as a whole .
2 Only after Pericles ' death did the rot set in , when the people insisted on following so-called " demagogue revealing word — like Cleon , who evidently did not know how to behave , but curried favour with " the rabble " by calculated populist gestures : " He was the first " , wrote Aristotle , " to indulge in shouting and scurrilous abuse from the rostrum , and to address the people with his clothes tucked up like a common labourer , whereas all his predecessors had spoken with dignity and properly dressed . "
3 The cacophony within the house seemed to last for several minutes , but was perhaps only of seconds ' duration .
4 Accordingly total expenditure E in the period under consideration was composed entirely of consumers ' expenditure C , and total income Y in the community was identical to this expenditure .
5 Yet the trust was a new legal institution , developed only in Augustus ' reign .
6 Suffering and the cross nonetheless come together in Jesus ' prayer of suffering love : ‘ Why hast thou forsaken me ? ’
7 Soon , the skaters were cutting patterns together in Philips ' father 's garage .
8 This footslogging — and often freezing — circuit of Ireland , during which he relied entirely on motorists ' charity , provided him with much diverting material .
9 Looking specifically at the arable sector , the SAC 's Sandy Ramsay highlighted the effects of the UK 's departure from the ERM , saying that it had worked greatly to farmers ' advantage .
10 It is n't that ; the more so since Callinicos ' contribution contains a significantly original dimension .
11 This distinction had been blurred not only by officers ' participation in the committees but by the Pflimlin government 's delegation of supreme civilian authority to the Commander-in-Chief , General Salan .
12 He has now moved over a mile away from Youngs ' home .
13 One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . "
14 This conquered territory was totally under Charles ' control and bordered on the territories of the unconquered Slavonic Sorbs .
15 But there was the rub , for Ben had , according to many , the most explosive start ever in athletics ' history and being with him at the three-fifths point in the race was , apparently , beyond the powers of the sprinters gathered in the Stadio Olimpico on this hot August day , Lewis included .
16 Most mixed economy interventions involve the state in subsidizing or taking over the organization of necessary economic activities unprofitable for capital ; and most welfare policies can be understood as attempts to socialize labour costs falling on businesses , which become financed out of general taxation instead of showing up directly in employers ' wage bills and production costs .
17 Sir Edmond at this time lived in Foster Lane close to Goldsmiths ' Hall .
18 These chiefs held the north-eastern towns of Barcelona , Huseca and Gerona , close to Charles ' border .
19 The large nylon-clad bottom swished close to Charles ' face as he limped up after her .
20 Everybody and his dog wants to beat me , ’ a relaxed Mansell told Reuter at a news conference yesterday at Surfers ' Paradise , the only Indycar venue outside North America this season .
21 Their eyes were interlocked and the gun pointed directly at Charles ' heart .
22 Doogie went straight for Shifty-Eyes ' face with his forehead , launching himself like an American footballer going over the opposition for a touchdown .
23 A recent research study ( News , 1988 ) , for example , showed that patients ' smoking habits changed more favourably after nurses ' intervention , compared to studies involving other health care professions .
24 He slowed down to pick his way among the ! patches of white water quite close inshore , at one point even vanishing between a towering sea-stack and the main cliff , then , once past the headland , he throttled right back and motored tamely into Otters ' Bay , making for the jetty there .
25 In 788 the Avars invaded the Lombard territory of Fruili and the Duchy of Bavaria , both under Charles ' rule .
26 Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw with Derby , Bristol City and West Ham also in Rovers ' group .
27 As we have seen , wood depends for its defences against crack propagation partly upon Jeronimidis ' work of fracture contrivance — which ensures that the critical Griffith crack length is a long one — and also , by way of a further safety device , upon the Cook-Gordon mechanism for stopping any crack which gets past George .
28 This depends partly on how " cluttered " the table is and also on pupils ' familiarity with the subject of the data. ) — interpretative requirements ; ( Any differences between the questions asked about the table and the labelling of the table 's headings appear to reduce success rates .
29 The next day , although I felt ill and weak , because of my burns , I went straight to Jaggers ' office .
30 Even among the former they failed to make a decisive impact upon the labour market before 1914 , due partly to workers ' suspicion of bureaucratic intervention in the labour market and to the indifference of employers , who had little difficulty in finding labour when they needed it .
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