Example sentences of "[adj] of [art] [noun pl] ['s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Matthews reckons that about half of the banks ' retained earnings comes from securities gains . |
| 2 | It threshed this way and that , as the giant tried , uselessly , to pull free of the Trees ' cruel grip . |
| 3 | There are other features of prison life , however , which could only occur in this especially artificial environment , but before moving on to them it may be useful to concentrate on some of the prisoners ' own views of Maidstone . |
| 4 | The seventeenth century witnessed a tremendous expansion of the lord 's demesne at the expense of some of the tenants ' arable and possibly at the loss of their commons as well . |
| 5 | In fact , it is hoped to have some of the children 's embroidery work at the next ‘ Craft , Embroidery & Fashion Show ’ to be staged by Madeira Threads , once again at Harrogate , on the 12th and 13th November , where visitors will be able to buy some of the girls ' finished articles on display . |
| 6 | He reversed some of the laws on language and education which discriminated against Tamils , and took to visiting some of the Tamils ' Hindu temples , even attempting the odd public statement in Tamil . |
| 7 | The cuts , equivalent to a 2p reduction in the basic rate of income tax , are expected to replenish some of the consumers ' depleted ammunition . |
| 8 | On leaving the plaintiffs , the defendant set up another company which sold heaters of a similar type to some of the plaintiffs ' previous customers . |
| 9 | Rule 22 of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 has been amended to read : — |
| 10 | The programme is structured in such a way that on-going evaluation is simple and results can be reflected on from time to time by the Family Development Nurse and Community Mother so that the monthly visit to the family which is the main focus of the programme for achieving goals can be adapted to each family 's level and the issues that are discussed are relevant , nonjudgemental , and supportive of the parents ' own ideas and recognises the parents ' desire to do what is best for their children . |
| 11 | This norm contrasts with that of the groups ' careful speech which is very much closer to traditional Dyirbal ( see Dixon 1971 for a description ) . |
| 12 | Perhaps more important for our purposes is the economists ' view of law which is something quite different from that of the lawyers ' traditional idea of a command backed up by a sanction . |
| 13 | They were examined by a single pathologist ( SD ) who was unaware of the patients ' clinical details . |
| 14 | I always felt that it was typical of the Quakers ' practical Christianity to allow their building to be so used . |
| 15 | The situation was also complicated by the fact that , since 1945 , much of the islands ' native population had been replaced by Soviet citizens who were opposed to any concessions towards Japanese claims of sovereignty . |
| 16 | If the transaction is not likely to proceed , much of the advisers ' expensive time may be lost and unnecessary costs incurred . |
| 17 | According to an NFU spokesman , the legislation reflects local bye-laws and incorporates much of the unions ' own code of practice , which until now have together governed straw and stubble burning . |
| 18 | Much of the Tories ' present difficulty is , in my view , caused by their having spent 16 months being politically correct themselves . |
| 19 | Thailand , the only country in Asia now on the blackest of the Americans ' three blacklists , and therefore in greatest danger of sanctions , fired the official in charge of the enforcement of intellectual property rights on April 20th and launched a series of high-profile raids on counterfeiters . |
| 20 | Rule 17 of the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules requires that solicitors be covered by insurance or other indemnity as appropriate given the local conditions , and various other factors . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , this wide-ranging set of inquiries does illustrate that the level of concern has risen to incorporate many of the lawyers ' traditional users and allies . |
| 22 | As a result , many of the workers ' previous pension rights have already disintegrated . |
| 23 | Rule 4 of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 has been amended to read as follows : |
| 24 | Meanwhile Stephen Gookey of York 's Rowntrees club was 0.25 secs short of the men 's Olympic 200 metres standard , 20.80 secs , when he finished fourth in the UK Championships last weekend . |
| 25 | Flaherty took a drop more of the giants ' mulled wine than was good for him and very nearly disgraced his fellows by reciting an extremely improper poem , describing the exploits of a fair maiden who had fallen foul of a wicked and lustfully intentioned knight , but who had then escaped by invoking a demon who withered the knight 's passion . |
| 26 | Mark Nicholson , who plays for Scottish Students next month against the English Students , ran from his own 22 to put Gareth Williams over for the first of the visitors ' seven tries . |
| 27 | He attended the Health and Safety Module 1 of the Technicians ' Initial technical Course . |
| 28 | Phrases such as ‘ the ‘ boyo' body-language kept breaking through ’ are reminiscent of the tabloids ' anti-Welsh campaign against Kinnock , and it is deplorable that a once-eminent socialist writer should use them . |
| 29 | In fact I had it in mind that she might be trained up to one of the women 's auxiliary services which justified themselves so splendidly in the last war — the WRENS , I mean , of course . |
| 30 | of a sort of they call one of the women 's essential oils er cos I suppose they think rose was a woman really do n't they . |