Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is then sufficient to determine each clone 's start and end coordinates , say ( s , e ) . |
| 2 | Anyone who thinks owning a diesel spells the end of driving fun , should park their backside in the AX 's comfortable , supportive driver 's seat and go for a quick ride . |
| 3 | The parliament , the Rathaus , the University ( interestingly in the new and not the old city ) , the Burgtheater , each built in a different historicist style symbolizing each building 's aims and principles , were conceived on a scale of monumentality rarely seen elsewhere in modern Europe . |
| 4 | They burned in a tangle with the Devil 's scaly serpent 's skin and were indistinguishable . |
| 5 | He finished his lunch , went back to his office , gave a bemused Müller a stern warning about the standards expected from state officials , buckled into a solid afternoon 's work and , when the working day was over , carried a bulging briefcase home . |
| 6 | Amstral has recently been through a combination of management buyouts and takeovers , including the acquisition of Crab Advanced Technologies ' sales and marketing division , and now goes by the name of ABC Workstation Solutions Ltd . |
| 7 | NRA chiefs believe they should not have to pay rates on their regional headquarters ' building and workshops in Warrington . |
| 8 | The amount of shareholders ' funds attributable to equity interests is the difference between total shareholders ' funds and the total amount attributable to non-equity interests . |
| 9 | ‘ Who do you think you are , bursting into a complete stranger 's home and asking questions ? ’ |
| 10 | One day just below their balcony a man had got out of his car and gone to the car in front and opened that car 's door and started shouting at the man inside , and then the car behind had started hooting and others had joined in . |
| 11 | The most comprehensive collection in Britain of historical woodwind , brass and percussion instruments ; over a dozen historical keyboard instruments ; a complete bow-maker 's workshop and a collection of bows ; the oldest playable Javanese Gamelan orchestra in Britain . |
| 12 | Heres , for example ( in , " the greedy clutches of your heir " ) , denotes something perhaps rather less cosy and familial than the English word " heir " ; in many contexts it suggests nothing more than a legal designate with a contractual , post-obituary option on some hapless benefactor 's goods and chattels.5 Pietas is a notoriously difficult word to render , " piety " being the last recourse of the weary translator ; it involves " integrity " , " probity " , " purity " , " fidelity " , " devotion " , " decency " — a complex of related moral attributes which Romans sought and recognised in the upright man . |
| 13 | At the end of the tax year , you must complete an End-of-Year Return ( P14 ) for each employee showing that employee 's details and the total NI contribution and tax paid . |
| 14 | Stepping forward , Curtis tipped the can and began to pour its contents over the wounded killer 's clothing and into his lap . |
| 15 | The local authority exercising its parental responsibility would certainly have to consider very carefully whether it accepted that practitioner 's advice and any advice as to the risks of the transfer of J. from one hospital to another before giving its consent to such different treatment . |
| 16 | The government on May 31 introduced legislation to determine the value of political parties ' assets and for the expropriation of the assets of those parties existing on Oct. 7 , 1989 . |
| 17 | On the other hand , some shareholders ' interests and media commentators believe that the code should be mandatory and supported by stringent enforcement powers . |
| 18 | Montepulciano not only looks but behaves like a stage set , patronising barbers ' shops and swirly baroque cafe ; its hours are numbered by a forbidding clock-tower Pulcinella ; it goes to church , outside the walls , in the most theatrical building of all . |
| 19 | The so-called deputies ' science and technology working group was asked to nominate people within their agencies to serve on panels that will develop policies for 15 topics ranging from specific issues such as medical technology to basic research itself . |
| 20 | Put on the old sheep 's head and dance naked round the bonfire . |
| 21 | This is the electronic version of British Rail 's timetable and it comes as no surprise to find that it 's subject to BR 's usual get-out clauses . |
| 22 | Their boats have been used for the Royal Lymington Cup and the Air Canada Industry Sailing Challenge , as well as the Chartered Surveyors ' Regatta and many other similar events . |
| 23 | Roy Palmer has replaced John Holder who has been rested from the panel of umpires for this summers 's Tests and One-Day Internationals against Pakistan . |
| 24 | Well does n't it ma , I mean when you do you 'll be away with your different groups ' points and he 'll be |
| 25 | A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building . |
| 26 | The pack emphasises that , for most smaller employers , assessments need take only a few minutes ' observation and the use of common sense . |
| 27 | It was part of the folklore among their friends , part of the legend which was growing up around-Kevin Ryan , the man who 'd married old Heraghty 's daughter and made a small furniture-manufacturing business into a multi-million-dollar corporation with branches right across the States . |
| 28 | In early October a UNP working party proposed fresh elections as a way of restoring Parliament 's credibility and of allowing the JVP to participate in the political process . |
| 29 | Nearby Sigiriya 's palace and rock fortress give good views over the town , although it is the famed frescoes painted with earth pigment which attract most people . |
| 30 | It 's made from skimmed cow 's milk and vegetable and animal fats and is fortified with important vitamins and minerals . |