Example sentences of "['s] [det] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy featured is one of John 's few boy artistes : Little Barnette |
| 2 | It really is one of Ethiopia 's few success stories over the last decade . |
| 3 | But Off the record detectives refer to the burglary boom as one of Britain 's few growth industries . |
| 4 | At St Cuthbert 's this belt tightening means the vicar must ask his parish for an extra £5,000 and the church steering committee is co-ordinating the appeal for funds , beginning with a planned giving campaign in Lent . |
| 5 | It is now becoming clear that the same is true of the City of London 's many law firms . |
| 6 | One of Chaovalit 's many Cabinet responsibilities had been to head the government 's Counter Corruption Commission ( CCC ) . |
| 7 | Some were veterans of News on Sunday 's many faction fights but now , for once , they stopped ganging up on each other and ganged up on Sutton . |
| 8 | The city 's many chimney pots offer themselves in silhouette against the mildly energised off-black glow , but they neither smoke nor steam while God , lit with 25 watts , claws desperately to glance even faintly out of an over-high stained glass church windowledge . |
| 9 | While less true of continental Europe 's many coalition governments , in France and the UK this can lead to denationalization followed by renationalization . |
| 10 | Success in this 85 mile road race is only one of Andy 's many cycling achievements . |
| 11 | Helping where it can , the company has sponsored a coach trip to an Ayrshire match and recently donated a prize to one of the club 's many fund raising activities — all in aid of the kids . |
| 12 | Amanda Robson , one of Alton 's many marathon successes . |
| 13 | Rachel 's former fiance Nick Yin , 29 , and friend Lee Kelly , 24 , were arrested by police yesterday and held for eight hours . |
| 14 | Police seized 3,000 pieces of evidence during their raid on the foundry , placed under the name of Hains 's former wife Solange Jonkheere , who was also charged . |
| 15 | But on the other hand , when the great came into contact with the king , when he held his councils and parliaments , when he decided that a mighty subject had stepped out of line , or had acquired too much power and wealth for himself , as happened to James V 's former favourite Sir James Hamilton of Finnart , executed in 1540 : then there was a high level of direct interventionist rule , very tough and irresistibly powerful . |
| 16 | Among the dead was the leader of the coup attempt , Holomisa 's former second-in-command Col. Craig Duli ; he had helped Holomisa seize power in a coup in 1987 [ pp 35232-33 ] and was a former military intelligence chief . |
| 17 | He was a member of a quite superlative class , one that has stuck in the memory of Gedge 's former maths teacher , Peter Mildenhall . |
| 18 | Shevers , who had already dropped the name Hawk 72 for the new aircraft , opting instead for ‘ Liberty ’ , says he is concerned that Textron , which already produces engines for light aircraft , may decide that resumption of single-engined aircraft production does not represent such an increase in its product liability exposure as it did for Cessna 's former parent General Dynamics . |
| 19 | Nearby , the city 's former Cotton Exchange has become host to a space-age theatre , housed in an ingenious freestanding capsule constructed within the vast , empty dealing floor . |
| 20 | Set among secluded gardens overlooking 110 acres of woodland with lovely views of Hertfordshire is W S Gilbert 's former country home . |
| 21 | NEW Zealand 's former Premier Sir Robert ‘ Piggy ’ Muldoon , 71 , who recently had heart surgery , has died in hospital . |
| 22 | Gail 's former Girl Guide leader Irene Patterson said : ‘ She was a lovely , lively girl . |
| 23 | From time to time he had been linked with Princess Stephanie of Monaco , Brigitte Nielson , Oliver North 's former secretary Fawn Hall , model Linda Buchanan and Brooke Shields . |
| 24 | Former Test fast bowlers Sir Richard Hadlee and Michael Holding have been made honorary life members of MCC , as have the club 's former secretary Jack Bailey , Laurance Hancock ( secretary of Staffordshire for 53 years until 1987 ) and Glamorgan stalwart Don Shepherd , who took 2174 wickets for the Welsh county but never won a Test cap . |
| 25 | Sherwood Computer Services Plc has taken on 34 key staff previously employed by Premier Systems ( London ) Plc , which has ceased trading ; finance director Charles Taylor said Sherwood had known the Oracle house quite well before trouble hit , and would gaining expertise in open systems development , support and consultancy ; Premier specialised in systems for large City investment and financial customers ; the staff will be completely integrated into Sherwood 's London headquarters , forming a separate unit within it , and their skills will complement the September 1992 acquisition of Consort Data Ltd ( CI No 2,017 ) ; Leicester-based Consort does back office systems for smaller than average regional brokers , so Sherwood can now look after both ends of the market ; it is keen to win over Premier 's former customer base , and expects to sign a number of new contracts shortly ; the group is looking at buying Premier 's assets when a liquidator is appointed . |
| 26 | The day after the announcement of the new travel policy it was revealed that Bush 's former Education Secretary , Lauro Cavazos , was under criminal investigation for the abuse of air travel privileges whilst in office . |
| 27 | But the province 's former Education Minister said the increased sophistication of the terrorist threat required a higher level of expertise on the part of the army . |
| 28 | Richard Collin , Darlington 's director of central services , said districts like Ryedale and Scarborough did not have the same problems as some of County Durham 's former pit villages . |
| 29 | Manuel Contreras and Col. Pedro Espinoza of Pinochet 's former DINA secret police would stand trial for their role in the Letelier assassination case [ see p. 38434 ] . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , there 's been no activity at the late Robert Maxwell 's former home Headington Hill Hall in Oxford . |