Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This old wives ' tale is amazingly persistent , despite the fact that no cat could possibly relax and sleep on top of a squirming , suffocating baby . |
| 2 | Later on , another current affairs ' experiment was a magazine format series , which David Lloyd commissioned . |
| 3 | Brunei assumed the chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) in mid-1988 , as a result of which the annual Foreign Ministers ' meeting was held in Bandar Seri Begawan in July 1989 [ see p. 36817 ] . |
| 4 | Tiger and Fox argue , however ( and here they part company with the early sociobiologists ) , that human beings ' wiring is capped by a symbolising , conceptualising brain . |
| 5 | But many Japanese companies ' strategy is now simply to pray that the yen will fall in this fiscal year . |
| 6 | A very high proportion of nearly all industrialized countries ' aid is tied to their own goods or personnel . |
| 7 | The usual high-spirited Artisans ' Dinner was held with Bill as usual leading the singing with ‘ Burlington Bertie ’ . |
| 8 | The former English Girls ' champion was able to compare notes with Fiona Brown , for the Cheshire player had the same experience during her 79 . |
| 9 | On the evening of Thursday 13 September , architecture was celebrated at Portland Place : the first annual Trustees ' Medal was presented to Norman Foster for the Willis Faber & Dumas building in Ipswich . |
| 10 | AS PART of the Scottish women 's squad training , a Bulgarian national ladies ' team is visiting Scotland this week . |
| 11 | The opinion is that he could not have done more , just as the South African golfers , as stressed by Bland , have done everything to eliminate apartheid from their tournament scene in order that the South African Professional Golfers ' Association is respected for placing merit before colour or creed . |
| 12 | If not urgent , two clear days ' notice is required but is often waived . |
| 13 | As I mentioned to you on Sunday morning we usually deal with , usually deal with this particular matter on Sunday morning , but we decided that because our new young members ' section is growing in its influence and activity and , of course , we now have resolutions on the agenda that this now warranted er , separate attention er , on the agenda . |
| 14 | Although the original biological positivists ' work was overwhelmingly concerned with the causes of crime , they were associated with a particular penal programme as well . |
| 15 | The Polish United Workers ' Party was dissolved in January 1990 [ see pp. 37194-95 ] . |