Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill . |
| 2 | When Steve and Paul brought in all their stolen gear , it looked like a right little Aladdin 's cave . |
| 3 | It had a long , narrow study , a bedroom , an antechamber , and a big kitchen , and there was enough room for them to hold a private New Year 's ball . |
| 4 | In some cases it may be necessary to obtain a Private Medical Attendant 's Report ( PA 75 ) . |
| 5 | Erm , it 's again recognized in the S S As that it is more social factors that impact on the need to spend on children 's services , and therefore things like single parent families , the level of family income and these tend to have a greater impact , but it would be foolish to assume that with a higher child population you are not going to get more demands on children 's services , and therefore we have provided a fifty thousand pounds ' provision within that to take care of problems . |
| 6 | Both adverse US payments figures and US budget deficits are familiar stimuli to dealers in dollars , as are hints of any prospect of the money markets ' interest rates being raised ( a classic central banker 's response to market pressure on the currency in which the bank operates ) . |
| 7 | On May 24 , a quadrilateral Foreign Ministers ' meeting during the Lisbon summit [ see p. 38923 ] issued a statement on measures to calm the situation . |
| 8 | Wits and guts — a plucky young woman 's tale of escape . |
| 9 | A turbulent third day 's debate at the Congress of People 's Deputies was marked by emotion and alarms over a report — later discounted — that troops were approaching the Kremlin . |
| 10 | Thus the immediate practical relief offered was two days of day care at a progressive old peoples ' home , where Stanley was encouraged in his piano playing to make a lively contribution . |
| 11 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |
| 12 | There can be little doubt that a Labour Minister for Women would be hard put to right all our wrongs ; none the less , it is likely that she will save a few battered women 's refuge centres from closure , open the odd nursery school , and raise the tax status of child-minders to that of company cars . |
| 13 | Obviously , I understand that this course is to be built mainly for the benefit of the people who 'll buy the new houses , but it seems a pity that natural unspoilt countryside should be bulldozed to make way for what 's really just a few rich people 's pastime . ’ |
| 14 | Presumably he had snatched a few more hours ' sleep , she decided morosely , while she 'd been traipsing fruitlessly up and down Strøget . |
| 15 | Monica made her comment to Tweed when Buchanan and Warden had left after a few more minutes ' conversation . |
| 16 | A last-minute plea to the Scottish Office by the North Tayside MP , Bill Walker , for a few more days ' grace to allow the Diplexcito family to ‘ depart with dignity ’ from their home of 17 years fell on deaf ears . |
| 17 | To assist the reader , a simplified version of a British commercial bank 's balance sheet is shown below . |
| 18 | And there have been two burglaries in Bicester ; last night a Ford truck was stolen and ten and a half thousand pounds ' worth of roofing was stolen from a roofing supply store . |
| 19 | On each occasion a different British University 's name has been used on the heads of the letters signed by an unknown student group . |
| 20 | After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer . |
| 21 | The junior recruits sit on the edge of the parade ground to witness the parade and to learn what they must achieve after a further four weeks ' training . |
| 22 | Existing gainers of the subsidy would presumably be given a further five years ' grace , and new recruits would similarly benefit . |
| 23 | He did a further two years ' apprenticeship at Covent Garden , and then six years back at the Arts Council in finance department . |
| 24 | Former Bangladesh President Hussain Mohammad Ershad was sentenced on Feb. 3 to a further three years ' imprisonment for illegally amassing some 19,000,000 taka ( about US$510,450 ) . |
| 25 | A further three years ' non-residence , as well as the revenues already held for three years without ordination and without papal dispensation' . |
| 26 | A further three years ' non-residence , as well as the revenues of Ightham , were also granted to him by papal indult . |
| 27 | A BRAVE disabled boy 's dream which moved millions has come true . |
| 28 | Nor is ‘ bottom ’ the only foundation on which Mr Smith 's claim to the succession rests : a heart attack may not , on the face of it , appear to be an especially useful item in a would-be prime minister 's CV . |
| 29 | Fempress , a Latin American women 's communication network , has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary . |
| 30 | What , no poring over a damp dog-eared artist 's impression in a white-out ? |