Example sentences of "of [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Photography has a central place in the Earth Mysteries field by virtue of Watkins ' status as a Gold Medal list of the Royal Photographic Society . |
| 2 | Over the next few years they built up a 650-acre farm , a sizeable chunk of which was bought with 20,000 of Frances ' inheritance . |
| 3 | Lenihan , one of the outstanding lineout players in the Five Nations Championship , was a member of Lions ' touring parties in 1983 and 1989 without ever making a Test appearance . |
| 4 | 1.72 When automatic directions apply , the court will not now have the opportunity to consider the admissibility of experts ' evidence before the trial . |
| 5 | These settlements can still be attractive , and the larger part of authorities ' stock can therefore remain unprotected . |
| 6 | The Institute has called for more stringent vetting of solicitors ' accounting arrangements , and has particularly questioned whether the existing system of annual checks is adequate . |
| 7 | Yields in the Swiss capital market for Japanese firms ' bonds are already beginning to reflect the range of issuers ' credit ratings . |
| 8 | From the fairly casual manner of Nicholls ' wording and his failure to mention what he had recommended , we may take it that , at least so far as he was concerned , the problem of the status of emigres holding non-Soviet passports had not at this stage been presented as of overwhelming importance or urgency . |
| 9 | It was possible to estimate the approximate vicinity of the conjectural planet if it were to be of a reasonable size and to be responsible for the perturbation of Uranus ' orbit . |
| 10 | The development of widows ' provision in occupational pension schemes is a reflection of this bourgeois family form ( see Hall , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | There are various levels of widows ' pension : the full rate and age-related widows ' pension . |
| 12 | Lifting of deputies ' immunity |
| 13 | Andy Swapp , manager of Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop , argues that non-book paper products are not to be sniffed at , and explains why booksellers should consider stocking diaries , calendars and cards not only for the contribution they can make to profitability but also for the dramatic way in which they support and enhance book displays and promotions |
| 14 | The court circular announced within three months of the Altrincham criticisms that the business of debutantes ' presentation at court would be ended . |
| 15 | At the behest of Marcos ' family , Vice-president Salvador Laurel , Mrs Aquino 's estranged deputy and now head of an opposition party , and a group of ‘ loyalists ’ will today attempt to reverse an earlier Supreme Court ruling to uphold Mrs Aquino 's decision to prohibit Marcos ' return . |
| 16 | Lay a 50mm bed of builders ' course sand . |
| 17 | This is the site of the former mill ponds and it appears that uncontrolled dumping of builders ' rubble and other waste material possibly of a dangerous nature is taking place . |
| 18 | When she 'd moved in , it had been no more than a yard full of builders ' rubbish . |
| 19 | A tale of a weird wedding present , a subterranean mass of builders ' ruddle , two toilets , Monica Seles first serve , and a half finished love letter . |
| 20 | The defining elements of Pilkingtons ' management culture had been technical excellence and centralism . |
| 21 | The participative nature of Pilkingtons ' job analysis was vital in managing the change process because it ensured the practicality of work reorganization , while positive gains were made in commitment by relying on employee representatives . |
| 22 | Members of Artists ' Choice will fine the product listed on page 19 of our current catalogue . |
| 23 | You can — in a positive way — by helping the Rochdale Group make their Auction of Artists ' Work a huge success . |
| 24 | A slide index of artists ' work is available to help the potential purchaser . |
| 25 | ‘ Making Their Mark ’ could equally well have been called a mixed exhibition ; but this is a term more often used for a show put on by an exhibiting society , that type of artists ' organisation whose importance in Europe was created by the middle classes , who sought in the eighteenth century to buy pictures rather than give commissions , as aristocratic patrons had been accustomed to do . |
| 26 | I use 14 ml tubes of Artists ' quality watercolour paint , and mix cerulean , French ultramarine , violet , Payne 's grey , cobalt and neutral tint to achieve that elusive colour . |
| 27 | In the words of Duncan McLaren , of Friends of the Earth : " Undoubtedly the deal reduces the value of Fisons ' peat assets and could discourage purchasers . |
| 28 | Or maybe she was happy at the fact that , in a few minutes , after a couple of minutes ' contact with Clara Beeding 's right mitt , she would be skipping around with the best of them . |
| 29 | She headed off upstream , and discovered a fair-sized pool after only a couple of minutes ' walk . |
| 30 | Initially , it seemed that control of surveyors ' education would pass out of the hands of the membership of the Institution and into those of the academics . |