Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Item No. 6 : looks like a jewellers ' blow torch , having a fine patination . |
| 2 | Once it is realized that signals that change cells ' behaviour do not really carry intricate information , then it can be seen that any complexity of behaviour lies in the cells ' capacity to respond rather than in complexity in the signals . |
| 3 | Every single criminal case in the country , trivial or serious , starts in the magistrates ' court . |
| 4 | When one caller transgresses this line of demarcation , asking the presenter Dolores what she thinks of a terrorists ' kidnapping , she replies ‘ That would be a little outside the scope of this programme Charlie , there 'll be experts commenting again in the morning to tell you what to think of it , why do n't you talk to me about yourself … ’ ( 80 ) . |
| 5 | Maria Morgan , editor of the Guinness Book 's literary section , says of the publishers ' advertisement : ‘ The trouble is that as yet we do n't have a category for most widely read author . |
| 6 | The chaos then results from the compilers ' eagerness to compress his discussion of several variants into one example burdened with exceptions and qualifications . |
| 7 | This depends on the judges ' views of the merits of the case before them or ( I would add ) the direction their political inclinations lead them — what I call below their ‘ view of the public interest ’ . |
| 8 | It rests on what is bound to be , to some extent , subjective assessment , as in playing a game when there are rules and communal experience to draw on , but ultimately it depends on the players ' awareness and skill . |
| 9 | First , what happens to a site or cell in our lattice depends on the neighbours ' scores , and thence on the state of the neighbours ' neighbours . |
| 10 | This depends on the manufacturers ' software . |
| 11 | Thus Bond Men Made Free by Rodney Hilton ( London 1973 ) , which deals with the peasants ' revolt of 1381 , would be classified in the column of the fourteenth century , and the row of , say , ‘ Social Structure ’ ; and The Hungry Mills by Norman Longmate ( London 1978 ) which describes the Lancashire cotton famine of 1861–65 , would appear in the column for the nineteenth century and a row possibly designated ‘ Trade and Industry ‘ . |
| 12 | And er my memories really go back to er the , probably the more pleasant things in the erm mission parties that we were invited to , the film shows in the Officers ' Mess , er going to a Glenn Miller dance erm which was held in the hangar up here erm , I do n't think we really , or I really appreciated them so much at the time as I do now . |
| 13 | At Comdex Spring in Chicago last week Microsoft Corp gave a clean bill of health to the Hardware Abstraction Layer , HAL , which resides in the MIPS ' ARC specification , and is designed to facilitate this differentiation , saying that running NT on the R4000 , HAL does indeed meet its claimed potential . |
| 14 | Organisers held full safety checks on the Migs ' routine were held last week . |
| 15 | The Adjutant abandons the idea of a coffee and hurries towards the Officers ' Mess Where the Inspecting Officer is due to arrive shortly . |
| 16 | John , it sounds like a mugs ' game to me . |
| 17 | The argument started when Mr Minashi decided to landscape the 16th green which backs onto the Molloys ' £200,000 17th century cottage . |
| 18 | Working initially in pairs and then in groups , pursue the question : " What would you like to do a drama about ? " , seeking to find a dramatic starting point which stems from the interviewees ' interests . |
| 19 | What accounts for the Tories ' success in winning again against the odds ? |
| 20 | As a well-known London character with a penchant for miniature kites , and a lecturer on sewing standards , his advice supplements what one finds in the manufacturers ' manuals . |
| 21 | Now the curtain rises on the friends ' meeting . |
| 22 | This section turns to the functionalists ' claim that stratification is inevitable . |
| 23 | It all goes on the conservationists ' bill . |
| 24 | The Shipman 's Tale tells of a lovers ' triangle , involving a merchant who lives at St Denis ( France ) , his wife , and a Parisian monk who was regarded as their friend : indeed the monk and the merchant call each other cousin , as both are from the same village . |
| 25 | The reservation houses , half-hidden in cactus and mesquite , are solidly built , the jeeps new ; an enormous four-lane highway sweeps past the gamblers ' den . |
| 26 | In addition to the identification of specific fiscal problems faced by each of the three countries , the research will be able to highlight the similarities and contrasts in the governments ' approaches to taxation problems . |
| 27 | He objects to the treaties ' limits on the liability of shipowners : only if damage was committed with ‘ intent ’ or with ‘ knowledge that [ it ] would probably result ’ can they be obliged to pay more than $78m . |
| 28 | She strongly objects to the chimps ' tea party in Brooke Bond tea ads : ‘ I still want to know how the chimps are made to move their mouths like that . |
| 29 | Note : We have deliberately avoided the idea that owners ' equity relates to the owners ' investment in the business as with the historic cost model this is fraught with obvious difficulties . |
| 30 | Currently , a Home Office grant pays for the schemes ' managers and co-ordinators . |