Example sentences of "[adv] in [art] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masnun was out of sight from a poor draw in his last race at Kempton , but ran much better in the Stewards ' Cup here and he 's well in today on his best form . |
| 2 | In other words , I was trying to establish whether religion had been important enough in the interviewees ' childhood ( at least , as it was now remembered ) for it to be mentioned , without any prompting on my part ; and then , I would try not to prejudge what the interviewees thought was involved in religion , but let them decide what aspect would come out ‘ naturally ’ — whether they would talk about the institutionalised churches , private prayer , a personal relationship with God , a way of looking at the world or the ultimate meaning of their existence . |
| 3 | She had witnessed the on-off charm for herself when he had thought himself alone in the Feathers ' coffee-room . |
| 4 | The pervasive influence of a combative religious morality was evident not only in the repealers ' language but in the common culture which bound many of them together . |
| 5 | In the aftermath of the Maria Colwell tragedy a report by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work took this concept as its title and stated that ‘ good enough parenting involves , among other things , a capacity to provide continuity of love and care which is realistic in its expectations of both parent and child and deals with ‘ real ’ conflicts of interests and not those whose origins lie only in the parents ' past' ( CCETSW , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | On National day John Kempton also had a runner at Worcester — Three Dons in a novice hurdle — and opted to take the ride there : having duly won , he settled down in the jockeys ' changing room to watch the National on television , safe in the knowledge that his father Jack was at Liverpool to supervise Foinavon 's forlorn attempt . |
| 7 | Down in the photographers ' pit , a battalion of WWF security gentlemen keep the writhing , crowd-surfing mob back by redirecting those two-minute messiahs that get passed too close to the barrier . |
| 8 | It was a feast , swilled down in the boys ' case at least . |
| 9 | Writing is n't usually a social activity , except when you 're working on exercises together in a writers ' group — and even then you 'll find that you do most of your writing alone , in whatever space and time you can carve out for yourself . |
| 10 | In response to this new determination by ministers , Government Whips began to huddle together in the Members ' Lobby and elsewhere , like American football players in a scrummage , to plan the retrieval process . |
| 11 | The menus change daily in the directors ' dining rooms , delibars and staff canteens that he operates because the clientele does not . |
| 12 | The three best in the judges ' opinion will receive two free tickets each to see the show . |
| 13 | Charles 's schoolfriend said that he did n't know before compounding his folly by spelling the surname incorrectly in the visitors ' book . |
| 14 | Tonight , over in the nurses ' home on Huntley Street , a bunch of junior doctors would be putting on the usual end-of-year revue . |
| 15 | This led to a vast number of prosecutions , usually in the magistrates ' court , because the authorities were quite careful about alleging that less damage had occurred than would give the protesters the option of having a jury trial , something for which most of them would have very happily volunteered . |
| 16 | Two days after the two men returned from Germany , the SS officer pulled her aside in the officers ' mess . |
| 17 | It went off in the gents ' toilet on the ground floor . |
| 18 | She argues that it often is still in the employers ' interest to recruit someone on a relative 's recommendation , since this gives employers more control over their workforce . |
| 19 | He finished up in the chimpanzees ' cage , hanging from the bars , while trying to retrieve his beret , stolen by one of the animals . |
| 20 | I got the crow 's cage again and afterwards was sent inside to do the washing up in the Corporals ' eating area . |
| 21 | Apart from Culture Vulture — well beaten later in the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile Fillies race — and Central City , Oumaldaaya and Rose Indien had good winning form in late-season Newmarket races last year , and Wiedniu , the likely outsider today , is held in high regard . |
| 22 | Your Lordships are invited to construe that benevolently in the defendants ' favour as a claim to invoke the privilege against self-incrimination on the ground that the order called upon him to disclose material which might be used in furtherance of criminal proceedings against him . |
| 23 | Since the value of these slaves to their master lay so often in the slaves ' intelligence , initiative and skill , incentives ( such as the possibility of purchasing freedom ) were used more consistently than physical coercion as a means of persuading slaves to accept their inferior status . |
| 24 | The prize at stake is immense , but Leeds have five players walking a disciplinary tightrope and they risk missing out in the champions ' league if they collect a second caution . |
| 25 | The details in 1 , 2 and 3 above should be read in conjunction with the full requirements set out in the Members ' Handbook . |
| 26 | The initial appointment is for one year but may be cancelled in the event of a serious breach of the guidelines set out in the Tutors ' Handbook . |
| 27 | He had reached the top of the fourth carpeted flight of stairs when he realised he was now in the members ' bedroom corridor . |
| 28 | That code was to be developed to ensure that public transport met the needs of all passengers , including the disabled and that it worked efficiently in the consumers ' interest . |
| 29 | The ball was , so to speak , back in the industrialists ' court — the cost of the public services had to be disproportionately born by private capital which resulted in a reduction in business profitability . |
| 30 | SNOOKER star Neal Foulds was back in the winners ' enclosure at Motherwell last night after a four-year wait . |