Example sentences of "a [adj] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A unique ‘ Glasgow night scene ’ with a 1930 's vintage electric tramcar is seen alongside pictorial displays showing the rise and fall of tramway systems of the years , resulting in their virtual demise in the 1950's . |
| 32 | We were a haulier 's . |
| 33 | Particularly interesting is a cameo depicting a cupid 's head and wings which he gave to his wife , Fanny Waugh , whom he married in 1865 . |
| 34 | I baited a 6 's hook to 6lb b.s. line paternostered on a 1½ oz bomb with half a lobworm and sent it out to the marker . |
| 35 | Dressing up as a 50 's teenager is encouraged but by no means compulsory and any man dusting off his dad 's winkle pickers gets an award for merit ! |
| 36 | Out of all possible motions of the six atoms , there are therefore two of a 1 ' symmetry . |
| 37 | Only a 1 ' , e' and e " vibrations will be Raman active , so we expect six fundamental bands in the Raman spectrum , only three of which ( due to the three e' vibrations ) should coincide in frequency with IR bands . |
| 38 | That leaves us with modes of a 1 ' and e " symmetry , which are forbidden in the IR but active in the Raman . |
| 39 | We can now complete the assignment for PF 5 , by distinguishing between the a 1 ' and e " modes . |
| 40 | The two a 1 ' modes will be polarized . |
| 41 | Some authors order the symmetry species a 1 ' , a 2 ' , e' , a 1 ' , a 2 " , e " , regarding the '/ " distinction as most important . |
| 42 | Some authors order the symmetry species a 1 ' , a 2 ' , e' , a 1 ' , a 2 " , e " , regarding the '/ " distinction as most important . |
| 43 | Others treat the symmetry with respect to the 3-fold axis as more important , ordering the species as a 1 ' , a 1 " , a 2 ' , a 2 " , e' , e " . |
| 44 | This clearly results in a different numbering of all modes except those of symmetry species a 1 ' and e " . |
| 45 | IV ) are all symmetry-related , giving a 1 ' , b 2 ' and e' stretching modes , only one of which one ( e' ) is IR-active and all three are Raman active . |
| 46 | Marley had a revolutionary 's zeal and a charismatic presence which made him an intensely romantic figure not only to the young blacks whose predicament he articulated , but also to the white rock audience . |
| 47 | Does a children 's party or a loved-one 's funeral inhibit the urge to chat up new acquaintances ? |
| 48 | Dickinson saw his face , heavy-eyed and working like a drunk 's . |
| 49 | The Jimmy Stewart of American comedy , with his four piece suit and his gentlemanly ways , he 's a 40 's guy in a 90 's world . |
| 50 | You may also find it useful to know a binocular 's field of view — usually expressed as the width of the area you can see at a distance of 1000m or 3,280ft . |
| 51 | He has now sold his Duo and drives another unusual kit car , a Vincent Hurricane which is a 60 's style open sports car . |
| 52 | And begins rummaging through Rainbow 's desk drawers and chaotic cupboards , with a catburglar 's speed and skill . |
| 53 | The tiled hearth of a 1930s ' surround was made in a single unit , and simply laid on the structural hearth . |
| 54 | Just as her childhood amusements could have originated from the pages of a 1930s ' children 's book , so Diana 's upbringing reflected the values of a bygone age . |
| 55 | Towels are kept warm on a 1930s ' heated rail which was rescued from a hotel in Manchester , and Sally stores her cosmetics in an elegant Regency mirror-on-stand . |
| 56 | Show how the " normalize " instruction described on page 48 would be used to convert a two 's complement binary number to a fraction and exponent for use in floating-point arithmetic . |
| 57 | Like a sixties ' hippie , Preston thought irreverently , halfway to getting stoned . |
| 58 | The example always given was that the fluttering of a butterly 's wing in the forests of Amazonia could change the climate of the north Atlantic , which might in theory be true because things very often changed just at the margin , and no one could trace quite how . |
| 59 | This was a local 's boat . |
| 60 | For example , there are Almond Oil capsules for strong nails , Peachnut Oil capsules for glossy hair , and Avocado Oil capsules for healthy skin , each priced at £3.99 for a month 's supply of 30 capsules . |