Example sentences of "[that] [prep] [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
2 | Birth Control Trust spokeswoman Madeleine Simms pointed out that after last year 's survey was published , the DHSS said it was unlikely the results of a single poll would be a suitable basis for new and highly controversial legislation . |
3 | But' — and he laughed — ‘ do n't forget that in five years ' time you will have changed again . ’ |
4 | If he managed economically he hoped that in five years ' time , if the public continued to buy what he wrote , he would retrieve more than he lost . |
5 | Mr Damant predicts that in five years ' time , if the ASB pursues unfudgeability rather than ‘ correct accounting principles ’ , it will be faced with dissatisfaction because accounts will not show a true and fair view . |
6 | The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks . |
7 | Because how does Philip know that in five years ' time , I 'm not going to ring him up and say , hey you know when you recommended me to invest my money in the Japanese fund , well it 's just gone through the bottom of the market . |
8 | Yet although the hardening of lines seems ominous in retrospect and the thin tie of Reinsurance could hardly have linked Russia and Germany for long , it could be argued that in 1888 Bismarck 's system was still successful . |
9 | I assure the Minister that in six months ' time , when he is in opposition , we will be kinder to him and much more open with information . |
10 | To a large extent we have to infer the nature of this earliest division from what we can learn of later arrangements ; in particular we are told by Gregory of Tours that in 561 Clovis 's grandsons took over the kingdoms of the previous generation ; thus , Charibert I ( 561 – 7 ) received the portion of Childebert I ( 511 – 58 ) , based on Paris ; Guntram ( 561 – 92 ) that of Chlodomer ( 511 – 24 ) , with its centre at Orléans ; Chilperic I ( 561 – 84 ) was given the kingdom of Soissons , once held by Chlothar I ( 511 – 61 ) ; while Sigibert I ( 561 – 75 ) inherited the realm of Theuderic I ( 511 – 34 ) and his descendants , Theudebert I ( 534 – 47 ) and Theudebald ( 547 – 55 ) , and established himself at Rheims . |
11 | The right hon. Member for Blaby may not like the idea of a European central bank , but he is clearly on record as saying that he believes that in this country 's economy an independent central bank would be a guarantee against inflation . |
12 | It is strange , therefore , that in this Queen 's Speech the Government say that they intend to introduce a new Local Government Finance Bill to abolish what they did in 1987-88 . |
13 | The MMC ( 1980 : 97 ) found that in some guards ' depots , twelve-hour days were routinely worked , and that , apparently , ‘ those staff who wish to work their Sundays mostly have the opportunity to do so every other Sunday without strict regard to the numbers actually required to operate train services ’ . |
14 | Local party officials tell us that in last November 's by-election they pushed hard for the campaign slogan ‘ Ashok to the Tories . ’ |
15 | It may be the case , as some transgenics junkies are claiming , that in 25 years ' time , all chickens on the market will be transgenic but this sounds uncannily similar , in its arrogant implausibility , to the famous Fifties claim that nuclear power would make electricity so cheap it could n't be metered . |
16 | Mr Faith adds : ‘ I 'm thinking ahead so that in 25 years ' time my daughter will say to her children ‘ Was n't grandad clever ? |
17 | It was estimated that in 1990 Japan 's drift net fishery was responsible for the deaths of 41,000,000 sea creatures other than those it was seeking to catch . |
18 | The effects of this move were that in 1990 Hungary 's trade with the European Communities ( EC ) was expected to exceed that with Hungary 's COMECON partners for the first time . |
19 | It has been suggested that in active Crohn 's disease , dietary protein might gain access to the gut wall by ulcerated mucosa and cause secondary immune mediated tissue damage . |
20 | It was reported that on New Year 's Day these were closed by 3.30 p.m . |
21 | You can see that on any guy 's stag night . ’ |
22 | I was truly disconcerted myself to have acquired so violent an enemy without meaning to and could see no resolution short of full retreat ; and the trouble was that since that morning 's schooling , any inclination to retreat had totally vanished . |
23 | Why does not he admit that since last year 's Budget more than 500,000 people have been added to the dole queue ? |
24 | She tells me his habit is bigger than I know , that at other people 's homes , he shoots dope into his arm . |
25 | Many kind Friends interest themselves in George Green 's behalf , and I find that by this day 's post an application has been made for a specimen of his hand-writing etc. and a hope held out of a situation ( in a Counting house , I believe ) , but if you were willing to take him , and if it could be arranged in other points , he would greatly prefer being in your establishment to any thing else . |