Example sentences of "' [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked into the Shakespeares ' kitchen one evening , and there was Anne , with a red , angry face , shouting at the top of her voice . |
| 2 | If the colonies ' restrictionist constitutional regime was impervious to change , equally so were the local employer class represented by the Chamber of Commerce who , like a brick wall , stood solidly in Cipriani 's path . |
| 3 | Out of the twenty-eight women on the house , three went to bed , and they were in fact to lose two weeks ' remission each for being in bed a few minutes late . |
| 4 | Was n't doctors ' handwriting supposed to be hard to read ? |
| 5 | ( b ) Powers of a justices ' clerk Certain functions of the court may be performed by a justices ' clerk who may in turn delegate these functions to any clerk of the court authorised for this purpose . |
| 6 | Editor Dave Hunt says the name will be splashed across Melchester Rovers ' strip next season . |
| 7 | NEWCASTLE United yesterday sent a written offer to Celtic for Roy Aitken reportedly so low that it is likely to be returned to St James ' Park unopened . |
| 8 | NEWCASTLE are to ban visiting fans from St James ' Park next season . |
| 9 | City had already surged forward and stretched the Quakers ' defence several times in search of an equaliser when Sean McCarthy beat the offside trap to a long through-ball , and was brought crashing down by Mark Prudhoe on the edge of the box . |
| 10 | Valerie Way had been on a teachers ' course concerned with gender and the curriculum and described what happened when she returned to school . |
| 11 | A DECISION today by the United Arab Emirates to buy French tanks instead of Vickers Defence Systems ' Challenger 2 , raised fears among MPs of job losses and closure of a plant , although the company dismissed the threat . |
| 12 | Vickers ' Challenger 2 was competing for the contract with the United States Abrams M1A2 and France 's Leclerc . |
| 13 | " You picked up three weeks ' money this week . |
| 14 | The chance was not high , though that never deterred a gambler , and the real winner was always the government which thus borrowed the punters ' money interest-free . |
| 15 | That the Immigration ( Carriers ' Liability Prescribed Sum ) Order 1991 ( S.I. , 1991 , No. 1497 ) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments , & c . |
| 16 | The breadth of Mingus ' work is represented by everything from jug-band jollity , the wounded blues of ‘ Atom Bomb ’ featuring Rolling Stones Watts and Richards , Henry Rollins ' hipster piss-take on ‘ Groovy ’ and the bad blood and subterranean tremors of ‘ Erectus ’ , effortlessly contrasted with the tingling majesty of ‘ Love Bird ’ . |
| 17 | Besides the map , I 'd brought along my faithful compass , and by its reckoning checked the boys ' direction all the time . |
| 18 | Witley remained the only undefeated team in ladies ' division two when they extended their run at the expense of Grange ‘ B ’ . |
| 19 | At Liverpool it should pay to give Jack Banks ' Mizyan another chance in the Oddbins handicap Hurdle as he was probably an unlucky loser last time out . |
| 20 | The singers ' chant frayed as they began pointing at the Spiderglass Europa logo , and in amongst the strangeness of a foreign tongue Jezrael heard the triumphant old woman say , ‘ Spiderglass ’ and ‘ Steel City ’ . |
| 21 | Bourjois ' Teint Natural Fluide is available in three shades , including Naturel and Rose . |
| 22 | Webb , 29 , has played for United just once this season — in the UEFA Cup tie against Moscow Torpedo — and that was only because of the foreigners ' rule that restricted Ferguson 's choice . |
| 23 | ONCE again , Arena failed to turn in the level of performance of which they are undoubtedly capable as they struggled to overcome a depleted but game Novas ' side 54–47 in the men 's division of the Mid-Essex Gravel League . |
| 24 | On the other hand , Spurs ' coaching double act of Ray Clemence and Doug Livermore opted for words of wisdom rather than wrath , after Liverpool had dominated the first half . |
| 25 | Addressing the Boys ' Brigade that very Sunday , the Rev. Johnston McKay told them of the lady who , surprised by the sum raised for the clock she had given to be sold for church funds , exclaimed that she did not know she had so much to give . |
| 26 | Since in the case of a solicitors ' partnership all parties to such agreements should be taken as being familiar with the legal principles governing covenants in restraint of trade as well as with the particular circumstances of the practice with which they have all been involved , it might be thought that the court would be unwilling to substitute its own ideas as to what might constitute reasonable protection for the business . |
| 27 | She had lived in Durban since February and obtained a residents ' permit two months ago . |
| 28 | Mr Patten had been shaken by a ( to him ) unexpected decision by the courts not to declare the teachers ' action illegal , and by an NOP opinion poll showing that parents back the boycott . |
| 29 | That , no doubt , was central to the MPs ' reasoning last Monday night . |
| 30 | The noises ‘ car ’ , ‘ dog ’ , ‘ house ’ bear no resemblance to the item in question , neither do the noises ‘ anger ’ , ‘ fear ’ , ‘ contentment ’ or , meekness ' bear any resemblance to the emotional states they are intended to convey . |