Example sentences of "[subord] [art] young [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She opened a door into a cavernous room where the young army were grouped round a huge table on which their boots and packs rested , smoking , rolling cigarettes or making each other up . |
| 2 | The fire fender where the young wife had fallen was besmirched with blood , and a Pair of Joseph Shill 's shoes were found drenched with it . |
| 3 | When they had heard the king , they departed ; and lo , the star , which they saw in the east , went before them , till it came and stood over where the young child was . |
| 4 | He knows where nothing can go wrong , where the young man is worrying ‘ My God , if something happens which I have not calculated for … ’ . |
| 5 | It was in the opening match of the 1934–35 season at Aldershot ( 2–2 ) , where the young amateur capped an impressive display by scoring our first goal of the season with a header on the half-hour . |
| 6 | Two Counsellors had turned to scan the end of the ravine , where the young woman and the big man had taken cover . |
| 7 | The club is split into a disco , where the younger set cavorts under strobe lights in front of a showroom line-up of prestige Western cars . |
| 8 | Where the younger brother was moderate and willing to compromise , aware of the rights and claims of his subjects and of the impossibility of ruling despotically , the elder was conscious of no such limitation and , with the highest intentions , was deeply intolerant of all opposition . |
| 9 | A young scientist is planning to boldly go where no young scientist has gone before . |
| 10 | If there was any trouble where a young policeman was concerned , she would get going with a whistle and summon assistance . |
| 11 | The scenario was that there was this normal , everyday family being filmed in their home at their most private moments and , in one scene , where a young boy is being pressurised into getting married , they all leave the room and he turns to the camera and says something like ‘ I 've got to be careful here . |
| 12 | And anyway , ’ he nodded in the direction of the dance floor where a young girl in a T-shirt and torn jeans was entwined in the arms of a dreadlocked Rastafarian , ‘ I 'm not quite the type for the regulars here . ’ |
| 13 | Violent incidents in early June on the Val Fourée estate in Mantes-la-Jolie , 50 km west of Paris ( where a young Frenchman of Arab origin had died in police custody following riots in late May — see p. 38198 ) fuelled a growing controversy over immigration and urban housing policy . |
| 14 | For a few moments no one spoke and then there was some activity in one corner where a young man was trying to persuade the girl beside him to stand up . |
| 15 | She escorted him into an inner office where a young man sat behind a very large desk . |
| 16 | I saw once on television a programme where a young woman of African parentage , adopted by a white couple , was asked by the interviewer , ‘ Do you feel drawn to your African heritage ? ’ |
| 17 | ( S. ) 487 , where a young woman who had been raped took part in an attack on the man responsible , after he had been released from a sentence of 18 month 's imprisonment after serving six months . |
| 18 | ‘ If you know where I might lodge , where a young woman alone — ‘ |
| 19 | Equally , where a young solicitor replaces a retired senior partner whose profit share was substantial , increased shares may be awarded to the continuing partners . |
| 20 | And the feeling this generated in both Lizzie and Peggy was much the same : resentment and a dull anger directed , if anything , more against the old woman than the young man . |
| 21 | When entrusted with government he did not make a mess of it ; if deprived of his rights he would make a much more serious opponent than the Young King . |
| 22 | ‘ Once , when I was young and stupid , but I 've always been thankful my intended bride broke our engagement when she found a wealthier man than the young fool who was working flat out to save the almost bankrupt business his father had left him . ’ |
| 23 | With no mapped out career path , his options are more limited than the young doctor or dentist . |
| 24 | This argument , which has been called ‘ the fair innings argument , ’ was summarised by Lockwood : ‘ To treat the older person , letting the younger person die , would thus be inherently inequitable in terms of life lived : the younger person would get no more years than the relatively few he has already had , whereas the older person , who has already had more than the younger person , will get several years more . ’ |
| 25 | Older people are less likely to consume alcoholic drinks than the younger age groups and those who do drink consume less than their younger contemporaries . |
| 26 | Is the debate about reducing waiting lists less relevant to the medical care needs of older people than the younger age groups ? |
| 27 | Although the young man and Mrs H. denied rectal intercourse , it is probable that this was the site that had served as a source of the infection , which had presumably originated with her husband over a year previously . |
| 28 | She had got over their love affair before she agreed to marry Fred , although the young man 's sudden appearance had stirred a few very pleasant memories for her . |
| 29 | Although the younger woman has been taken to be a likeness of his sister Wil by many biographers , misled by an ambiguous comment of Vincent 's , Tralbaut sees in it a close resemblance to Kee . |
| 30 | Much of the development takes place after birth , so the young puppy requires an environment with stimulating surroundings . |