Example sentences of "[noun] of a [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the experience of writing creatively — of using the sonnet form , for example , or of imitating the characteristics of a particular writer 's style — leads also to an increased critical awareness of literary technique in the writing of others . |
| 2 | The peeled-off clothes lie in a tumbled pile , and — at a velocity far greater than the usual speed of a naked mortal 's shy and shivering run — I convey her into the water , and out of the shallows . |
| 3 | Being the skipper meant she was in sole command of a million pounds ' worth of yacht . |
| 4 | Neither case is concerned at all with the position where a child has been stillborn as a result of a third party 's negligence or has , as a result of such negligence , survived birth for only a minimal period . |
| 5 | The next election will be lost or won not as the result of a few weeks ' electioneering , of media events , of soundbites , but as a result of four years of radical but sensible campaigning in our towns and villages . |
| 6 | There could hardly be a stronger contrast between this and the picture RIGHT which shows a Kirlian photograph of a healthy person 's fingertip . |
| 7 | On the high mantel shelf above what had once been the fireplace was a black and white photograph of a young man 's head . |
| 8 | After delivery , the concentrations of a new mother 's sex hormones fall dramatically and the Oxford workers have shown that there is a corresponding fall in the number of a 2 -adrenergic receptors . |
| 9 | THE FUTURE of a controversial chemist 's shop in Darlington is still in the balance . |
| 10 | Even so , he had survived some narrow escapes ; always the fault of a Rotten Fellow 's hopeless driving . |
| 11 | This right of election ( which may be exercised by the beneficiaries of a deceased partner 's estate in the event that no personal representative has been appointed ) may be excluded by agreement , eg provision for the automatic accruer of the share of an outgoing partner or for the purchase of such share with interest until payment — see Vyse v Foster ( 1872 ) LR 8 Ch App 309 . |
| 12 | LEGA emphasised the need for an objective appraisal of a prospective co-operative 's commercial prospects : and was critical of the attempt made on Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn 's insistence when he was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , to rescue the Scottish Daily News , Kirkby Manufacturing and Engineering Ltd ( KME ) , and Meriden ; and to make the co-operative form the instrument of rescue . |
| 13 | She had gone to bed early thinking of the luxury of a long night 's rest but woke from sleep unwell . |
| 14 | Most of the other searchlights were out now , and only the fires lit the quays and the gaunt dockside warehouses that echoed to the sharp burst of a tommy-gun 's fire and the sharper answering rent of a German Schmeisser 's more rapid fire . |
| 15 | I do not suppose that the ultimate mental component of the universe is some spooky , all-embracing mind that is more real than flesh-and-blood people , nor that we should treat the state or community as a real person with a distinct interest or point of view or even welfare of its own , nor that we can ask the range of questions about a state 's principles — for example whether it accepted them freely or was misled or misunderstands them — that we can ask about aspects of a real person 's moral life . |
| 16 | From some dim recess of her mind came the words of a Breton fisherman 's prayer , which she had read in some book . |
| 17 | Car-makers are pessimistic about an upturn this year and are expressing concern about the effect of a Labour government 's economic policy on the industry . |
| 18 | Jeremy 's task is to take pictures of a potty professor 's crazy creations before any rival rags . |
| 19 | Such decisions to grant State aid can be taken in the light of a national government 's overall policy towards internal competition , and therefore need not conflict with the aims of its national competition policy . |
| 20 | Negotiations between the government and the opposition , which disputed the November presidential election results [ see p. 39180 ] , failed after the government refused to concede the principal demand — the completion of a new voters ' register . |
| 21 | Faded prayer flags fluttered above the smoke — blackened bamboo roof of a Tibetan refugee 's hut . |
| 22 | The Harewood House charity auction , hosted by the Queen 's cousin the Earl of Harewood , is in aid of a new children 's day hospital in Leeds . |
| 23 | He was popularly supposed to be a man who not only told the truth , but who could not tell a lie , and the senator 's aides and publicists were not unhappy to promulgate that echo of a previous President 's virtues . |
| 24 | We have still , in the first months of a new church 's life , known some intractable difficulties where one member finds it impossible not to feel betrayed , usually by the leaders . |
| 25 | There is no need to be intimidated by the formality of a staid institution 's catalogue , or to neglect popular magazines ; as for writing in various academic disciplines , there ought to be no barrier to learning about an interesting topic . |
| 26 | A parallel is drawn between the direction of a Japanese company 's collective effort against outside competitors , and the ability to mobilize national effort . |
| 27 | are on three months ' placement with , on a three months ' placement with the Authority until the middle of September as part of a six months ' training programme organised by the South African Advanced Educational Project . |
| 28 | They predict a continuing rise in demand but argue that work out of hours is an essential part of a general practitioner 's role . |
| 29 | Since ‘ talk ’ forms a substantial part of a primary schoolchild 's life the teachers ' classrooms need to reflect an understanding of the role of language in learning situations and also the role of language in social situations . |
| 30 | And tidying up after removal and spring cleaning homes that have n't been touched for years are all part of a normal day 's work . |