Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idealism which inspired this Act of Parliament was eloquently expressed in the House of Commons by Alfred Morris , MP for Manchester , Wythenshawe who had originally introduced this measure as a Private Member 's Bill : If we could bequeath one precious gift to posterity , I would choose a society in which there is genuine compassion for the chronically sick and disabled ; where understanding is unostentatious and sincere ; where needs come before means ; where if years can not be added to their lives , at least life can be added to their years ; … where the disabled have a fundamental right to participate in industry and society according to ability ; where socially preventable distress is unknown ; and where none has cause to be ill at ease because of disability . |
| 2 | Is there a link between a racing driver 's haircut and his track record ? |
| 3 | Labour contender Ashok Kumar has expressed support for a junior doctors ' campaign for shorter working hours . |
| 4 | However , a faster alignment through a new King 's Cross station remains a possible alternative in spite of the opposition of the Treasury , which prefers a cheaper but roundabout line into St Pancras . |
| 5 | Some compensation for these flops was provided by Carol Reed 's The Fallen Idol ( 1947 ) , an adaptation of Graham Green 's short story about a young boy 's loss of innocence , and Anthony Asquith 's The Winslow Boy ( 1948 ) , an adapted stage-play about the struggles of a naval cadet 's father to prove his son 's innocence of theft . |
| 6 | Lovers of good beer — well deserved of course after a hard day 's exercise — wo n't have to go far for a fine pint . |
| 7 | He needed their support after a hard day 's work in often uncomfortable conditions . |
| 8 | I joined the Associate Membership scheme in the beginning and left it last year because of what I felt was gross overcharging for a pathetic members ' service . |
| 9 | During the same era of the early sixties , TV tough guy , Lewis Collins was earning a living as a junior ladies ' hairdresser at Andre Bernard 's salon in Liverpool . |
| 10 | His rearrest was upon the recommendation of an independent doctors ' commission . |
| 11 | The peeled-off clothes lie in a tumbled pile , and — at a velocity far greater than the usual speed of a naked mortal 's shy and shivering run — I convey her into the water , and out of the shallows . |
| 12 | Way back in December , when we were first rehearsing erm the problems erm we were facing a hundred and seventy compulsory redundancies , the closure of an adult training centre , the closure of an elderly persons ' home , erm the closure of a hostel and a whole range of other quite draconian measures . |
| 13 | Now the biggest minus on the list is the closure of an elderly person 's home . |
| 14 | Unseasonable bad weather may mean a late start to breeding and the loss of an entire season 's young ; in particularly bad seasons large numbers of birds may fail even to start , and miss a breeding season altogether . |
| 15 | Although the courts do have wide powers to re-allocate property and can require an ex-husband to take out life assurance , such arrangements do not necessarily compensate for the loss of an index-linked widow 's pension in old age or a lump sum and widow 's pension payable on a husband 's death in service . |
| 16 | Being the skipper meant she was in sole command of a million pounds ' worth of yacht . |
| 17 | Neither case is concerned at all with the position where a child has been stillborn as a result of a third party 's negligence or has , as a result of such negligence , survived birth for only a minimal period . |
| 18 | The next election will be lost or won not as the result of a few weeks ' electioneering , of media events , of soundbites , but as a result of four years of radical but sensible campaigning in our towns and villages . |
| 19 | There could hardly be a stronger contrast between this and the picture RIGHT which shows a Kirlian photograph of a healthy person 's fingertip . |
| 20 | On the high mantel shelf above what had once been the fireplace was a black and white photograph of a young man 's head . |
| 21 | THE FUTURE of a controversial chemist 's shop in Darlington is still in the balance . |
| 22 | Even so , he had survived some narrow escapes ; always the fault of a Rotten Fellow 's hopeless driving . |
| 23 | LEGA emphasised the need for an objective appraisal of a prospective co-operative 's commercial prospects : and was critical of the attempt made on Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn 's insistence when he was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , to rescue the Scottish Daily News , Kirkby Manufacturing and Engineering Ltd ( KME ) , and Meriden ; and to make the co-operative form the instrument of rescue . |
| 24 | She had gone to bed early thinking of the luxury of a long night 's rest but woke from sleep unwell . |
| 25 | Most of the other searchlights were out now , and only the fires lit the quays and the gaunt dockside warehouses that echoed to the sharp burst of a tommy-gun 's fire and the sharper answering rent of a German Schmeisser 's more rapid fire . |
| 26 | Car-makers are pessimistic about an upturn this year and are expressing concern about the effect of a Labour government 's economic policy on the industry . |
| 27 | Such decisions to grant State aid can be taken in the light of a national government 's overall policy towards internal competition , and therefore need not conflict with the aims of its national competition policy . |
| 28 | Negotiations between the government and the opposition , which disputed the November presidential election results [ see p. 39180 ] , failed after the government refused to concede the principal demand — the completion of a new voters ' register . |
| 29 | Faded prayer flags fluttered above the smoke — blackened bamboo roof of a Tibetan refugee 's hut . |
| 30 | After some entertainment by Scottish Mutual students the programme was completed by Messrs Mitchell and Knox with the description of the wedding of an American President 's daughter . |