Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I have to say I prefer the four hour cos I can get eight hours ' taping on mine . |
| 3 | He was now preparing his speech to the Academy , due to meet in eight hours ' time at the behest of the military . |
| 4 | For some years the growing number of bank collapses had been putting pressure on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) , the government body which guaranteed the safety of private savers ' deposits in most , but not all , of the federally approved banks . |
| 5 | The rebuilt merchants ' houses in East Grinstead have already been noted , but there were similar examples to be found in Petworth ; North Street in that town served as the principal thoroughfare and the more prosperous tradesmen expanded their accommodation when individual and urban fortunes allowed . |
| 6 | However , the proposal to analyse aggregate shareholders ' funds between equity and non-equity interests is retained . |
| 7 | Quoted advertising agencies wrote off goodwill totalling £1.7bn in the year to November 1988 , leaving aggregate shareholders ' funds in the sector below £39m . |
| 8 | ( 13 ) Mrs Arthur Goldberg , wife of the Secretary of Labour , paints professionally and helps sponsor the Associated Artists ' Gallery in the District of Columbia . |
| 9 | ( 37 ) Mrs Arthur Goldberg … paints professionally and helps sponsor the Associated Artists ' Gallery in the District of Columbia . |
| 10 | He claimed that Electronics ' actions in withholding money due to Magnetics were prejudicial to the minority shareholders . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Total shareholders ' funds under the accruals method are £2.8bn ( v £463m previously declared ) . |
| 13 | FRED 3 proposes that an analysis of total shareholders ' funds between amounts attributable to equity and non-equity interest be disclosed on the face of the balance sheet . |
| 14 | European cities ' action on traffic pollution |
| 15 | The Legal Aid Board , which administers legal aid , proposes to stop paying for work carried out by unaccredited solicitors ' representatives after 1st October 1994 . |
| 16 | Part of the evidence here comes from genetic analyses ( e.g. twin comparisons ) of normal subjects ' performance on ‘ creativity ’ tests . |
| 17 | She was taking eight months ' leave without pay from Coronation , but in the back of her mind was the odd feeling that she would n't be going back , and she did n't quite know what it meant . |
| 18 | It also means that the real value of the redemption payment will vary according to the rate of inflation during the last eight months ' life of a bond and so calculations of real yields to redemption can only be made on the basis of assumed rates of inflation . |
| 19 | On 11 June 1992 the husband was arrested at the wife 's house and on 12 June Judge Woodford , finding him guilty of breaches of the injunctions of 12 September 1991 and 12 May 1992 , sentenced him to eight months ' imprisonment for contempt of court . |
| 20 | Inspired by the work of Florence Nightingale in the Crimea , she was determined to become a nurse , and eventually , in 1860 , she overcame her mother 's opposition and embarked on eight months ' training at Kaiserswerth . |
| 21 | As a defence to exceeding the normal drivers ' hours of work , it was argued successfully , before the Kent Justices sitting at Sandwich , that these hours had to be departed from having regard to the care and comfort of the passengers . |
| 22 | Lord Hartington , the senior steward of the Jockey Club , sounded off about stable lads ' conditions in his speech at last night 's Gimcrack Dinner . |
| 23 | Lord Hartington , the senior steward of the Jockey Club , sounded off about stable lads ' conditions in his speech at last night 's Gimcrack Dinner . |
| 24 | Here , Tiny Rowland concludes his version of events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser with a first-hand account of the situation in question against the background of his personal experience in business . |
| 25 | In the following example from the Foreword to A Hero from Zero , Tiny Rowland presents a summary of the events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser . |
| 26 | Although more recent documents have been produced , a study of the main political parties ' policies on tax , the social security system and poverty during the 1987 General Election campaign summarises clearly the different strands of opinion expressed during the 1980s . |
| 27 | Green Party representatives have claimed that their findings invalidate other political parties ' claims to be green . |
| 28 | Bawden lived in that house for 30 years , and no one who went there could forget its atmosphere , partly created by its English artists ' eccentricity of decor . |
| 29 | 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 … |
| 30 | Their huts were 12 hours ' journey from the nearest main road , and the occasional and always unexpected arrival of the maximo lider was a cause for rejoicing and an indication that somebody , somewhere actually cared for them and took an interest in their otherwise isolated and neglected lives . |