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

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1 Floy had been interested in the Gnomes ' sketches ; like Fenella , he found the Gnomes rather attractive , friendly people and he thought their designs were clever and subtle and beautifully drawn .
2 Analysis of ceramic material from a cremation and inhumation cemetery on the Isle of Wight revealed that cremation urns , which may also be early in the cemeteries ' histories , were made from local clay sources , whereas more unusual forms of pottery were made from sources foreign to the island and were found as grave-goods with inhumations ; they are types most commonly found in Kent .
3 This suggests that all in the kings ' followings , lesser men as well as great nobles , were involved in the action , and played a collective role in underwriting the kings ' commitments .
4 The risk involved in the defendants ' operations was so great that a high degree of care was expected of them .
5 If torture was involved in the pilots ' remarks this week — and many remember the UN investigations of Iraq 's treatment of prisoners during the war with Iran — the rules were broken .
6 The third defendant issued a third party notice against the plaintiffs ' accountant claiming an indemnity or contribution in the event of the third defendant being held liable to the plaintiffs , on the ground that the accountant had negligently failed to warn the plaintiffs of the risks inherent in the defendants ' transactions .
7 Confronted with the new philosophy that winning is the name of the game , student rugby , with its romantic vision of fun and entertainment , seemed increasingly out of touch with the pragmatic reality prevailing in the unions ' corridors of power .
8 Maoism , with its emphasis on the countryside surrounding the cities , has been influential , particularly in Peru , where it is strong in the teachers ' unions and is the ideology of the Shining path guerrilla movement .
9 Skull and mandible breakage is also higher in the fledglings ' pellets : 22–25 per cent in the pellets from the adults compared with 31–72 per cent for the fledglings .
10 By the start of the new term in the autumn of 1988 , the negative aspects of the ‘ tide ’ were uppermost in the authorities ' minds .
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