Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tolson Memorial Museum is in Ravensknowle Park , where some parts of the town 's eighteenth-century Cloth Hall have been re-erected , after the historic building 's demolition in 1930 to make way for a cinema the local product was displaced by fantasies woven in Hollywood . |
| 2 | Víctor Salorio Neyra , the head of the Labour Ministry 's office in the province of Manu , stated that while on a visit on July 17-29 to gold-panning operations at Waypethue and Choque , he had discovered 71 clandestine graves containing dozens of children . |
| 3 | She walked cheerfully along the flower-lined pathways to the medical centre , dressed in her working sister 's uniform of dark blue dress , neat white shoes and silver-buckled belt . |
| 4 | Training programmes were at different stages of development , with the effect that staff interviewed had received on average eleven hours ' training in one area , with between five and six hours in the other districts . |
| 5 | Johnes and Taylor concluded that inter-university comparisons in the non-completion rate are of little value unless account is taken of differences in the scholastic ability of each university 's intake of students . |
| 6 | I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine . |
| 7 | He was now preparing his speech to the Academy , due to meet in eight hours ' time at the behest of the military . |
| 8 | The imposing historic Seamen 's Hospital in Whitby 's Church Street , which dates back to 1670 , is to undergo a renovation scheme . |
| 9 | In 1755 Rousseau 's discovery of the noble savage had made some men think twice before dismissing the barbaric out of hand , and Milton 's ‘ arched walks of twilight groves ’ were thought to resemble the aspiring arches of the Gothic church . |
| 10 | The presence on German territory of Soviet troops ( currently numbering 380,000 in East Germany ) for more than " a short transitional period " would infringe the country 's sovereignty , he said , and the question of a unified Germany 's membership of NATO had to be clarified before unification . |
| 11 | SIR — Your agricultural correspondent 's report on the goats of Snowdonia and their origins ( April 2 ) is less exciting than the folklore related to me as a small boy by a Welsh shepherd . |
| 12 | 11.20 pm , Basildon : The Labour loser 's face at the count last time said it all . |
| 13 | ‘ How could it 'ave jumped out of that geezer 's pocket into me hat ? ’ |
| 14 | ( 13 ) Mrs Arthur Goldberg , wife of the Secretary of Labour , paints professionally and helps sponsor the Associated Artists ' Gallery in the District of Columbia . |
| 15 | ( 37 ) Mrs Arthur Goldberg … paints professionally and helps sponsor the Associated Artists ' Gallery in the District of Columbia . |
| 16 | He intends to concentrate on writing for the next year , with a summer break to make an irreverent beginner 's Guide to Opera , co-written with his colleague Paul Whitehouse . |
| 17 | And as Mrs Johnstone , alias Meg Dods , author of the admirable Housewife 's Manual of 1826 wrote , " What is left of the clarified butter ( from potted lobster or crab ) will be very relishing for sauces " while " any butter from potted tongue or chicken remaining uneaten will afterwards be useful for frying meat and for pastry for pies " . |
| 18 | Exhibiting a Francophile collecting taste not uncommon among Latin America 's rich Wildenstein 's presence in Buenos Aires and the numerous interiors designed by the House of Jansen in Havana bear witness Simon Patiño commissioned an extensive silver dinner service from Chaumet to commemorate the twenty-first birthday of his son and heir , Antenor . |
| 19 | Porter also shows how identifying the precise requirements of a strategy for each SBU requires a little more thought that just a broad consideration of that SBU 's position in relation to its industry structure . |
| 20 | Lord Diplock says that there may be differences of opinion as to what is expedient , just and moral , and that Parliament 's opinion on these questions is paramount . |
| 21 | The idea of controlling Gazzer , of making Gazzer afraid of him , excited him : it had been evolving in his mind ever since that afternoon 's walk with Marie down to the arcades . |
| 22 | After a short discussion on the merits of the duck , he decided to join her ; and while they waited for the first course to arrive , he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon 's meeting in the history department to sort out the timetable . |
| 23 | His early choice of subject set the tone for his later work — — Goya 's Queen Maria Luisa , and Velázquez 's portrait of the dwarf Francisco Lezcano ( Fig. 3 ) — in other words , great Spanish artists ' handling of their arrogant , ugly , bizarre or idiotic sitters . |
| 24 | It will increase the European Parliament 's influence over Community law-making . |
| 25 | Hence the European Parliament 's Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens ' Rights proposed a comprehensive report on codification in May 1989 , and in 1991 its chairman Graf von Stauffenberg again stressed ‘ the pressing need for proper codification and simplification , and hence greater transparency , of Community law ’ . |
| 26 | One of my constituents was in touch with my colleague , the European Member of Parliament , Ken Collins , who chairs the European Parliament 's Committee on the Environment , Public Health and Consumer Protection , to seek his advice on what the European Commissioner had done and the reasons behind his action . |
| 27 | In making his decision , he said , he had consulted with representatives from " Jordan , Yemen , Palestine , Sudan and the Arab Maghreb " and had been " encouraged " by " the decision of the Democratic Party in the US Senate and the European Parliament 's invitation to our Foreign Minister for dialogue " . |
| 28 | The progress of the Community towards European Union must be accompanied by the development of the European Parliament 's role in the legislative sphere [ UK reservation ] and with respect to the monitoring of the activities of the union , which , together with the role of the national parliaments , will underpin the democratic legitimacy of the union . |
| 29 | The European Parliament 's vote on March 14th for a complete ban on tobacco advertising has sharpened the advertising industry 's fears that moves towards harmonising laws will mean , in liberal Britain , tighter regulation on ads for drugs , drink , food and financial services . |
| 30 | Mary Priestman and Margaret Tanner , prominent in the LNA , were strict Quakers , in touch with reforming politics via their elder sister 's marriage to the Quaker politician John Bright . |