Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [prep] the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 Wind the Dodge right out to the 6500rpm red line — there 's a cut-out at 6700rpm — and the engine stays on boost , the widely spaced gear ratios are disguised and acceleration is impressive enough , without ever feeling as energetic or gutsy as the Vauxhall 's .
2 Thirty-eight per-cent believed more nuclear power plants should be built , either right now or subject to the government 's proposed review in 1994 .
3 In particular , this means that the placement with a parent , relative , friend or person connected with the child should be considered as a first option unless this would not be reasonably practicable or consistent with the child 's welfare ( s23(6) ) .
4 Neither then nor later was Buckingham made a councillor or involved in the council 's activity .
5 Neither then nor later was Buckingham made a councillor or involved in the council 's activity .
6 They always had to be constrained in public , Sundays or not ; and if anything they were less so on Sunday , when sometimes their clothes were pretty , and at least were seldom black , navy blue or grey as the men 's were invariably … .
7 There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " .
8 In 1980 , the first full year of the new civilian constitution in Nigeria , newspapers supporting one or other of the country 's five political parties began reporting allegations against their rivals .
9 Many large rocks you 'll come across will be the remnants of one or other of the giants ' squabbles .
10 The D-ring within the collar automatically pulls into position on one or other of the ferret 's shoulders .
11 The father of these children are one or other of the mother 's first two husbands , the first of whom ( from whom she was divorced in 1976 ) has played no part in their lives at least since 1980 , and the second of whom committed suicide in 1984 .
12 We would require by law that the pension left behind by the early leaver should be either revalued each year or transferable to the leaver 's new scheme .
13 Under the Children Act of 1948 the local authorities were given a duty to place a child in foster care unless this was not practicable or desirable in the child 's best interests .
14 The fact that he is paid by S1 is irrelevant because of the application of Sch 6 para 10(2) , which states that emoluments include all relevant sums paid by or receivable from the company 's subsidiary undertakings and any other person .
15 The programme is structured in such a way that on-going evaluation is simple and results can be reflected on from time to time by the Family Development Nurse and Community Mother so that the monthly visit to the family which is the main focus of the programme for achieving goals can be adapted to each family 's level and the issues that are discussed are relevant , nonjudgemental , and supportive of the parents ' own ideas and recognises the parents ' desire to do what is best for their children .
16 United States efforts to broker a Middle East peace plan floundered in March when Israel 's national unity coalition collapsed under the pressure of differences between Likud and Labour over the country 's Palestinian policy .
17 George locked the baggage car door behind us and we stood again in the quiet horse car which looked homely and friendly with the horses ' heads poking forward over the doors .
18 At court he became associated with the faction led by George Digby , second Earl of Bristol , and Henry Bennett , first Earl of Arlington [ qq.v. ] , and friendly with the king 's mistress , Barbara Villiers , Countess of Castlemaine [ q.v . ] .
19 TELEVISION viewers waiting for the result of the 3.10 race at Doncaster last Wednesday heard director Bob Gardam called Lord Howard d'Warden an ‘ Old Fart ’ after his lordship wandered in front of the camera and Mr Gardam thinking he was safe in the privacy of the TV scanner , for some reason came over loud and clear on the course 's PA system .
20 Given the establishment of this joint working party , it would appear both reasonable and sensible for the APB 's Going Concern Task Force to work with it to establish the necessary guidance on what disclosures should be made , and then to incorporate it .
21 His parachute opened instantly and tangled in the aircraft 's wheels .
22 Different from the time the Radiological Protection Unit had been out , and different from the Boilermakers ' stoppage .
23 His contribution , which earned " loud applause " , was forceful and dismissive of the Commission 's recommendation .
24 The Compact Management team should ensure , through prior discussion with employers , that Work Experience placements are of good quality and appropriate to the students ' needs .
25 The Devil does not mind which of these attacks upon him we make , because taken on their own either one will leave us helpless and impotent in the Enemy 's territory .
26 The sun was not yet clear of the eastward banks of cloud , and the light was colourless and amorphous from the evening 's soft rain , but clear enough to show what had brought Tutilo to his knees in the darkness , and yet remained unseen .
27 The purchaser must be bona fide and unaware of the seller 's lack of title .
28 The paper claimed that the government had failed to make more progress in changing attitudes because so many beneficiaries of the tax state were opinionformers and hostile to the government 's goals and to free enterprise .
29 On May 23 the Moldavian Supreme Soviet passed a resolution dropping the adjectives Soviet and Socialist from the republic 's formal name , now the Moldavian Republic .
30 The need to develop management procedures which are understandable and credible to the institution 's environment .
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