Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she will have to spend another three years behind bars instead of walking free in 11 months ' time . |
| 2 | That can not excuse them , however , and the FA will probably be interested in both teams ' excuses . |
| 3 | These are seen in the repetitions , checks , and expansions which are noted as so prominent in some parents ' speech by Brown ( Brown , Cazden and Bellugi , 1969 ) and Cross ( 1977 ) . |
| 4 | At five o'clock we wandered back ; after all , it might get dark in fifteen days ' time . |
| 5 | For example , knowing how may people aged between fifty and sixty are alive today , together with knowledge about the death-rate of this age group and their state of health , enables the state to plan the number of places that may be needed in residential homes for the elderly in twenty years ' time , as well as the level of home help provision that will be necessary . |
| 6 | Was strauss really so ineffectual in five years ' correspondence with Hofmannsthal about the opera ? |
| 7 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 8 | If some of those who proposed it are proved right in several years ' time , I hope that I will admit as much , but I have grave doubts nevertheless , and they are shared by a large number of heavyweight people in the Scottish universities . |
| 9 | However , my aim is to show that notions of ‘ masculinity ’ and ‘ femininity ’ are important in shaping students ' experiences of schooling . |
| 10 | According to criminologists I consulted , doubts remain whether the Act has entirely remedied the situation ( magistrates and police are not always meticulous in determining offenders ' ages ) , but it has certainly alleviated it considerably . |
| 11 | Training for English medium was made compulsory in all teachers ' colleges and a government decision was taken , at political level , to provide for extension of English medium teaching to all schools in Kenya where there was local demand for it . |
| 12 | It was not conceived to address many of the concerns uppermost in social workers ' minds . |
| 13 | FIRST/Fixed Interest Rate Savings Tax-paid Option Bond , launched by National Savings on 7 July 1992 , proved so successful in attracting savers ' funds that the Government cut the rate of interest in the face of a threat by the building societies to raise mortgage rates . |
| 14 | KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION , Tooting Broadway 's finest , who issue their ‘ When In Heaven ’ / ‘ Glittery Dust ’ 45 on One Little Indian in two weeks ' time , play |