Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vicki is also favourite for the undefended girls ' 1618 years 100m butterfly title . |
| 2 | Even now he says he was surprised by the appointment , which caused him to make himself unavailable for the British Lions ' tour of South Africa . |
| 3 | Western leftists wax indignant about the eastern Europeans ' refusal to differentiate between a democratic socialism and Stalinism , when they themselves never drew a clear line . |
| 4 | The Cheltenham & Gloucester 's approach is typical of the big lenders ' attitude to budget schemes . |
| 5 | At last , came the joyful day when the holes were carefully bored into the three Scouts ' dorsal flesh in the Apothacarion , and through their subcutaneous carapaces which were now fully fledged … |
| 6 | Selection criteria were specified , including the requirements that the solicitor 's office be reasonably accessible to the appropriate magistrates ' court and that the solicitor have sufficient criminal advocacy experience during the previous 18 months . |
| 7 | Several of the early declarations were crucial to the Liberal Democrats ' chances of improving on the alliance total of 22 MPs in 1987 . |
| 8 | At the same time the clergyman-poet Johann Rist ( 1607–67 ) provided a focus for song-composition , comparable with Simon Dach , at Hamburg , a city which , like Königsberg , was untouched by the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 9 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 10 | On the train journey back south they were cheered once again as they passed through every station , and this time Charlie felt they were more worthy of the hatted ladies ' respect . |
| 11 | The Law Centres Federation , not surprisingly , were entirely hostile to the proposed Citizens ' Law Centres and their response was directed mainly to that topic . |
| 12 | But nobody is sure of the white extremists ' power . |
| 13 | But as closing time approached , staff became unhappy with the two defendants ' use of foul language . |
| 14 | But tutors were so impressed with the two girls ' work in textiles that they made them unconditional offers . |
| 15 | Before forming his own political group in 1941 , — the Johnson/Forest Tendency — he had been heavily involved with the Socialist Workers ' Party ( SWP ) where he made a significant contribution , particularly on black issues , to the party newspapers ‘ Socialist Appeal ’ and ‘ Labor Action ’ . |
| 16 | The tests work by detecting enzymes present in the resistant insects ' nervous systems . |
| 17 | In the UK we traditionally give grain based feeds but remember that these would not naturally be present in the feral horses ' diet . |
| 18 | Under these two men the concern became pre-eminent in the British goldsmiths ' trade . |
| 19 | From 1980 onwards I went on to become involved in the Black Workers ' Group , unions — NALGO and ACTTS — and more recently , the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group in our workplace . |
| 20 | A keen sportsman who especially enjoys skiing and used to play hockey and rugby , Mr Essex is involved in the Northern Friends ' Schools triennial performance which draws together about 300 singers from Quaker schools in York , Pontefract and Ayton as well as professional soloists . |
| 21 | creating a social conformism which is useful to the ruling groups ' line of development . |
| 22 | The African National Congress is opposed to the big firms ' concentrated economic power . |
| 23 | Among the less experienced , youngsters like Serguei Molchanov , a prop , and the Georgian full-back Nougzar Dsagnidze were outstanding in the 1988 Students ' World Cup . |
| 24 | Tax representatives are jointly responsible for the overseas businesses ' tax liabilities , although it is the overseas business , rather than the tax representative , which is seen to be registered for UK VAT . |
| 25 | The work has been quite hard , actually little short of the 24 hours ' teaching a week which I originally feared we might have to teach , but it 's a pity not to offer the course as we prepared it in Peking , complete with extra lectures , as there seems to be a great demand for anything we teach , which is understandable considering that it 's a chance of a lifetime for some of the teachers ; in fact , some have never spoken to a foreigner in their lives before ! |
| 26 | During that time he worked with wool blending as Teasing Foreman and latterly as assistant to the Raw Materials ' Manager in the Warehouse office . |
| 27 | The 1989 defence budget called for 1.7 per cent growth in spending to 11.75 billion lei ( approximately £500 million — Britain 's defence budget in the same period was £19.2 billion ) , but this is insufficient for the armed forces ' perceived needs . |
| 28 | In the area of defence , the foremost claimant for government funds in time of war , the picture available of the two belligerents ' military machines , like that of their finances , is not always very clear . |
| 29 | Yet despite their insistence on a new form of human experience ( one which is curiously reminiscent of the early sociologists ' insistence that late nineteenth and early twentieth societies were emerging into a new society which was leaving behind gemeinschaft relations of blood and community ) it is somewhat surprising to find that contemporary postmodern theorists give only schematic attention to human consciousness and agency . |
| 30 | Bernard had been told this was a confusing mixture reminiscent of the old drapers ' shops — and would never work as the products would attract different customers . |