Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Afrikaner grandfather was fond of repeating that a man needs six hours , a woman seven , and a bloody fool eight' hours ' sleep — a sentiment which nicely incorporated both his simple male chauvinism and a Calvinist abomination of indulgence . |
| 2 | An important surviving example of a British Line other ranks ' regimental jacket of the 8th or King 's Regiment , c.1822 , is illustrated , and described by the Chairman of the Regimental Museum Committee . |
| 3 | When the House of Lords reconsidered Lord Rawdon 's bill in March the next year they were told that , if they would assent to it , in a short time all debtors ' prisons would become the residence of swindlers only . |
| 4 | The routine for a haulier offering 30 days ' credit might look like this : |
| 5 | A lack-lustre school five minutes ' walk from home with no major roads to be crossed may be preferred to a showpiece two miles away . |
| 6 | Now , what the potential migrant will do , Harrison Todaro assumed , was to say , right what they 'll do is that they 'll , these migrants will mentally calculate the present value of receiving W A throughout their lifetime , right , and they 'll discount erm those wages by appropriate discount rate , reflecting the fact that a hundred pounds today is worth a lot more than a hundred pounds twenty years ' time or thirty years ' time . |
| 7 | The other major offence is drunken driving , an offence bristling with technicalities which carries a maximum prison sentence of six months ' and a minimum period twelve months ' disqualification from driving . |
| 8 | What seemed most real was that Heby would have a new father — someone who was there , instead of a remote figure several days ' sail upriver . |