Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun sg] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 2 | The fact that Mangon fully deserved his title of Wizard of Lighting was of minor importance to the Girls who , due to his perfectionism , often only had a few hours ' sleep in their dressing-rooms , and occasionally none at all . |
| 3 | Further inland , and only just visible from the southern window was the Old Rectory , set like a Victorian dolls ' house in its large , overgrown garden which , at this distance , looked as neatly green and formal as a municipal park . |
| 4 | After all , Papa was only just forty-one , and Mama was younger than that , and they were both so handsome that it was a wonder — or perhaps not — that they were so faithful to one another , so much so that it was almost a joke , Papa having been a great ladies ' man in his youth , she had discovered . |
| 5 | It is only through feminist psychology 's attention to work like Ladner 's Afrocentric sociology , that it comes to consider specific features of black girls ' socialization in their families and communities ( Williams 1979 ) . |
| 6 | Katy Reynolds won the silver in the 1981 girls ' breaststroke in her first championships and Margaretha Pedder took silver in the 1980 girls ' freestyle . |
| 7 | Feminist psychologists ' confidence in their explanations is good for morale , and sometimes it is tactically necessary . |
| 8 | From 1980 onwards I went on to become involved in the Black Workers ' Group , unions — NALGO and ACTTS — and more recently , the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group in our workplace . |
| 9 | His contract is up at the end of the season , and there will be the traditional periodic reports of other clubs ' interest in him . |
| 10 | Unscrupulous operators took the two months ' imprisonment in their stride . |
| 11 | Two infant and three junior classes cater for children from five to eleven although no class contains children with more than two years ' difference in their ages . |
| 12 | However , even if 10 years ' worth of rights from an old company pension scheme are commuted to no more than two years ' worth in your new one , it could still be worth accepting , particularly if your new job is likely to produce rapid pay rises . |