Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] 's [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Brigade officers said that but for the two men 's prompt action the woman almost certainly would have died . |
2 | Mr Hopkins , who was a baker , saved rations and made Christmas cakes for the two men 's bereaved families in America . |
3 | NINE-EIGHTEEN is the name of the Italian company which came to Ferndown for the British Women 's Open and sold designer golf shirts and T-shirts such as we have never previously seen , even in the tented village at The Open . |
4 | He has made a score of films since , including his infamous documentary about the Rolling Stones 's 1972 tour , which the Stones suppressed because of its depiction of drug use and sex . |
5 | With the establishment in July 1988 of the Palestinian Women 's Higher Council , Palestinian women took a very important step in ensuring the consolidation of their advances . |
6 | For Inspector Theo Dawson , head of the Metropolitan Police 's Vice Unit , violent pimps are a priority . |
7 | First , in the earlier period there were wide margins of discretion within an extremely informal mode of policing — the proverbial clip around the ear , or the dreaded flick of the Edwardian policemen 's rolled cape — which has been replaced by the more likely possibility of prosecution , or the issue of formal caution . |
8 | More than £25,000 worth of scientific equipment was missing , most of which was recovered from the boot of the three men 's stolen car . |
9 | A member of the Scottish Women 's Rural Institute at her West Kilbride home , Carol recently entered and won the regional final of a national competition among all Women 's Institute members in the country . |
10 | Fifty-two people were killed when shells slammed into a makeshift hospital in the enclave , one of the United Nations 's six ‘ safe areas ’ for Bosnia 's Slavic Muslims . |
11 | There was a former junior Home Office Minister , Earl Jellicoe , from the Lords ; with the voluntary side of the Party being represented by Mrs Adelaide Doughty , chairman of the National Women 's Advisory Committee , and Mrs Lucille Iremonger , a journalist and wife of a Conservative MP . |
12 | JOANNE HOCKLEY from Felixstowe Ferry booked her place in the match-play stages of the British Women 's Amateur Championship when she handed in a 72 during the second qualifying round at Royal Lytham and St Annes . |
13 | The competitions started with the British Men 's Open — 70 hopefuls looking for just 20 places in the next round . |
14 | In 1915 she took part in the famous women 's international peace conference in The Hague . |
15 | They will also clash in the senior women 's long jump and the shot . |
16 | There was some impressive middle distance running , with West Suffolk 's Daniel Madams gaining a narrow victory over club mate John Cross in the senior men 's 1500 metres , and Gyamfi Kyereme ( Lowestoft ) gaining an exciting win in the under-17 800 metres . |
17 | Hunter , the Tyneside runner now based in Albuquerque , has been told she need not compete in the British women 's 10,000 metres trial race in Sheffield on June 5 . |
18 | Mr Cairns , a former Ulster teacher now lecturing in Japan who is home on a study project , said : ‘ They went for a meal to McDonalds and when the girls said they would take a taxi back to the Young Women 's Christian Association the boys told them not to take a black taxi because they were too expensive . |
19 | Eliot changed ‘ May midnight ’ , ( recalling Gerontion 's ‘ depraved May ’ and ceremonies of spring ) to ‘ summer midnight ’ , maintaining a primitive connection with ‘ Midsummer Fires ’ , ceremonies copiously described by Frazer , while looking back , too , to the Hollow Men 's circular dance . |
20 | Cover Bedford 's Paula Radcliffe , winning the Inters race at the 1991 Women 's National Cross-Country Championships in Arrowe Park , Birkenhead . |
21 | Ms Davis is highly regarded at the Metropolitan Police 's forensic science laboratory . |
22 | A clear difference between Smith and Gould on the question of trade union influence emerged at the two men 's rival press conferences on Tuesday . |