Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 But I have a sneaking feeling that in another five years ' time I 'll be reviewing the GR-100 and that will be the one …
2 The differing styles of these articles mean they are not all suited to publication in similar outlets , but it is hoped that unlike past years ' winners we shall see all of them published in some form or other in the coming year .
3 Milton Keynes is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England , and Roger Mason 's motivation in coming to us was never quite clear to me ( perhaps it was n't to him either , for although after four intensive years ' research he produced a many-hundred page ‘ draft ’ of his thesis , far in excess of what might be required , he finally failed to submit it for examination ) .
4 The gunners had been ordered to aim at the first two vessels , and at a bare two hundred yards ' range they could scarcely miss .
5 If a local authority wished to open a new senior citizens ' home it would seem unreasonable to burden the current year 's community charge/council tax payers with the full cost of an asset that might have , say , 50 years ' useful life .
6 Nicholson , while rejecting Corman as his ‘ mentor ’ gladly acknowledges the start and subsequent ten years ' work he gave him .
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