Example sentences of "[noun prp] ['s] [noun] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One particular disadvantage was the fact that its immediate neighbours had been allowed to crumble into decay , leaving Frankie 's home sandwiched between two boarded , dilapidated buildings barely ft for storage . |
| 2 | During and Spencer 's study differs from earlier ones in which microdialysis was used in that it involved chronic monitoring ( up to 16 days ) in conscious patients . |
| 3 | There had been calls for Belkheir 's resignation after the Algerian press pointed out that the " special intervention unit " charged with Boudiaf 's security came under Interior Ministry control . |
| 4 | It also implies , rather than re-creates , the past : Christopher Morley 's set consists of three mobile siege-towers with the Romans , in costume terms , veering to black leather , the Volscians to scarlet greatcoats . |
| 5 | Even the insurance adjusters , who proved infinitely more assiduous than the police , finally agreed that Dennis 's death fell into one of the approved categories listed in the small print . |
| 6 | As early as 1906 , in many of Picasso 's paintings influenced by Iberian sculpture , forms are distended to the point of distortion , and because of this , in the heads of figures , the features , and particularly the mouths are unnaturally elongated . |
| 7 | For most Whigs , it was axiomatic that resistance had taken place at the Revolution ; the logic of their position at Sacheverell 's trial rested on this basic belief . |
| 8 | King Cheops 's ship lay for 4600 years in a dry rock chamber kept it a stable temperature and humidity by massive limestone blocks above it . |
| 9 | David ran after the figure that was nearly at the top , almost over the lip of the cutting , the figure then looked round to face the boy and smiled , then to David 's amazement disappeared into thin air . |
| 10 | I ca n't remember which of David 's songs led into that — I shudder to think — but there was another lovely one about a little coat — sell me a coat because I feel cold . |
| 11 | It is also clear that additionality has varied considerably amongst zones : while Rotherham 's additionality amounts to 60 per cent , others , such as Dudley and Clydebank , reveal totals of about 30 per cent . |
| 12 | That proposal would have more generally introduced the system of the wage-allowance scheme to the able-bodied , most famously ( or perhaps infamously ) associated with the decision taken by Berkshire 's justices meeting in 1795 at the Pelican Inn in the Berkshire village of Speenhamland . |
| 13 | Deng reportedly also said that events in Eastern Europe had been a result of Gorbachev 's influence combined with weak leadership in the countries concerned . |
| 14 | I gave warning in 1987 that it is part of Gorbachev 's character to search for absolute personal power . |
| 15 | Despite the ability of Sag & Hankamer 's ideas to account for considered judgements , several lines of evidence suggest that they do not provide any simple basis for a theory of comprehension . |
| 16 | ‘ What about taking Gran to a day centre ? ’ asks Katie , ‘ Lucy 's grandmother goes to one and she loves it . |
| 17 | The high point of Sir John Markham 's career came in 1549 when he was appointed lieutenant of the Tower . |
| 18 | Though an experienced skier , Pat and her friends had got caught in a blizzard and were making their way to shelter when Pat 's skis plunged into deep snow . |
| 19 | But the victory of Ramsey 's England reinstated in Anglo- centric view of the game , which also involved the reinforcement of certain national stereotypes . |
| 20 | Botha 's men travelled by luxury coach to the Nyanga township . |
| 21 | There was also unease at the PLO 's propensity to act against local opinion , witnessed in its treatment of the home-grown NGC in the late 1970s , its abuse of Joint Committee funds for politically corrupt purposes , and in Arafat 's flirtation with Husayn in the mid-1980s . |
| 22 | Scott 's instructions to proceed with working drawings followed on 17th March with a request for a list of builders willing to tender for the work . |
| 23 | It is however seen as an important signal of Mexico 's willingness to respond to environmental concerns . |
| 24 | Pakistan 's flag flies on all government buildings as well as offices of private companies , and even in most houses . |
| 25 | Merrow 's equaliser came with three minutes remaining , ensuring a replay at Guildford this Saturday . |
| 26 | ( In fact , although Sue 's speech covaried with that of her clients , she varied over a narrower range . |
| 27 | Why did Friday 's results come as such a surprise ? |
| 28 | The chorus appears in two musical guises : first , a little chattering woodwind semiquaver figure [ 2 ] which greets the more startling of Grimes 's revelations and Swallow 's jokes ( " You mean , you threw the fish overboard ? " ) ; secondly , a series of choruses in the manner of Bach 's Passions accompanied by this figure . |
| 29 | He powered his drive down the middle of the 545-yard 14th , while Faldo 's ball crashed among dense palm trees fringing the right of the fairway . |
| 30 | The announcement of the deal in the ballroom of the Statistics Office in Budapest was temporarily hijacked by the European Community 's ambassador to Hungary , Hans Beck , who used the occasion to dish out European Community tie pins , lecture the local press on the absence of a ‘ Hungarian Way ’ , and launch a fierce attack on Hungary 's decision to retaliate with tit-for-tat measures against an import ban on meat products introduced by the European Community two weeks ago following the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Italy . |