Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun] ' " in BNC.

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1 His voice seemed to fill the few inches ' space between them , bringing them even closer .
2 They had recently been on separate holidays , met support workers ' families at their homes , danced at a party and had their photographs taken cuddling the few weeks ' old daughter of a woman Elizabeth met at church .
3 The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve .
4 Some time during the few days ' leave , when talking about my life — not work , of course — at Bletchley , I must rashly have let slip the fact that occasionally I was tired .
5 Some of them will be further reunited when the Barbarians round off the All Blacks ' tour at Twickenham on 25 November .
6 It will not merely be his insight into the All Blacks ' tactics and mentality which will prove valuable .
7 That Alex Wyllie , the grizzled New Zealand coach , regards this as the All Blacks ' most important tour since the Cup is a tribute not to the Welsh but to the necessity of bringing through the next generation of players .
8 The Rugby Clubs of Wales hit the bookstalls in good time for the All Blacks ' tour .
9 Coventry entertain Pontypridd in one of their last fixtures before the All Blacks ' coach Alex Wyllie takes over the Midlands Second Division team for six weeks from Tony Hunt .
10 Their reward was an encounter against New Zealand , but the All Blacks ' strength and experience proved too much for the Koreans as they went down 14–0 .
11 Returning to the All Blacks ' 11-match tour to Australia , the NZRFU has bowed to Australian pressure and loosened the grip on the Bledisloe Cup , for many years the symbol of Trans-Tasman supremacy , but which has only regained popularity in the last decade or so when Australia have been able to break the All Blacks ' hold on the Cup .
12 Returning to the All Blacks ' 11-match tour to Australia , the NZRFU has bowed to Australian pressure and loosened the grip on the Bledisloe Cup , for many years the symbol of Trans-Tasman supremacy , but which has only regained popularity in the last decade or so when Australia have been able to break the All Blacks ' hold on the Cup .
13 THE recent controversy over the All Blacks ' over-abrasive rucking methods against both New South Wales and England ‘ B ’ — and the injuries which sidelined four Australian and one English player ( see page 30 ) — bring to mind a disturbing complaint which surfaced last season in Britain .
14 Of the rest Matthew Cooper played as a fledgling in the All Blacks ' scamper through Japan in 1987 ; Jon Preston had one game in the World Cup last year ; Kevin Schuler appeared briefly as a replacement in France in 1990 ; and Graham Dowd had been the reserve hooker for the World Cup and the home series against the World XV and managed a short time on the field when Richard Loe was injured in the second half of the First Test against Ireland .
15 Rugby The All Blacks ' Way — J J Stewart ( Crowood Press , Marlborough , Wilts : £9.99 ) .
16 Lowe was in Auckland promoting a video of his life and times — inevitably referring to him as a ‘ master coach ’ which is now becoming one of the more boring sporting clichés — and was asked what he thought of the All Blacks ' failure to bring home the Cup .
17 Then came the uncomfortable news that the All Blacks ' opposition in Treviso would involve some South African players .
18 THE ALL BLACKS ' EMINENCE GRISE
19 In the grandstand sat Mains , the All Blacks ' safest and most experienced fullback and , by a mile , their best goal-kicker .
20 Pat Crowley and Roy Roper scored the All Blacks ' tries .
21 Grant Fox , the All Blacks ' supreme kicker , landed the winning kick , under great stress , from 47 yards , cancelling out the 18-point effort by captain Hastings .
22 Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs .
23 Paula Bale , the Fijian-born Canterbury winger who played for New Zealand in Suva last weekend and was in the All Blacks ' squad for the RWC Sevens at Murrayfield from 16-18 April , has been given clearance by the NZRFU to represent Fiji — proof , yet again , of what a farcical situation the present haphazard laws on international eligibility place the game .
24 Through the portal by Giovanni Gargiolli of Florence , 1598 , we pass into the choir of the All Saints ' Chapel , formerly the seat of an independent Chapter .
25 Leaving the church and looking across the road you will see to your right the Renaissance portal of the Royal Palace , the All Saints ' Chapel and the Institute of Gentlewomen .
26 This immersion in the landscape is the technique used by poet and Earth Mysteries researcher , Ian Taylor , before writing his book , The All Saints ' Ley Hunt .
27 The Chelsea defender was stretchered off the Anfield turf on September 5 following a challenge with the former Reds ' striker , suffering cruciate ligament damage which required one operation , with further surgery likely .
28 The former miners ' leader , Lord Gormley , has died at the age of seventy-five .
29 A government of national salvation by another name , it includes several non-party technocrats , the leader of the Greens and , most important , three members of the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS ) , bringing to an end the former Communists ' 45 years of political ostracism .
30 The memorial of RCAF squadrons stands outside Tees-side 's Airport Hotel , the former Officers ' Mess for RAF Middleton St George .
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