Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iago seems to be acting wholly for the others ' good , since , as he challenges us to deny , ‘ this advice I give is free and honest . |
| 2 | Furious Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson argued it should have been called an incomplete pass and made his point forcibly after the Redskins ' 20-17 victory . |
| 3 | So inertia keeps the insurance in place long after the societies ' compulsory term has expired . |
| 4 | The conviction of Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richard , together with art gallery proprietor Robert Fraser , on drugs charges , together with the Stones ' brief imprisonment — Fraser was not so lucky — triggered demonstrations running into hundreds outside the offices of the News of the World . |
| 5 | Furthermore , is it not rash to say that it is to be carried out only in the patients ' best interests ? |
| 6 | With a flourish he produced another motley collection of spinning components , this time cobbled together from the Chelonians ' technical stores . |
| 7 | The early part of the decade had seen the festival succumb entirely to the boys ' own heavy metal hackery that at that point ruled the roost in certain quarters , most significantly the mind of Jack Barrie , Marquee General Manager and responsible for booking the bands . |
| 8 | They peck valiantly at the monsters ' pointed snouts , frantically paddling with their feet and beating their wings . |
| 9 | It 's still a child 's guide to sexism : children may be unconvinced , especially by the boys ' latent gallantry ( ‘ They 'd kick her , I mean him ’ ) , and adults may find the story a touch contrived , but it 's a good read . |
| 10 | Leeds ' disallowed first half goal , just after the canaries ' one , looked good to me but I was at the other end of the pitch peering through the floodlit rainstorm . |
| 11 | Beautifully arranged and produced many of the tracks seem to have a full orchestral backing-the wonders of modern technology Never-the-less this album has great atmosphere evoked by the fact that the songs fit smoothly and easily within the singers ' vocal range . |
| 12 | The diagnosis was confirmed or excluded by applying the criteria mentioned above to the relatives ' medical records from hospitals or private physicians . |
| 13 | Thus , what was viewed as acceptable was determined largely by the centres ' main client group — elderly disabled people . |
| 14 | On 1 December Cumberland moved some of his cavalry forward to Congleton , from which they withdrew after confirming the presence of Lord George Murray 's troops , but this intelligence left the Duke more undecided than ever about the Jacobites ' real objective , as his private secretary admitted in a letter , dated 2 December 1745 , to London : |
| 15 | If there had been any chance ever of the rescues ' succeeding , that perception would have destroyed it . |
| 16 | Yarrow , cranesbill , goldenrod , globe thistle , rose campion and Michaelmas daisies are usually in the birds ' top ten of herbaceous plants . |
| 17 | Shortages of professional staff are very severe in some places and over-reliance on foreign staff is not always in the patients ' best interests in an area where personal communication is so important . |
| 18 | St Helens have signed Tea Ropati , the New Zealand centre , who was invalided home with a knee injury early in the Kiwis ' English tour . |
| 19 | St Helens have signed Tea Ropati , the New Zealand centre , who was invalided home with a knee injury early in the Kiwis ' English tour , writes Edward Kennedy . |
| 20 | Tall grass swayed around them in the gentle breeze , and the sun reflected dully off the stones ' pitted surfaces . |
| 21 | Admiration for the quality of materials and hand craftsmanship , but horror often at the designers ' sheer lack of restraint . |
| 22 | She knew that the one thing that her mother would never provide money for was a training in medicine , so she wrote eventually to the Boys ' Own Paper to ask them how to go about it , inventing a letter that was supposed to come from a badly-off boy whom she thought would enlist their sympathy . |
| 23 | The characteristic styles of discourse and the linguistic comic devices of the French fabliaux are also related fundamentally to the tales ' narrative character . |
| 24 | Adrian Vickers , an account director , also feels strongly about the partners ' continued ground-level role in the agency . |
| 25 | By and large it performed well during the miners ' industrial action of 1973–4 and the concurrent ‘ go-slows ’ in the electricity-supply industry , as David Howell recalls : |
| 26 | Indeed in the Conservatives ' 1987 Election Manifesto , there was ample support for the NHS and no mention of an enhanced role for the private sector . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Quite apart from the borders ' incessant claims on the tsar 's attention , they tied down his troops . |
| 29 | The solution lies firmly in the farmers ' own hands |
| 30 | With a regretful look at her glass , and a warning glance at Lord Beddington should he tamper with its contents while she was gone — she had observed his hand stealing towards it already — she rose to make her way upstairs to the ladies ' retiring room . |