Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [noun] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence .
2 New dialect acquisition is a more attractive explanation of the London Creole speakers ' behaviour than second language acquisition for several reasons .
3 Arriving in tltis self-proclaimed cultural centre of Australia , we had 30 minutes ' stopover while the big Australian National Railway diesels were uncoupled and a new pair attached for the journey to New South Wales .
4 There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon .
5 Nobody will mind if he just grabs a few minutes ' rest before he moves on — although rest , for Pavel , has become little more than a bothersome physical requirement with no spiritual element in it .
6 K. Peacock , of Belgrave Terrace , Hurworth Place , Darlington , remembers the whole class stood for a few minutes ' silence when told the news at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School .
7 DROMORE High lifted their third successive High Schools ' Cup when they defeated perennial opponents Limavady High in yesterday 's final shoot-out at Ravenhill .
8 I encourage women to have induction at 43 weeks ' gestation because of the slightly increased risk to the baby thereafter .
9 Bergsjo et al suggested 43 weeks ' gestation as induction at this time has a lower incidence of failure .
10 In Indonesia , in October 1990 , post-graduate researcher Bonar Tigor Naipospos was sentenced to eight and a half years ' imprisonment because he ‘ attempted to undermine Indonesian state ideology ’ through participation in a university study group and distributing banned literature .
11 He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’
12 He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’
13 What in the world would the company be like in a few years ' time if such people were in the driving seat ?
14 Sarah had a few days ' leave while Joe was home and Maureen suggested , while Anne and her father were present , that Joe took Sarah out sometimes .
15 It was usual for the Girls to stay at the English Girls ' Club when they first arrived .
16 I had to stand in front of the whole school which gave me ample opportunity to observe the envy on some girls ' faces because knitting for the troops was a popular pastime then .
17 They LIED last Tuesday in their weekly works ' newsletter when they said : ‘ Reprocessing has been temporarily halted because of maintenance work . ’
18 Try to arrange things in such a way that a player has a few bars ' rest before his solo passage begins .
19 ( a ) Transfer to another magistrates ' court A magistrates ' court must transfer a case to another magistrates ' court if this would be in the child 's interests : ( i ) because it will significantly accelerate determination of the proceedings ; ( ii ) because it would be appropriate for the case to be heard with other family proceedings pending in the receiving court ; or ( iii ) for some other reason ( APO , art 6 ) .
20 A yearly tenancy is determinable by the landlord or the tenant at the end of the first or any subsequent year of the tenancy by six months ' notice unless the agreement between the parties provides otherwise .
21 I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture .
22 One such parents ' group provided parent support , training , day and evening activities , holidays , camps , and overnight stays in its own house ; another ran a training house , provided overnight and weekend stays , and — starting in 1989 — ran a registered ( staffed ) home and an unstaffed home .
23 In 10 years ' time as mainframes become more powerful , he reckons , this figure is more likely to be 500 .
24 Work out how many woodlice you will have in 10 years ' time if they continue to multiply at this rate .
25 But , as we have seen , regarding authentic Producers ' Co-operation as ‘ the rival doctrine ’ the Consumers ' Movement did little then to help , and so contributed to the inertia against which the industrial co-operative form has had to contend .
26 Yesterday he told the heads of such toffs ' schools as Eton and Marlborough that nothing had changed .
27 Now these visitors were dressed in simple shepherds ' tunics though they were fashioned in stripes of crimson satin and cloth of gold .
28 Nurse Dawn Anderson , 24 , and her boyfriend Maldin Thain , 25 — both from Leeds — are being held in cells at Ceuta , a Spanish enclave on the Moroccan coast , and could face eight years ' jail if convicted .
29 It is rather suspicious that the label ‘ illogical ’ has been used to disparage other subordinate groups ' language as well as women 's .
30 Platies are an ideal beginners ' fish because they will stand poor water conditions — but no fish can survive poisoning caused by poor filtration .
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