Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More significantly the same civil law principle led Sir Robert Phillimore , in the Admiralty Court in The George and Richard ( 1871 ) L.R. 3 A. & E. 466 , 480 , to hold that a posthumous child , later born alive , ranks as a child of its father — in that case a ship 's carpenter who lost his life when his ship was blown on to the rocks and wrecked following disablement in a collision — for the purposes of Lord Campbell 's Act , the Fatal Accidents Act 1846 ( 9 & 10 Vict. c. 93 ) . |
| 2 | In this case a child 's shortest distance to school along public thoroughfares was just less than 3 miles . |
| 3 | Well forty pound a week 's forty pound a week extra |
| 4 | Of course , the truth about how he has done it will probably only emerge in a ghosted autobiography that will cost some newspaper a king 's ransom . |
| 5 | the solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 6 | the solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 7 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 8 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 9 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 10 | Down the steps , beyond the quire screen , the empty nave a whale 's throat yawning darkness with dim glows and mysterious sparks like phosphorus in dark water that is very deep . |
| 11 | By this Maine meant that in archaic and primitive society a man 's rights and duties were rigidly determined by his position at birth in a given family or clan . |
| 12 | Hodai had said that the Khan 's wives were with the clan on the Merkut hereditary pastureland a day 's ride north of Kinsai . |
| 13 | ( Under the German system a party 's candidate for Chancellor is not necessarily the party chairman . ) |
| 14 | This time a man 's voice shouted , ‘ Keep calling . ’ |
| 15 | Since under Israeli law a minister 's dismissal only took effect 48 hours after the initial announcement was made , government politicians had sufficient time to reach a solution to the crisis . |
| 16 | Since under Israeli law a minister 's dismissal or resignation only took effect 48 hours after the initial announcement was made , Shamir left just enough time to clear the Cabinet of Labour ministers before the Knesset vote . |
| 17 | It seems that in the world of contemporary art a gentleman 's word is no longer his bond . |
| 18 | Again the decisions were based on sound judgement , the depth of the Canadian squad a Birtwell 's own coaching philosophy . |
| 19 | The following year a Cook 's tour was the very first group of European tourists to set foot in America . |
| 20 | There were many records of such manifestations , from reliable and intelligent observers , who had often described the curious incident before they could possibly have heard bad news from India or Australia , where at that moment a friend 's life was endangered . |
| 21 | At that moment a child 's bone snapped . |
| 22 | With multiple logistic regression a mother 's report of ‘ blueness ’ was the best predictor for hypoxaemia in the newborn infants , with an accuracy of 62% . |
| 23 | In either case a company 's growth objectives may make foreign markets very attractive . |
| 24 | He retained the Treasurership , but died within a few weeks of his retirement thereby bringing to a sudden end a lifetime 's service to deaf people . |
| 25 | Techniques like those used to target specific dopamine receptors in the treatment of Parkinson 's disease , might , at least in principle , be used to fine tune a drug 's effects at the synapse and produce low-addiction highs . |
| 26 | In many cases a business 's standard terms may be so long and complicated that that would be impracticable . |
| 27 | While I appreciate that in many cultures a woman 's failure to marry can have serious socio-economic implications which may not exist for many women in the UK , I was distressed by AI promoting this view of marriage as the raison d'etre of a woman , and of a woman whose hymen has been perforated as ‘ damaged goods ’ . |
| 28 | In too many instances a player 's schedule is determined just as much by the need to honour commercial contracts or by their agents , as by what is best for him or her . |
| 29 | But really , he led poor Amy a dog 's life . |
| 30 | To a great extent a manufacturer 's choice of distributive intermediaries is governed by the members in that channel . |