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

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1	Concerns over the proper role of local government in providing services to communities featured high in a Lord 's debate last week .
2	Later , when she watched the scene during the shooting , she 'd find more girls in the pile of smashed-up cars : one putting on lipstick high in a lorry 's cab , another lying on the bonnet like a mascot , face to the car 's prow , giving a feline look as she too read aloud , from a French philosopher who later in a fit of madness pushed his wife under in the bath , and held her there till there were no more bubbles .
3	A woman 's dress sense is much less important to more educated men than to those with basic education , while married men are less interested in a woman 's mouth than any other group .
4	URGENT — NDO would like to hear from any teacher interested in a men 's class in London SW1 ( evening ) or a handicapped children 's class at Dartford .
5	She came second in a women 's international free-for-all at the 1933 Chicago races , at 189mph , but while leading in the Phillips Trophy race at the same meeting lost fabric off a wing and was killed in the subsequent crash .
6	Try to see Rasbora kalochroma well-established in a dealer 's tanks before considering a purchase .
7	The mode of student attendance is more difficult to forecast , because while a full-time place for study will feature topmost in a candidate 's range of choices , the prospect of getting a job early may provide a stimulus for part-time study .
8	But er , it was just the thing , they thought inevitable in a tailor 's workroom .
9	All in a day 's work : since Aesculapius , doctors have enjoyed complaining .
10	For instance , you may think that running a household and looking after your children is all in a day 's work ; however , the planning skills needed to do this could be a very useful quality to have in some jobs .
11	You deal with difficult foreign authorities , desperate stranded tourists , all manner of accident and disaster , reams of paper work , issue passports , invade foreign gaols with help and succour for Brits behind bars , all in a day 's work .
12	‘ All in a day 's work , Bessie me love , ’ he said .
13	But it 's all in a day 's work for the manmountain … well , in a day 's lounging around , actually .
14	All in a day 's work for the hundreds of people involved in the various stages — but there is perhaps only one who will have witnessed everything that has happened .
15	All in a day 's work
16	I expect it 's all in a day 's work to an adventurous lot like you . "
17	‘ All in a day 's work . ’
18	You sound as if it 's all in a day 's work .
19	‘ Oh , all in a day 's work , but I must add that after that little fiasco I decided to join a more conventional hotel group and enjoyed the civilized calm of the Savoy for a while .
20	Tod also played it cool : all in a day 's work .
21	All in a day 's hell .
22	This was partly because he was not exceptionally bright while being at the same time exceptionally unimaginative , but it was also because odd carvings and perilous tunnels were all in a day 's work .
23	Ah well , all in a day 's work I suppose . ’
24	Organising training , administration , health and safety and quality is all in a day 's work for the division 's Training and Administration Manager Frank Hesketh .
25	All in a day 's work .
26	This is all in a day 's work at the Fire Service Training College at Moreton-in-Marsh .
27	Loyalty , belief — it is all in a man 's own mind .
28	Which is a total waste of time cos they 'll rewrite it all in a year 's time .
29	So if you 've got an account in a husband 's name and it would be better in a wife 's name , close the account .
30	It helped to have two such formidable singers taking the two female dragon roles : Anne Collins as a fruity Princess Clarissa , tyrannical in a general 's uniform of black leather , and Jane Eaglen as Fata Morgana , like Katisha in Mikado only more so .