Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] in " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | The imposing historic Seamen 's Hospital in Whitby 's Church Street , which dates back to 1670 , is to undergo a renovation scheme . |
| 5 | ( 13 ) Mrs Arthur Goldberg , wife of the Secretary of Labour , paints professionally and helps sponsor the Associated Artists ' Gallery in the District of Columbia . |
| 6 | ( 37 ) Mrs Arthur Goldberg … paints professionally and helps sponsor the Associated Artists ' Gallery in the District of Columbia . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I can see you now , with your strong blacksmith 's arm in front of your eyes , and your shoulders shaking , and tears on your cheeks . |
| 12 | This organisation chart approach would be carried out by implementing each department 's system in turn . |
| 13 | An interesting insight into the relative financial demerits of practising medicine in the United Kingdom is given by the difficulty the University at Rotterdam had in 1976 in filling an assistant professor 's post in the venereal diseases , since the salary was only £22 000 and , working for an academic department , the scope for private practice was limited . |
| 14 | Whether personal acrimony stimulated Loder can only be surmise , but it is certainly likely that Bill Saxby , jocked off Craganour after the Two Thousand Guineas , would not be bending over backwards to support that horse 's cause in the enquiry in which , as rider of Louvois , he was called to give evidence . |
| 15 | Bassist Jennifer — 12 hours ' sleep in three days , we reckon — adding : ‘ I 'm having a really bad night tonight and I do n't know what it is , but the next person who smacks the mic or stands on our gear … |
| 16 | In 12 of the 16 cases , fresh tissue specimens were snap frozen in liquid nitrogen after 30 minutes ' incubation in gum sucrose for immunohistological studies . |
| 17 | Eurorail , British Rail 's partner in devising private sector participation in the Channel Tunnel rail-link with London , also aims to capitalise on the Government 's encouragement of private sector involvement in developing the UK rail system . |
| 18 | Anyway , she went to she took this sister 's post in The Yale |
| 19 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 20 | Crossed his eyes and exploded Old Buck 's head in some quarrel over a high yaller lady , then hit the trail in Buck 's G-Mek convertible . ’ |
| 21 | The fact that Mangon fully deserved his title of Wizard of Lighting was of minor importance to the Girls who , due to his perfectionism , often only had a few hours ' sleep in their dressing-rooms , and occasionally none at all . |
| 22 | Nicola 's parents stayed at her bedside until 2.30am before snatching a few hours ' sleep in a room at the hospital . |
| 23 | Fifteen miles north , they put into St Abbs haven , under the mighty headland of that name , just before dawn , and went ashore for a few hours ' rest in a hay barn . |
| 24 | There had been a delay in building it , so that I had only managed a few hours ' practice in the streets of Salford . |
| 25 | And , just as an effective fishing lure may be fabricated from cheap , shiny metal , it is generally possible to summarise a commercial movie 's hook in one sentence . |
| 26 | And , just as an effective fishing lure may be fabricated from cheap , shiny metal , it is generally possible to summarise a commercial movie 's hook in one sentence . |
| 27 | Roadburg seems to be suggesting that certain characteristics of the British fans ' involvement in the game ( partisanship , segregation , collective identity and pre-match build-up ) give rise to a greater degree of passionate commitment ( and enhanced potential for disorder ) than in the American equivalent . |
| 28 | By the time you read this , Paul will have landed a Jumbo Jet — with a flight simulator , of course — completed a rigorous army assault course and faced challenging questions and puzzles in the popular programme 's studio in the first round of the contest . |
| 29 | This sums up well this chapter 's exploration in search of happiness . |
| 30 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |