Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [noun] 's [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alone in the big drawing-room where Annette 's choice of bright fabrics had fought hardest , albeit still without winning against her dead in-laws ' passion for darkpanelled gloom Maxim went straight to the telephone . |
| 2 | Both appeared to be insuperable problems until the evening when Clarissa 's change of plan for the sixth or seventh time put a pattern into perspective . |
| 3 | ‘ Pop stars and drugs ’ , blazed the News of the World on 29 January 1967 , the week following Miles 's analysis of the new underground , ‘ Facts that will shock you . ’ |
| 4 | This is the only recognition in The Green Book that women play an important part in making links across the tree-like diverging boundaries between groups , and in this respect too Qaddafi 's understanding of the way Libyan society works is similar to that of the Zuwaya . |
| 5 | ‘ At a time when Scotland 's supply of quality players is limited , McCoist can make this tie less of a banana skin than it looks , ’ said Roxburgh , who freely admits he would rather his team were playing Germany , Italy or the Netherlands . |
| 6 | The launch comes at a time when Rover 's share of the record UK car market is slipping . |
| 7 | By contrast , the present day is seen as a time when people 's sense of duty and responsibility is much weaker , so that they are less prepared to acknowledge obligation or to take responsibility for kin . |