Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1897 she supported moves , viewed with dismay by the established women 's societies , to found a separate women 's university to examine students at Oxford , Cambridge , and Royal Holloway College , London . |
| 2 | On the financial side , it is well known that airline pilots are amongst the best paid professions and until the redundancies of the early 1980s changed the picture somewhat remarkably few of their number were prepared to accept a civil servant 's salary after having enjoyed a very good standard of living . |
| 3 | Insert your ticket , if you are fortunate enough to have one , into one of the newly-installed electronic barriers designed to reduce fraud ( handy tip for cheapskates : exit barriers are happy to accept a cheap children 's ticket regardless of age ) . |
| 4 | The company making the acquisition will need to decide : how the contract can protect it if the equipment or software fails to perform as it should ; about maintenance and training ; what to do if the software or hardware infringes a third party 's copyright or patent . |
| 5 | MARTIN and Andrea Stevens will enjoy a special Valentine 's Day treat today to put a double nightmare behind them . |
| 6 | So at this grave moment we have come to establish a supreme people 's council which can represent all the Korean People and include representatives from all the classes of the Korean people . |
| 7 | A few may flourish the 14 pages of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act , 1970 ; seven inches of section 2 specifies a local authority 's obligation to lay on just about everything short of a course in elephant skinning : meals , education , holidays , telephones , and recreation are all there in paragraphs ( a ) to ( h ) . |
| 8 | I 'm sure if founding a National Children 's Theatre was included in a political manifesto , that party would win-over Dahl fans the country through . |
| 9 | Mr Gould , a prominent Euro-sceptic in the early 1980s , is likely to argue for the commitment to maintaining sterling 's value within the Exchange Rate Mechanism to be ditched , to increase a Labour government 's room for manoeuvre . |
| 10 | The next step in rank for a man of Ross 's experience would be fifth mate , but Lord Findlater , who insisted that young Ross had been ‘ much commended ’ , attempted to secure a fourth mate 's place for his friend . |
| 11 | If you want a hilarious day 's sailing , I strongly recommend the two-man board . |
| 12 | But once they were indoors again they resumed exploring , found a genuine butler 's pantry with a lot of silver in it packed away in canteens and boxes and green baize , and opening the next door , came into the gun-room . |
| 13 | It really is lovely here , and — well , I did n't want to over-persuade you , but I found a red-throated diver 's nest today , perfectly lovely , two eggs , and I did n't bring a camera . |
| 14 | Now The Sixth Floor contains a glass-encased sniper 's corner , a photograph of the Kennedy clan , and a framed anti-Kennedy newspaper advertisement sponsored by an oil tycoon , H.L. Hunt , and other prominent Dallas businessmen . |
| 15 | Congratulations to Catherine Hopkins , a member of Barbara Norton 's Finchampstead class , who to her other qualifications ( she 's a pharmacy technician , a cordon bleu cook and a herbalist ) has added a private pilot 's licence . |
| 16 | You might think opening a new gentleman 's outfitters in Savile Row is like taking coal to Newcastle . |
| 17 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 18 | The Law Lords were upholding a lower court 's decision that the Southern Water Authority had not breached the terms of the 1981 Act by damaging a site of special scientific interest ( SSSI ) . |
| 19 | It was true : I was spending every evening and night with my owl , so I was n't leading what could be considered a normal teenager 's life . |
| 20 | ( Remember that , though considered a good beginner 's community fish , Angels grow big enough to eat fish the size of Neon Tetras . ) |
| 21 | This chapter has outlined the range of materials to which scientific techniques have been applied in order to discover a particular object 's provenance . |
| 22 | He would lie here , no one knew for how long , until the tribe had painstakingly amassed the financial and ritual wherewithal necessary to launch a dead king 's soul back to the stars . |
| 23 | The Devon Coast Holiday Park enjoys sea views and has a small children 's play area . |
| 24 | He has , says a friend , a taste for fast driving and also has a private pilot 's licence — he has been known to take friends on duty-free trips to the Continent . |
| 25 | Try to arrange things in such a way that a player has a few bars ' rest before his solo passage begins . |
| 26 | That would guarantee a full week 's work . |
| 27 | I heard a housing association official who visited a northern Women 's Aid refuge for battered women being asked if she could help a woman who 'd just arrived , eight months ' pregnant , with two black eyes , find a place on her own . |
| 28 | this time in promoting a Private Members ' Bill , which came to the statute book as the Civic Amenities Act , 1967 . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , the Scottish Ladies ' Golfing Association has named a 12-strong girls ' squad for Sunday 's training match against Helensburgh boys . |
| 30 | So when you remove a young child 's hand from an electric plug you tap the back of it and accompany this action with a firm NO . |