Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] ' [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through Brian Way 's influence a new kind of college course was emerging that saw drama as the basis for the students ' own personal development . |
| 2 | IN ORDER to find a precedent for the Tories ' four consecutive election vic tories one has to return to the politics of Regency England . |
| 3 | They have publicly expressed their concerns after witnessing events first hand when travelling throughout South Africa during the Wallabies ' whistle-stop two-week tour in August . |
| 4 | The two systems have been carefully designed to enable their joint use both for local issues , such as individual branch manning , and for broader events such as participation in production of projections and sensitivity analysis during the banks ' annual corporate planning and budget cycles . |
| 5 | Someone with Walker 's pace and knowhow would be a prize addition to a defence which has not been at its ruthless best during the Gunners ' recent barren run . |
| 6 | The audience is blithely unconcerned as the rats ' rancid pink tongues stretch out to lick gently at pink heels . |
| 7 | For years the result has been frequent power blackouts for Orcadians as the birds ' elaborate home-making habits — incorporating everything from barbed wire and steel mesh to tin cans and nails — caused the electricity supply to short-circuit . |
| 8 | Adrian Vickers , an account director , also feels strongly about the partners ' continued ground-level role in the agency . |
| 9 | When the Linfield manager gets a telephone call from Windsor Park tonight it will provide details of the Blues ' first domestic defeat in the season — and their worst performance to date . |
| 10 | Given the political rationale lying behind these sharp changes in the volume of aid directed to particular countries , it is clear that the promotion of the donors ' perceived national self-interest is closely bound up with aid . |
| 11 | He attended the Health and Safety Module 1 of the Technicians ' Initial technical Course . |
| 12 | Middlesbrough will start favourites , especially in view of the teams ' contrasting home-and-away records . |
| 13 | Quite where this freight profit would arise is a puzzle , because most of the railways ' profitable coal-carrying lines are closed under this option . |
| 14 | In the history of the nation , the temple — and its associated ritualism — rose and fell , as oppression and persecution ( not to speak of the Israelites ' hot-and-cold religious attitudes ) promoted or denied its expression . |
| 15 | Arghatun 's lack of interest in the news of other settled worlds suggested an awareness of the universe which was far in advance of the inhabitants ' theoretical evolutionary time . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the patterns characteristic of the speakers ' respective social groups emerge quite clearly . |
| 17 | Nothing better illustrates the change in English religious life produced by the nineteenth century than the proximity of the Wesleyans ' new Central Hall to the Anglicans ' new Church House ( put up between 1891 and 1902 ) and the Roman Catholics ' Westminster Cathedral further down Victoria Street . |
| 18 | While the uncovered debts of the banks in respect of residents ' foreign exchange deposits are known more or less precisely , the amount of the banks ' other uncovered foreign liabilities is a matter of guesswork . |
| 19 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
| 20 | The review will lead to a ‘ green ’ White Paper , planned for publication next summer and likely to provide the kernel of the Tories ' next general election manifesto . |
| 21 | The Commission welcomes the much improved standard of instrumental playing which is one of the schools ' greatest recent success stories . |
| 22 | Within the limits of the canons ' active pastoral life , Chrodegang stressed the communal liturgy . |
| 23 | Operational balances in the Bank of England are like the banks ' own current accounts and are used for clearing purposes . |
| 24 | In 1957 a girls ' secondary modern was opened , sharing a large site but not much else either with the boys ' secondary modern or ( still less ) with the Grammar School . |
| 25 | Either way , the position of women reflected by the dowry system was consistent with the Asians ' new petit-bourgeois role in East Africa . |
| 26 | It amalgamated with a boys ' secondary modern in September 1975 to form a mixed comprehensive but retained a strong grammar school ethos amongst a section of the senior teachers . |
| 27 | Ominously , the highest estimate comes from the bankers ' own technical adviser , who puts it at £8.1bn . |
| 28 | Soon after completing The Death of Nelson Minton asked Ronald Searle to sign David Tindle 's application for money from the Artists ' General Benevolent Institution . |
| 29 | These losses all exceed what would be ‘ expected ’ from the areas ' detailed industrial structure ( which would have forecast the greatest rates of decline in Gwent , West Glamorgan and South Yorkshire ) , and the balances can be mapped as ‘ differential shifts ’ ( Figure 5.3B ) . |
| 30 | For lack of sufficient central funds the rudimentary basis of a welfare state was being set up through contributions from the workers ' own meagre wages . |