Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun pl] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 My five-month-old son is wearing suits to fit a 12–18-month-old , while my four-year-old is wearing clothes for a child aged six to seven years , and my seven-year-old fits garments sized eight to nine years !
2 My green cord trousers came next , followed by my fawn Kickers boots , lables removed as from everything I wear because I refuse to be a walking advertisement for anybody .
3 I learn from my medical sciences colleagues that the Science Museum has recently placed some proprietary drugs on inventory .
4 The faces grinning from the tatty punk regalia looked so depraved and hollow-eyed that I could not bear to think of my American blues friends calling them ‘ sir ’ .
5 Some doubts having been expressed about the validity of her divorce in America , I caused enquiries to be made and received from my American agents copies of the decree of divorce which was issued on 7 April 1961 .
6 My close women friends , like me , were all straining beyond our backgrounds .
7 Having said that my two roles models , if you like , are Jean-Pierre Rives and Michael Jones .
8 I will be exploring with my senior colleagues ways in which we can give direct help in addition to advice . ’
9 We discovered that by making permanent changes to their usual diets individuals felt that their general health improved dramatically ; they felt far better mentally , and they managed to lose those ugly pounds of flesh that had been slowing them down and stubbing their ego .
10 The 1980s working-class youth sub-culture is thus the ‘ casuals ’ who , at first glance , epitomize the employed half of Thatcher 's two nations , neatly dressed in their designer-label sports goods , clutching walkmen and video-tapes .
11 The Society gives help and advice to regional representatives who in turn liaise with their Regional Sports Councils from whom financial help and expertise is often available .
12 THE Duchess of York has had her armed police bodyguards restored after fears she could become an IRA target .
13 In a move sanctioning an earlier measure adopted in July by the IAEA 's board of governors , the conference voted overwhelmingly to condemn Iraq for violating its IAEA safeguards agreement and for obstructing the implementation of UN resolutions aimed at eliminating its non-conventional weapons stocks .
14 In consequence , the Commission feels that this is an appropriate time to re-examine its agricultural structures policies .
15 It also outlines the implications of , and the reasons for , the current EEC review of its agricultural structures policies in general ( of which the LFA Directive is a part ) .
16 The company , which sold a record 508 cattle through its Electronic Auctions Systems Europe franchise on Thursday , has given the necessary six months notice to the franchise-holding ANM Group , Aberdeen .
17 A State may have accepted restrictions upon its treaty-making power by surrendering all or some of its foreign affairs powers to another State , as with protected and protecting States .
18 On Sept. 7 Zifferero stressed that Iraq 's refusal to give details of its foreign arms suppliers stood in the way of full compliance with Gulf ceasefire resolutions .
19 He says he has ‘ fallen foul of corporate re-focussing ‘ , which sees the company concentrating on its public affairs activities on brands PR and sponsorship .
20 ICI is currently assessing its raw materials suppliers with only one of six criteria being price .
21 Within any major class characterized on the basis of its gating properties subclasses can be defined according to their ionic selectivity , but also according to their er pharmacological properties , and especially as we 'll see in a second , according to their single channel conductance .
22 This publication manages to pack into its few pages masses of useful information for those with allergies who have to pick their way through foods the rest of us take for granted .
23 There were also her public relations men .
24 ‘ As in Ireland , rugby is a minor sport in most regions but the Australians are doing excellent player development work right through from their top schools players and U21s to senior level .
25 First , there is the acceptance that elected local authorities , via their social services departments , should become the prime agency in developing community care with the responsibility for the publication of community care plans for their area , the assessment of individuals ' needs for care , the purchasing of appropriate care and the inspection of all segments of the residential sector .
26 However the long standing official policy of community care , in which social services departments were expected to play a major part was thwarted by the unforeseen consequences of financial restraint .
27 I 've taken a look at three big names in DOS word processing — WordStar 7 , WordPerfect 5.1 and Q&A 4 — to see what they have to offer in comparison with their much-hyped Windows brethren .
28 And I would urge all intending applicants to give very serious thought to what sort of person they are , to what their real academics interests are , and to what sort of institution they want to attend , and to recognise at the outset that that can not be gleaned from any one compendium or any one adviser .
29 Some 80% of its 90,000 acres remains relatively untouched and , because of that , supports a large number and a wide range of indigenous species .
30 ICL Plc used Windows World to launch its personal systems products in the US .
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