Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's clear that the money 's coming from from the local parties . |
| 2 | It 's different if the wind 's offshore because then it can be deceptively close into the shore and further out bigger waves and if you get into trouble you 're lost out to sea . |
| 3 | So the parts are free but the labour 's a hundred |
| 4 | Philippa , whose face was normally as radiant and untroubled as a child 's , had not stopped frowning since Lee had started talking to her that afternoon and it annoyed Conrad to see it . |
| 5 | There was one last hope of invisibility , as dignified as the cat 's , although this time for her friend . |
| 6 | Its distribution is certainly more restricted than the Moorhen 's , since it requires larger areas of water for breeding . |
| 7 | The extra detail visible in the monkey 's brain might just be a consequence of it being bigger than the rat 's , but a comparison between the somatosensory cortices of the two animals shows that this is n't so , for this time it is in the rat that the extra detail is visible . |
| 8 | Well you have n't even got that cos the sailing 's ten o'clock on the Sunday morning . |
| 9 | If the station 's too enclosed and the park 's too open , where do you want to meet ? ’ |
| 10 | No , twenty eight and a half 's not bad . |
| 11 | Attendance at a day centre where the parents and child attend together can be very valuable or the professional 's going to the parents ' home to watch a play session will enable sharing of the observations . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've also had problems reported with Barnet , Northampton and Brighton this summer and I 'm just glad that the season 's started so we can get some income from gate receipts . |
| 13 | The " sexual peak " of womanhood is slightly later than the man 's — around the age of 30 . |
| 14 | As there were no other masculine arms but Alain 's then that too was obvious and the girl 's knowing and amused looks explained it all thoroughly . |
| 15 | It was held ( a ) that it was a statement of present fact , namely that at the time the letter was sent the traveller had a definite and certain booking , ( b ) that that statement was false because the airline 's overbooking policy meant that the traveller 's booking was exposed to a risk that it might not give a seat on the aircraft , and ( c ) that the airline made the false statement knowingly ( and not merely recklessly ) since the airline was well aware of its own overbooking policy . |
| 16 | Her face was set and nervous and white as a clown 's with powder , except for her lips which were bright orange . |
| 17 | He was black and gleaming , his outline as smooth as a dolphin 's even down to the hint of rubber . |
| 18 | A knight broke through on his way to a local joust or tournament , his steel codpiece carved as large as a bull 's whilst the helmet which swung from his saddle bow was fashioned in the macabre mask of a hangman . |
| 19 | ‘ Do after your kind , ’ said Radulfus , looking down at the pair with a face almost as blanched as the prior 's , ‘ and so must I. Jerome , ’ he said , with absolute and steely authority , ‘ look up and face me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I 'm sorry but the sergeant 's out there and I 'll have to report you . ’ |
| 21 | So it was all you wo n't find it in here because as erm Robin said , the office staff are there , that 'll be the central position where everything 's happening and they will make sure that the area 's clear . |
| 22 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 23 | There 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through , an awful lot of people to see , an awful lot of red tape really to get through , first , I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards . |
| 24 | at the minute , because they 've got there the Hussy End which is like the number one , that 's better than the Stringfellow 's apparently , Hussy End are in Manchester thirty quid to get in |
| 25 | But a proton machine in the same tunnel , with magnets a bit more powerful than the SSC 's , could produce 8TeV beams . |
| 26 | Charles is right ; there are others in the town who have done well for themselves , sometimes by methods less creditable than the undertaker 's , and they 're highly thought of . |
| 27 | But I think you 're right on temporary annuities , they are good if the rate 's good . |
| 28 | Two little black and white faces , two long bouncy tails , but the male 's back is black and the female 's , grey . |
| 29 | Rightly speaking , this is not the Soldier 's tale at all but the Devil 's , for it is he who controls everyone at all times , playing with them like pawns in his game , a game of wrecking and destroying , of interference and final triumph . |
| 30 | There she sat , in her familiar party outfit , an eccentric , much-worn , embroidered Chinese garment , her neat , solidly cut , smartly sloping black hair as tidy as a doll 's , looking perhaps faintly Chinese rather than Jewish , diminutive as she was , and with those high cheek-bones : and there sat Alix , also by Charles 's standards impoverished , though not by her own , which were more austere . |