Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the electronic version of British Rail 's timetable and it comes as no surprise to find that it 's subject to BR 's usual get-out clauses . |
| 2 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 3 | ‘ That was the first High Queen 's instruction when it was being raised from the rock . |
| 4 | This does not mean that all pensioners live in poverty , but the effect of age discrimination is to depress the whole of this group 's income and it is only those with access to higher incomes through , for example , substantial occupational pensions , who are able to cushion themselves against the economic consequences . |
| 5 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 6 | I accept my hon. Friend 's point that it is important that there should be the maximum leaving of powers to the nation states , the Member States of the Community . |
| 7 | We are doing what we can , but I take my hon. Friend 's point that it has been an ongoing saga for some time now . |
| 8 | I am grateful for my right hon. Friend 's statement because it demonstrates the Government 's commitment to a better equipped fleet for the future , even though the fleet manpower is contracting , and because jobs will be provided in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area . |
| 9 | Such claims are based solely on the investigating policeman 's statement that it was of ‘ some use ’ , and has never been independently reviewed . |
| 10 | I shall not deal with the second part of the hon. Gentleman 's question because it raises difficult issues which will no doubt be the subject of discussion later . |
| 11 | The House need not rely on the hon. Gentleman 's view that it happens 99.99 per cent . |
| 12 | He then sends an inspector to our museum and it is upon this inspector 's report that it is decided whether we are successful in our application . |
| 13 | During his visit to France on June 16-19 , which included meetings with President Mitterrand and the Prime Minister , Michel Rocard , Hawke welcomed the French government 's announcement that it would reduce its nuclear-testing programme in the Pacific as part of cuts in defence spending . |
| 14 | Ruling that the UK had breached international agreements , the judges dismissed the British government 's contention that it had not had enough time to meet standards set in 1975 . |
| 15 | THE BRITISH government 's claim that it is not necessary to remove lead from petrol received another body-blow last week . |
| 16 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 17 | " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects . |
| 18 | Guinness manager Ken Morrison said : ‘ We are delighted to be helping stage this year 's tournament and it demonstrates our commitment to hockey in Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 19 | The jockeying for position has begun and the Civic Forum 's statement that it intends to contest those elections has met with opposition from within its ranks . |
| 20 | This carpet 's navy and it 's terrible , it shows everything . |
| 21 | In a speech on June 7 the Iranian Foreign Minister , Ali Akbar Vellayati , described the Arab summit resolution as " in contrast to the Iraqi regime 's claims that it wants peace " , and dismissed as " illogical " its proposal for prisoner-of-war exchange to be conducted outside the framework of the peace negotiations . |
| 22 | In the corner of the picture was a holdall , a scientist would say it was the same as that used to weigh down Chalky White 's body when it was found in the lake near Cirencester . |
| 23 | The landlord gave six months ' notice and it was held that the notice was good . |
| 24 | He told Mr Richard Sturt , the Canterbury and Dover coroner , that Mr Heddle 's daughter , Caroline , a 23-year-old veterinary nurse , had identified her 48-year-old father 's body after it was found in the car in a chalkpit at Chartham , near Canterbury . |
| 25 | The climatic conditions of Scotland and parts of Cumbria and Northumbria are particularly suitable for the production of healthy high quality seed potatoes required for the following year 's crop and it is in these areas that most of the seed potatoes are grown . |
| 26 | Edward G. Robinson had been good in the previous year 's Little Caesar and there was to be great acclaim for the explicitness of the following year 's Scarface but it was Cagney 's 1931 performance in The Public Enemy that occasioned the most significant debate . |
| 27 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
| 28 | The cameraman is recording a ‘ cut on action ’ which is centred on the little girl 's hand as it reaches down to pat the goat . |
| 29 | Climate modelling and assessing environmental change will need more than three years ' data if it is to be enhanced . |
| 30 | I remember when he always used to read out during the service before the sermon the previous week 's collection and it used to consist of the collection last Sunday consisted of one pensioning note , twenty ha'penny half crown pieces , forty florins and he 'd go all through the coinage down to the last ha'penny but erm oh I believe he was , he was er very aristocratic , very aristocratic , but er Father , cos he used to come over our house quite a lot when my mother was on the parochial church council , and er he had a curate that was quite leftish and he got himself on the old Board of Guardians and of course he used to sort of er go into the Labour Club and was quite of er father , he said to old Father one night he said erm he 's a funny chap your curate he said well he , he 's the son of a farm labourer he says and I 'm the son of a country squire and that 's the difference . |