Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] 's [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tolson Memorial Museum is in Ravensknowle Park , where some parts of the town 's eighteenth-century Cloth Hall have been re-erected , after the historic building 's demolition in 1930 to make way for a cinema the local product was displaced by fantasies woven in Hollywood . |
| 2 | Víctor Salorio Neyra , the head of the Labour Ministry 's office in the province of Manu , stated that while on a visit on July 17-29 to gold-panning operations at Waypethue and Choque , he had discovered 71 clandestine graves containing dozens of children . |
| 3 | This strongly suggests that the peripheral males are exploiting the calling male 's ability to attract females . |
| 4 | She walked cheerfully along the flower-lined pathways to the medical centre , dressed in her working sister 's uniform of dark blue dress , neat white shoes and silver-buckled belt . |
| 5 | I do n't know which was more humiliating , that git 's performance , or the ape-like dance and inane grinning of Reg Pybus when I pulled him off . |
| 6 | It is then sufficient to determine each clone 's start and end coordinates , say ( s , e ) . |
| 7 | These results indicate that cow 's milk challenge , in patients who have cow 's milk allergy , induces a strong non-antigen-specific immune resposne that includes a response against unrealted antigens concomitantly present in the intestinal lumen . |
| 8 | On 5 June 1992 Sir Stephen Brown P. found these facts proved , held that they were contempts of court and that M. 's conduct both within the courtroom and on the roof of the court building came within the category of ‘ contempt in the face of the court ’ and , as such , was particularly grave . |
| 9 | In addition , the page heading shows how many mail messages are awaiting that user 's attention , and how many have been inspected but not yet deleted . |
| 10 | Anyone who thinks owning a diesel spells the end of driving fun , should park their backside in the AX 's comfortable , supportive driver 's seat and go for a quick ride . |
| 11 | In other words , the most likely occasions for associative use of the word to qualify what is in fact a performance from the professional acrobat 's repertoire — as when we are confronted by the sight of a lady standing on a man 's shoulders and juggling with Indian clubs — would be occasions when it is very likely that we can just as well describe the actions as acrobatic in their own right ; and on the other hand , ascriptive use of the word is likely to be rather rare except , precisely , in those circumstances where professional acrobats form part of the context , so that an associative use would be equally justified . |
| 12 | Statistical analysis indicates that a large proportion of the inter-university variation in the non-completion rate can be explained by three main factors : the scholastic ability of each university 's new entrants as reflected by A-level score ; the subject mix of each university ; and the proportion of each university 's students accommodated in a hall of residence . |
| 13 | Johnes and Taylor concluded that inter-university comparisons in the non-completion rate are of little value unless account is taken of differences in the scholastic ability of each university 's intake of students . |
| 14 | Furthermore an exhaustive lexicon of words may include words outside a normal user 's vocabulary . |
| 15 | The stimuli in this study were 48 videos each showing an unobstructed driver 's view ahead whilst driving through a junction . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's mine , ’ proclaims the stallion 's urine sprinkled over his mare 's dung ; ‘ I 'm ready , ’ states the oestrous mare 's urine ; ‘ we are we , ’ the members of a band affirm by rolling in the same spot . |
| 17 | The parliament , the Rathaus , the University ( interestingly in the new and not the old city ) , the Burgtheater , each built in a different historicist style symbolizing each building 's aims and principles , were conceived on a scale of monumentality rarely seen elsewhere in modern Europe . |
| 18 | ‘ Each parcel 's reference is different which cuts down on mistakes . ’ |
| 19 | The format , too , followed last year 's by being an all day event starting with enjoyable classes given by Ann Langford and Chris Markham , after which an appetizing ploughman 's lunch was served at flower-decked tables , efficiently organised by Phyl Bailey and Anne Weathers , ably supported by their class members . |
| 20 | Ideally , each user 's equipment would respond only to signals containing that user 's unique address code . |
| 21 | To avoid interrupting the user while engaged in some other activity ( which may or may not involve LIFESPAN ) , each user 's mail is accumulated until it is convenient for the user to inspect and/or print the messages . |
| 22 | At thirty-two , he was young enough not to look completely haggard , even after thirty-six hours with only the odd hour 's sleep , but his dark hair was plastered to his head and the brown eyes were sunk back in his head and reddened with smoke and exhaustion . |
| 23 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
| 24 | Much of the normal scientist 's knowledge will be tacit , in the sense developed by Michael Polanyi . |
| 25 | They burned in a tangle with the Devil 's scaly serpent 's skin and were indistinguishable . |
| 26 | It is an orchestral session featuring Danish musicians plus Davis , John McLaughlin on guitar , and Vince Wilburn on drums playing the Scandinavian trumpeter 's Palle Mikkelborg 's concerto for his hero , recorded in Copenhagen to accompany Miles 's receipt of the Sonning Music Prize , a tribute whose earlier recipients have been Stravinsky , Leonard Bernstein , and Isaac Stern . |
| 27 | Mid-19th century sawmill , with working steam beam-engine , original Cornish boiler and a working blacksmith 's forge . |
| 28 | A professional photographer 's livelihood is dependent on getting it right the first time and most are members of either the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography . |
| 29 | Armed with the classic mandarin 's pedigree , he joined the Treasury in 1961 and over the next 27 years he bounced between his first department and Downing Street , with the pattern being broken only by a spell with the Bank of England and City institutions in 1969 . |
| 30 | But he had paid part of that apothecary 's bill that very morning , and the attorney to whom the bailiff took him agreed there had been a mistake . |