Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [num] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The course of the war between the Madrid stalemate and the beginning of 1938 clearly illustrates some of the two sides ' military strengths and weaknesses . |
| 2 | There is a review of the 1991-92 season by the captains of each of the Five Nations ' Championship sides and ample space is given to their views of the game . |
| 3 | The new Children Bill of 1988 repeals the 1980 Child Care Act , along with other relevant Acts such as the 1975 Children 's Act . |
| 4 | The Conservative manifesto makes much of the 13 years ' record in foreign policy , but is silent about the great motto of two years ago ‘ the new world order ’ , which the Gulf war was supposed to promote . |
| 5 | The next meeting will be on the second of the 1991 Schools ' Open Days , Friday 26 April . |
| 6 | At last , came the joyful day when the holes were carefully bored into the three Scouts ' dorsal flesh in the Apothacarion , and through their subcutaneous carapaces which were now fully fledged … |
| 7 | At the same time the clergyman-poet Johann Rist ( 1607–67 ) provided a focus for song-composition , comparable with Simon Dach , at Hamburg , a city which , like Königsberg , was untouched by the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 8 | But as closing time approached , staff became unhappy with the two defendants ' use of foul language . |
| 9 | But tutors were so impressed with the two girls ' work in textiles that they made them unconditional offers . |
| 10 | COPPES was first formed in September 1980 in the two men 's prisons which held Political prisoners and in the Women 's Prison at Ilopango . |
| 11 | Among the less experienced , youngsters like Serguei Molchanov , a prop , and the Georgian full-back Nougzar Dsagnidze were outstanding in the 1988 Students ' World Cup . |
| 12 | Detectives say they 've no proof that a serial killer is responsible for the four women 's deaths , but they are pooling all information in the hope that a common link may be found |
| 13 | The work has been quite hard , actually little short of the 24 hours ' teaching a week which I originally feared we might have to teach , but it 's a pity not to offer the course as we prepared it in Peking , complete with extra lectures , as there seems to be a great demand for anything we teach , which is understandable considering that it 's a chance of a lifetime for some of the teachers ; in fact , some have never spoken to a foreigner in their lives before ! |
| 14 | Jessica Wright was fourth in the junior girls ' 200m backstroke and Catherine Denard and Beth Grant were both sixth in the 1977 girls ' backstroke and 1978 girls ' butterfly respectively . |
| 15 | British-born Russell won by scores of 118-110 , 120-107 and 117-110 on the three judges ' cards after fighting from close quarters to negate Murphy 's height and reach advantages . |
| 16 | In the area of defence , the foremost claimant for government funds in time of war , the picture available of the two belligerents ' military machines , like that of their finances , is not always very clear . |
| 17 | Mr Benn got 38 of the 221 MPs ' votes cast in 1988 and , he ruefully noted this week , a much worse press . |
| 18 | Of the remaining three practices , one contributed for all but one of the 12 months ' data collection period , one supplied data for 10 out of 12 months , and one supplied data for eight months only . |
| 19 | In all four of the six Bondholders ' Committee representatives supported the proposal . |
| 20 | Second-wave feminism in Britain has drawn strength from working-class women 's campaigns , like the 1968 Ford strike , the Grunwick dispute , and the women 's groups active in the 1984 miners ' strike . |