Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [art] [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 2 | Unless there is exceptional need they only work from Monday to Friday , and as the service is very short-staffed in many areas most people can only receive a few hours ' help a week ; although in special cases daily help can be arranged . |
| 3 | That would only hasten the rich countries ' relative decline . |
| 4 | Why not try the old pals ' act , just the two of us together , it 'll be off the record ? |
| 5 | But the Formalists did not share the New Critics ' view of poetry as paradox or resolution of contradictions , since they were not interested in poetry 's meaning . |
| 6 | The larger second-class stations would also have a separate ladies ' waiting-room . |
| 7 | The two leaders on June 17 signed an unprecedented arms reduction agreement which would eventually cut the two powers ' nuclear arsenals by two-thirds , going far beyond the START treaty signed by President Bush and President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union in July 1991 [ see p. 38320 ] . |
| 8 | In this respect , it is useful to pay attention to what we might now term the human rights ' issue as one examines the handling of public — private morality in the Irish constitution . |
| 9 | The media would still be able to cover current stories but within a longer-term , in-depth perspective so that Ethiopia or the Lebanon , Westland or nuclear disarmament do not simply occupy a few weeks ' worth of front page/main bulletin coverage per year . |
| 10 | Clearly the departments intend to keep a check on how it is spent , and they can even check the local authorities ' own financial manoeuvres by the powerful instrument of loan sanction . |
| 11 | The 1991 Crime Bill would virtually end the federal courts ' power to hear appeals by death row prisoners and cancel their right to legal representation at these appeals . |