Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [noun] ['s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will ask him some time what prompted his winning play but it has been known for players to forget matters like that after a week 's hard work . |
| 2 | Whatever one man tells another about a woman 's sexual inclinations and whether or not she demonstrates her unwillingness , it is hard to see why a man should be able to rely for consent on the word of another man or why there should be no obligation upon him to consult her himself . |
| 3 | IN this chapter we are concerned with a group of torts the function of which is to protect some of a person 's intangible interests — those which may loosely be called his business interests — from unlawful interference . |
| 4 | Some of a horse 's physical needs can also dramatically influence its temperament ; this is especially true with feed . |
| 5 | Or , at least , the bat 's sensation of her mate may be no more different from my visual sensation of a flamingo , than my visual sensation of a flamingo is different from a flamingo 's visual sensation of a flamingo . |
| 6 | You can begin to find this out by using an ANNALS , which functions as a short-cut summary of historical facts if you do not know much about a text 's historical background . |
| 7 | Stressful life events , such as discovering a husband 's affair , and long-standing difficulties , such as a husband 's continuing unemployment causing financial and marital strains , can often be found to precede the onset of a depressive disorder . |
| 8 | Rhos-on-Sea where the new breakwater forms its own natural harbour , has a continental atmosphere , and many amenities , such as a Children 's paddling pool and par putting . |
| 9 | It is even plausible to suppose that having to depend excessively on prediction from prior context may take up so much of a reader 's cognitive resources that more wide-ranging comprehension is blocked ( Stanovich , 1980 ) . |
| 10 | She came second in a women 's international free-for-all at the 1933 Chicago races , at 189mph , but while leading in the Phillips Trophy race at the same meeting lost fabric off a wing and was killed in the subsequent crash . |
| 11 | They give rise to behavioural responses to external stimuli that are enduring and consistent within a person 's psychological constitution . |
| 12 | Unfortunately the space beneath a car is much more accessible to a cat 's small body and the damage is easily done . |
| 13 | Certainly , these early learning years are crucial to a child 's educational development . |
| 14 | They found themselves among a throng of about 10 at a Workers ' Revolutionary Party meeting at a local community centre . |
| 15 | Effective RE must therefore be concerned with the building-up of concepts which are worthy of a person 's total development , emotional , experiential and intellectual , and which fairly represent what is at the heart of all great religious traditions . |
| 16 | He was well aware of her view that spy stories were Boy 's Own Paper stuff , not worthy of a moment 's serious attention . |
| 17 | UNPERTURBED by a visitor 's forthright ‘ cross examination ’ , museum information officer Lynn Miller ( left ) is pictured identifying early Wedgwood ware at a museum in the Netherlands , the company 's oldest export market dating back to 1763 . |
| 18 | In the context of sociological research into child abuse , it is important to consider what is likely to be distinctive about a sociologist 's ethnographic account . |
| 19 | The newer system is cheaper to make , safer , and the tubes are still effective after a year 's continual use . |
| 20 | Her mouth was clumsy and awkward like a child 's good night , and when she spoke the words vibrated inside my mouth . |
| 21 | Loyalty , belief — it is all in a man 's own mind . |
| 22 | Yet , the benefit inherent in a holder 's right to sue the carrier may well be worth the burden of having to pay unpaid freight . |
| 23 | ‘ My arse and thighs are sore from a day 's hard riding . |
| 24 | The Companies Act 1985 provides that the consent of shareholders is required for the sale of 10% or more of a company 's net tangible assets , or of assets valued at £100,000 or more , to a director of the company or of its holding company . |
| 25 | He referred unashamedly to certain usages , as recommended by Errol Flynn : ‘ The property of the drug is that it inflames the mucous membranes , such as those in a lady 's genital regions . |
| 26 | Sometimes such attitudes are secondary to a patient 's current mood state ; in other cases they are long-standing and firmly established . |
| 27 | One of a firm 's greatest resources is its people . |
| 28 | One of a director 's fiduciary duties of particular relevance in management buy-outs is that he must not put himself in a position where his duty to the company may conflict with his personal interest . |
| 29 | She was bone-weary from a day 's back-breaking labour , but it was essential that she finish what she was writing , for she had a deadline to reach and that deadline was the day after tomorrow , her half-day , and she had barely begun her task . |
| 30 | We are able to arrange all types of insurance , tailor-made to a client 's specific requirements . |