Example sentences of "[subord] an [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At home , where an admiral 's powers were much more restricted , and even the most favoured officers could expect to have to wait for their promotion until the end of the admiral 's period of command , when it was customary to make him the compliment of a few promotions on striking his flag , it was still possible to introduce new entrants to a seagoing life . |
| 2 | The 1989 white paper on community care , Caring for People , took the implementation of these ideas further : ‘ Where an individual 's needs are complex or significant levels of resources are involved , the government sees considerable merit in nominating a ‘ case manager ’ to take responsibility for ensuring that the individual 's needs are regularly reviewed , resources are managed effectively and that each service user has a single point of contact . ’ |
| 3 | Where an analyst 's findings are challenged by the defence the prosecution could call the analyst to give evidence to explain , his findings to the court . |
| 4 | In December 1942 an Inspectorate of Eastern Troops was set up to supervise the formation and training of the proliferating military units ; but each was subordinated to a German unit ; and although an officer 's academy was established at Mariumpol , Lithuania ( later Conflans , France ) , the units were never assembled into tactical formations , and were largely posted on occupation duties to Western and Southern Europe . |
| 5 | If his body jerked when he was struck again , and fatally , it was no more than an instant 's convulsion . |
| 6 | For much more was at stake than an individual 's choice of where she wanted to spend her life . |
| 7 | So what we must consider is that whether a team performance is more important than an individual 's performance do n't forget that it is easy ( relatively ) to mark him out of a game compared to marking 11 men out off game . |
| 8 | If the prevailing rate of interest were greater than an individual 's conception of the normal rate , that individual would expect the rate of interest to fall in the near future . |
| 9 | Yet our strength is more than an army 's . |
| 10 | The second game in the three-match one-day series , reduced from four after the first was downgraded to a friendly , was suspended after little more than an hour 's play . |
| 11 | Cosmeston , which is 5 miles south of Cardiff on the B4267 road , is less than an hour 's drive by car from the Severn Bridge and only 20 minutes directly past Cosmeston on the Cardiff-Barry route : visitors should alight at the Fort Road stop . |
| 12 | In less than an hour 's time they would be at St Petrock 's , and Susan would be on the platform to meet her , with dear old Sambo , the Airedale , barking his head off with glee . |
| 13 | With six of the most expensive training establishments in Great Britain located within less than an hour 's drive of my home , no-one is more aware of the problem than me . |
| 14 | The French believed there were British officers aboard , and others think someone came back to fire the explosive , for there was more than an hour 's delay on the set time . |
| 15 | ‘ There are a couple of castles less than an hour 's drive away . |
| 16 | Working on George 's local knowledge — his father 's home was less than an hour 's drive away — they planned to reach Miss Tuckey 's cottage at half past eight when the other committee members would have had time to digest and drive in from the countryside . |
| 17 | It is less than an hour 's drive across the border from where Roma was born in Londonderry . |
| 18 | Nenna had no more than an animal 's sense of direction and distance , but it seemed to her that the right thing to do would be to try to reach the City , then , once she got to Blackfriars , she knew where the river was , and though that would be Lambeth Reach or King 's Reach , a long way downstream of the boats , still , once she had got to the river she would be on the way home . |
| 19 | But the plot has more holes than an OAP 's hairnet , and the supercilious Ms Dash thoroughly deserves the pig-ignorant Mr Wayans , I strongly advise brother Marlon not to give up the day job and I sincerely hope I am indisposed should they decide to foist Mo' Money 2 on us . |
| 20 | ‘ Given a pitch more worn than an umpire 's eardrum , ’ he wrote ( if that is the word ) , ‘ 99 was not a straightforward target , and when the temperature was threatening to melt the mercury in the thermometer , Graham Gooch could scarcely have been more grateful for having buried the hatchet with Hampshire 's intrepid aviator . ’ |
| 21 | A child 's skin is much thinner than an adult 's and so more prone to burning . |
| 22 | We have the exact record of their words , rather than an interviewer 's summary interpretation . |
| 23 | Maybe Brando agreed with Clift ; in any case , sensing he had more to offer than an actor 's tools , he decided to take his destiny into his own hands and he set about producing One-Eyed Jacks , a western , in 1960 . |
| 24 | Because Mr Steed is number two to the group chief executive he says it is ‘ very much a management role rather than an accountant 's role — sometimes too much ! ’ |
| 25 | The appointment of Oleg Lobov , a former construction engineer and close friend of Mr Yeltsin , as a deputy prime minister responsible for the economy had shifted the balance of power within the government towards the Gosplan-types , who favour a return to central planning and tend to dismiss budget deficits as no more than an accountant 's fancy . |
| 26 | As they stood there , less than an arm 's length apart , five lines of blood started across Carey 's face , like beads of rain chasing each other on a window pane . |
| 27 | Part of the Wall , it was the same dull pearl in colour , a great circle five times Ben 's height , its base less than an arm 's length above the surface of the ground , its outer edge a thick ridge of steel-tough plastic . |
| 28 | When they were gone and he was alone with the field supervisor , Bergson came across and stood there , no more than an arm 's length from the man . |
| 29 | They ignored each other in death , though sometimes they crouched no more than an arm 's reach away from each other , even touching as they slipped on the ice . |
| 30 | than an apple 's skin — if we assume |