Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [verb] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Kanemaru had been personally grooming Ichiro Ozawa as his successor , the circumstances of his retirement allowed Ozawa 's opponents to mount an effective campaign against his succession . |
| 2 | After a while the conversation turned to a friend 's plans to marry an American girl . |
| 3 | Meciar 's views provoked an internal party dispute in which he was accused of intimidating political rivals and of making unnecessary and unconstitutional foreign trips . |
| 4 | Citroen 's designers had an unenviable task when styling the XM . |
| 5 | A classical physicist can decide at the beginning of an experiment to call that electron over there A and this one over here B. Subsequently they may interact and go through all sorts of complicated convolutions , but because he can in principle follow the motion the classical physicist 's labels have an abiding significance . |
| 6 | But his reference to Caro 's motives struck an answering chill in her heart , simply because she , Robbie , knew so much that Fen did not . |
| 7 | While not agreeing with all of the above , McCullouch 's sentiments have an unnerving knack of echoing ‘ exactly ’ the underlying theme of this book ( as mentioned in the forward ) without prior discourse between myself and McCullouch . |
| 8 | On his return to Vienna in November 1787 , Mozart 's fortunes received an unexpected boost — his first permanent appointment at the Viennese court as kammermusicus ( chamber composer ) . |
| 9 | Pathak 's calculations yield an amazing result . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's heroes ran an amateurish campaign and , in the main , are no fans of quick unity . |
| 11 | SCOTLAND 'S women 's bowlers bridged an 11-year gap since their last victory when they overcame England 138-106 in their home international title decider in Perth yesterday . |
| 12 | An educated and cultivated gentleman , Bell 's travels played an important part in the formation of his taste , both as a connoisseur of paintings and as an architect . |
| 13 | Huxley 's Man 's Place in Nature of 1863 also confirmed the anatomical similarities between humans and great apes , undermining Owen 's efforts to establish an unbridgeable gulf between them . |
| 14 | The first reference to Theodore in Gregory 's Histories concerns an unexplained alliance of the clergy of Marseilles and Dynamius , the patricius , or governor , of Provence , against the bishop in 581 . |
| 15 | Yeltsin 's comments brought an immediate rebuke from USSR Supreme Soviet chairman Anatoly Lukyanov , but on March 11 the USSR Supreme Soviet refrained from formal censure , deputies deciding that to do so would be likely to boost Yeltsin 's popularity still further . |
| 16 | Philip 's comments provide an ironic commentary on other ( younger ? ) readers who identify strongly with the B. A. He suggests the possibility of using the text to bolster the male reader 's own claims to superhuman strength even as he simultaneously dismisses this as fantasy . |
| 17 | Today 's games received an extra boost last night when Rugby Union secretary Dudley Wood revealed that this summer 's England tour of Canada and the US looks likely to be upgraded to full Test status . |
| 18 | But Midnight 's Children gives an unsurpassed insight into Indian life at all levels . |
| 19 | Hugo Varna 's showrooms occupied an entire floor of the 550 building and from the moment a potential client stepped out of the brass elevator she was treated to an ambience of unashamed luxury . |
| 20 | Pierre Koffmann 's dishes reveal an abiding affection for his native Gascony in La Tante Claire . |
| 21 | Lucy van Dael sparkles in the mini violin concerto at the heart of the serenade , Philips ' engineers producing an ideal balance between soloist and orchestra . |
| 22 | The farmers ' wives played an active role in Germany particularly if there were dairy cows or other stock . |
| 23 | In protest at the teacher 's death the teachers ' unions ordered an immediate strike in all schools . |
| 24 | The government admitted to 3,500 full time vacancies at the start of the 1989/90 school year , but the six teachers ' unions reported an extensive survey which showed total vacancies of more than 8,000 affecting at least 250,000 children . |