Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Combined Operations ' planners were in Richmond Terrace near Whitehall , yet conveniently distant from service ministries . |
| 2 | The eight hours ' duty was the property of Watch Committee and Chief Constable . |
| 3 | ‘ Each parcel 's reference is different which cuts down on mistakes . ’ |
| 4 | The format , too , followed last year 's by being an all day event starting with enjoyable classes given by Ann Langford and Chris Markham , after which an appetizing ploughman 's lunch was served at flower-decked tables , efficiently organised by Phyl Bailey and Anne Weathers , ably supported by their class members . |
| 5 | To avoid interrupting the user while engaged in some other activity ( which may or may not involve LIFESPAN ) , each user 's mail is accumulated until it is convenient for the user to inspect and/or print the messages . |
| 6 | That Christie 's estimates were no guide to value was clear at once , when Mr Sheaf began 16 hours of auctioneering by selling a rare feathery painted goblet and cover for Dfl16,100 ( £4,878 ) , four times expectation . |
| 7 | A professional photographer 's livelihood is dependent on getting it right the first time and most are members of either the Master Photographers Association or the British Institute of Professional Photography . |
| 8 | Cajun and Creole cooking 's roots are reflected in the foods of France , Spain , Africa and Germany , as Roz Denny discovered when she visited Louisiana with the Food and Drinks team |
| 9 | The political prisoners ' section is a three-storey building with access to a small patio . |
| 10 | For nearly all purposes in the Solar System the far simpler Newton 's Laws are adequate . |
| 11 | Caparo alleged that Fidelity 's accounts were inaccurate and misleading . |
| 12 | Kevin McNamara 's gauche exile 's nationalism is light years adrift of the post-nationalist Ireland symbolised by President Mary Robinson . |
| 13 | After several months of uncertainty over the future political direction of the Civic Forum movement , its contending factions agreed in February to form separate organizations ; the Democratic Right Club 's supporters were to become the Civic Democratic Party , while the Liberal Club would formed itself into the Civic Movement . |
| 14 | Sandys persuaded his father , the Archbishop of York , that Hooker 's scholarship was being wasted as a country parson , and in 1585 he was appointed as Master of the Temple , in London , where it was his duty to minister to the lawyers of the Inns of Court . |
| 15 | Er sorry Beadle 's night is n't it ? |
| 16 | I had noticed on the way in that Jefferson 's office was alongside the boardroom and , as the last visitor went through into the factory , I turned sharp left and entered his office . |
| 17 | This procedure is unusual in that Genette devotes far more attention to Proust than other narratological studies have to actual texts , and it is also unusual in that Proust 's novel is an infinitely more complex work than those which narrative theories have commonly analyzed : with Boccaccio 's Decameron , Todorov was taking relatively simple specimens as points of reference for his narratological analyses . |
| 18 | Each side will probably already be covered under appropriate employers ' , occupiers ' and public liability policies , and , since the liability to be covered in each side 's case is the same type , the shift from one side to the other will not result in an overall increase of premiums . |
| 19 | The Tory calculation is that Labour 's unity is a facade which will crack the moment it is exposed to stormy assault . |
| 20 | Unwittingly , Howard appears to accept that Labour 's growth was inexorable , within the context of the times , for he argues that it occurred despite the poor level of party organization throughout the country . |
| 21 | It was inevitable yesterday , as Gordon Brown gave his performance , that Labour 's backbenchers were wondering whether they had picked the right man . |
| 22 | Instant wisdom proffered by some commentators in the quality press is that Labour 's task is forlorn . |
| 23 | In a broadcast appeal to the electors on May 28th , he denounced the idea that unemployment could be cured by ‘ patchwork ’ and declared that Labour 's solution was ‘ not a programme of relief works upon which the capital spent will be mainly lost to the country . |
| 24 | This means accepting that the Westminster majority — the Tories — will set the agenda for the next four to five years ; and that Labour 's role is simply to legitimise the Tory programme by playing our part as Her Majesty 's official and loyal opposition . |
| 25 | Hubby was n't happy when no kiddies appeared ; blamed her , Sara had tried to be the good wife but failed ; the other wifies she was supposed to socialise with to further hubby 's career were dreadful , brainless bores . |
| 26 | Twelve months later , this user 's experience is being repeated all over the country , sometimes intentionally . |
| 27 | This User 's Guide is intended to provide the knowledge required to operate LIFESPAN effectively on a day to day basis , describing the format of the LIFESPAN User Image and the structure of the various options available to users . |
| 28 | And because he was a doctor , he knew that this snake 's poison is difficult to find in a dead body . |
| 29 | This guitar 's sound is quite full , although it does n't seem to project particularly well — not a problem if you consider that the nature of the beast is part electric . |
| 30 | But the conversation at college dinners suggests that the Delegates would prefer the interface between Gown and Grub Street to be controlled by an academic , and the appointment of one such into a sort of non-executive chairman 's role is made possible by the fact that OUP has strong divisional managing directors . |