Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It threshed this way and that , as the giant tried , uselessly , to pull free of the Trees ' cruel grip . |
| 2 | ‘ Where do you live ? ’ enquired Betty , contriving to look at once serious , since the subject had been death , and also interested in the Molesworths ' continuing existence . |
| 3 | Butcher is more interested in the dancers ' pure energy , in the basic building blocks of line , space and time . |
| 4 | We were particularly interested in the practices ' subjective assessments of the impact of this change on practice management and patient care . |
| 5 | She was very interested in the Cuthberts ' little orphan girl , so one day she visited Marilla . |
| 6 | They were examined by a single pathologist ( SD ) who was unaware of the patients ' clinical details . |
| 7 | I always felt that it was typical of the Quakers ' practical Christianity to allow their building to be so used . |
| 8 | Either way , the position of women reflected by the dowry system was consistent with the Asians ' new petit-bourgeois role in East Africa . |
| 9 | In this way , the personality of the teacher and the level of his or her skill are made central to the Tyes ' proposed change strategy . |
| 10 | An RFL is subject to the Solicitors ' Disciplinary Tribunal , including its power to fine the RFL , to strike the name of the RFL off the register or to suspend his or her registration . |
| 11 | The Palm Court fountains are pyramid-shaped , following Smith 's preoccupation with the Egyptian theme that he believes appropriate to the Victorians ' far horizons . |
| 12 | Initially flattering for the recognition it brought , the vast and continuous bundles of fan request mail eventually proved intrusive to the artists ' private lives as their characters entered public domain . |
| 13 | Gynaecologists , however , will be dismayed at the authors ' apparent lack of understanding of the management of a common medical complaint . |
| 14 | The crowd is delighted by the gods ' high spirits and pleasure in the dance . |
| 15 | Someone had played a trick on the young horseman and had put down a substance that was so obnoxious to the horses ' delicate sense of smell that they would not move . |
| 16 | Made for television and to be shown at Easter , it is about Lawrence of Arabia , or rather Lawrence after Arabia , back from the desert and involved in the Allies ' post-war negotiations over the map of the Middle East . |
| 17 | Peter married a woman with two sons , aged non and 12. he had always been impressed by the boys ' good behaviour and had n't realised it was because their mother hits them whenever they do the slightest thing wrong . |
| 18 | Liberia 's tribal bloodbath was especially awful in the cities ' crowded slums . |
| 19 | B C R executive , Hamish , is sceptical about the banks ' sudden endorsement of angels . |
| 20 | Knight Williams is responsible for the trusts ' overall investment strategy , while specialist fund managers ( Mercury , Schroder , Barings , James Capel , GT , Perpetual , SGTR and Whittingale ) are in charge of day-to-day management . |
| 21 | However , the combined effects of the recession and greater competition caused by the opening of new hotels in nearby Telford , together with a narrow marketing plan , have resulted in bedroom occupancy falling short of the Cassons ' achieved target of 50% . |
| 22 | Apart from this in-built political impartiality , the speed and low-cost of the Robletts ' unique photographic reproduction of posters allowed the two main contenders to place orders one evening and have the finished product displayed at their conferences next day . |
| 23 | Part of this success must have been due to the Dottridges ' persuasive advertising : |
| 24 | This delay was partly due to the teachers ' industrial action in the summer term of 1984 . |
| 25 | However , in other situations Customs have deemed that there is a non-monetary consideration in addition to the price paid and that VAT is therefore due on the goods ' normal selling price . |
| 26 | Phrases such as ‘ the ‘ boyo' body-language kept breaking through ’ are reminiscent of the tabloids ' anti-Welsh campaign against Kinnock , and it is deplorable that a once-eminent socialist writer should use them . |
| 27 | The Committee was generally critical of the universities ' past role , and clearly hoped that the CNAA might be persuaded to take on what might prove to be a very substantial validating function . |
| 28 | Since bureaucracy can not be smashed or dispensed with , contrary to the Marxists ' utopian claims , it is essential to provide dynamic , indeed charismatic , political leadership to supervise the bureaucratic machine . |
| 29 | Moreover , he was becoming increasingly annoyed at the Communists ' blatant attempts to maximize their influence wherever it mattered — in , for example , the army and the administration — and to dictate strategy . |
| 30 | The audience is blithely unconcerned as the rats ' rancid pink tongues stretch out to lick gently at pink heels . |