Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , even in the relatively active period in which Liebowitz and Horowitz were writing , only a minute proportion of total crime could conceivably be attributed to marginal political groups ' expressing themselves in conventional criminal activity . |
| 2 | First , there is the success of the non-proliferation treaty , and the inhibition on extra states ' developing a nuclear capability ; secondly , there is ensuring that the nuclear capability — particularly the sub-strategic capability — that is at present spread throughout the republics of the former Soviet Union remains under strong control , is brought together and is dismantled at the earliest possible opportunity . |
| 3 | As ye know , most doctors in the islands get six months ' leave every three years , and I volunteered to take one man 's place soon after I had qualified . |
| 4 | " Those early dayes ' refers to a latent discourse referent . |
| 5 | The poet John Clare 's father was a country labourer in Northamptonshire who managed to secure for his son around three months ' schooling a year . |
| 6 | ( 3 ) … ‘ wasted costs ' means any costs incurred by a party — ( a ) as a result of any improper , unreasonable or negligent act or omission on the part of any representative or any employee of a representative ; or ( b ) which , in the light of any such act or omission occurring after they were incurred , the court considers it is unreasonable to expect that party to pay . |
| 7 | In three weeks ' racing the riders are timed individually . |
| 8 | Each night , for 10 week nights , BBC 2 will show a five-minute programme in which a celebrity ( previous years ' have ranged from Sting to Ted Heath ) describes the condition of a prisoner-of-conscience . |
| 9 | He first became a builder in 1953 , in Communist Czechoslovakia , after being released from three years ' working in the uranium mines of Jachymov as part of a five year prison sentence for political offences . |
| 10 | If the court found the west London council had no powers to undertake them whatsoever , then ‘ the banks ’ private rights ' to enforce the deals would go . |
| 11 | She had no relapse during 18 months ' follow up , and results of lung function tests were normal . |
| 12 | Thus the criminal law defines only some types of avoidable killing as murder : it excludes , for example , deaths resulting from acts of negligence , such as employers ' failure to maintain safe working conditions in factories and mines ( Swartz 1975 ) ; or deaths resulting from an organization 's reluctance to maintain appropriate safety standards ( Erickson 1976 ) ; or deaths which result from governmental agencies ' giving environmental health risks a low priority ( Liazos 1972 ) ; or deaths resulting from drug manufacturers ' failure to conduct adequate research on new chemical compounds before embarking on aggressive marketing campaigns ( Silverman and Lee 1974 ) ; or deaths from a dangerous drug that was approved by health authorities on the strength of a bribe from a pharmaceutical company ( Braithwaite and Geis 1981 ) ; or deaths resulting from car manufacturers refusing to recall and repair thousands of known defective vehicles because they calculate that the costs of meeting civil damages will be less ( Swigert and Farrell 1981 ) ; and in most jurisdictions deaths resulting from drunken or reckless people driving cars with total indifference to the potential cost in terms of human lives are also excluded . |
| 13 | The Daily Telegraph Young Jazz All Stars ' teamed up with Paul Young , from Mike and the Mechanics , to perform 'You are the number one' , soccer 's European Championship anthem . |
| 14 | At the end of the 11th round on Aug. 7 , Burt admitted that " no major achievements ' had been made but claimed that there had been " solid progress ' on all issues except those relating to space weapons on which the sides remained " too far apart " . |
| 15 | 193 , that a member state might make the right of its fishing vessels to fish against national quotas subject to those vessels ' having a real economic link with that state , it took care expressly to stipulate that the link had to concern only the relations between that vessel 's fishing operations and the populations dependent on fisheries and related industries : see p. 222 , para. 27 . |
| 16 | The 31-year-old Chemics ' stand off , who must count as one of the unluckiest players in the game because of persistent injury problems , added : ‘ I shall wait to hear what the specialist says before deciding whether to play on or not . ’ |
| 17 | At each visit blood pressure was recorded twice after five minutes ' lying down , a radial pulse being measured between readings , and blood pressure and radial pulse were recorded after two minutes ' standing . |
| 18 | After about nine months ' stay they could graduate to a single room but by then many preferred to be in with their friends . |
| 19 | Er the the study actually lasted two months but the er the behaviour continued at ninety p at ninety percent for nine months ' follow up . |
| 20 | The problem is not susceptible of so simple a solution , however , since Mehmed Sah 's death is duly recorded under the events of the year 839 in the two early texts of Nesri ( 838 in the Ankara edition , p. 618 ) , at only some fifteen lines ' remove from the troublesome entry for 838 . |
| 21 | When Crawford left for London , there was another five weeks ' filming still to do , and that overran by a few days . |
| 22 | They 're due to stay in Split until April , and though each is due 15 days ' leave back in England between now and then , almost all of them will be away for Christmas . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Mrs Thatcher is also out of sympathy with thy previous Conservative leaders ' looking for ‘ deals ’ with the major interests , conciliating the trade unions , and concerned to be ‘ good Europeans ’ at almost any cost . |
| 25 | I can not abide a booby , not under any circs ' 'soever . |
| 26 | This uses a flip-over cassette which gives four hours ' playing in each direction . |
| 27 | In a bold demonstration of the federal authorities ' resolve to thwart any concrete Slovene actions which might lead to secession , late on Oct. 4 JNA military police occupied the Slovene territorial defence force headquarters in Ljubljana ( Slovenia 's capital ) . |
| 28 | Recommended as best of the classy kids ' shows : The Red Balloon , Albert Lamorisse 's Fifties French fable of a small boy and his big red friend , adapted and stylishly staged by Anthony Clark at Contact Theatre in Manchester for primary school age . |
| 29 | You compare your performance with other companies ' to identify where and how far you need to catch up , and what practices you need to adopt in order to do so . |
| 30 | Comparing your performance with other companies ' brings you back to the real world . |