Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many industrialists concede that a large part of the responsibility for British companies ' lame performance must lie with management . |
| 2 | The extensive , systematic and ‘ unalterable ’ inequalities between different groups ' economic muscle and political influence are exposed . |
| 3 | As well as a means of ensuring that interoperability and compatibility between different vendors ' Tuxedo-based products , USL wants the club to clearly identify these products by stamping them with the Tuxedo brand . |
| 4 | It might also prove illuminating if we adopt a dialectical approach , considering , for instance , the conflicts between different characters ' conversational behaviour . |
| 5 | Student Kevin Bayliss said raising the money was ‘ extremely difficult ’ and expressed concern for this years ' first and second year . |
| 6 | R. Evershed " Reflections on the Fusion of Law and Equity after 75 Years ' 70 LQR ( 1954 ) 326 |
| 7 | People join the savings club and after 12 weeks ' contributing can get loans at 1 per cent interest . |
| 8 | Jason McCreadie and his mate Matthew Hanna , sweating profusely after 90 minutes ' non-stop dancing to the techno rhythms , pull up chairs and open their rucksack . |
| 9 | The stimulus of the Commander 's benzedrine tablets was wearing off as he swam out to sea after three hours ' creeping and sliding around the beach , and now , his senses dulled by a chilling exhaustion , he felt the first pangs of doubt : would Roger Courtney see the flickering torch among the waves before an enemy patrol boat caught sight of it ? |
| 10 | But at last , after three hours ' hard work , all ninety-nine were on the ship , and the Fram went out to sea again . |
| 11 | The Avalon bathroom was developed after three years ' extensive research into the difficulties associated with ageing . |
| 12 | Now , after three months ' intensive therapy at a Russian clinic , he 's on the verge of achieving the miracle that only he and his mum had expected . |
| 13 | After previous days ' lovely weather , disappointed that visibility was poor and it rained most of the time . |
| 14 | I carried out stone from the cave , and after many days ' hard work I had a large cave in the side of the hill . |
| 15 | She meant , after ten minutes ' solemn consideration , to write that she was extremely sorry , and entirely responsible for the change of plan , but she could not now sit for him . |
| 16 | Two of his partners protested promptly that the said Susy was fully deployed on their cases , and Peter Yeo settled down to reorganize the workload , emerging after ten minutes ' hard negotiation with more or less the conclusion he had wanted . |
| 17 | Anderson has been forced to retire from the game through injury after ten years ' loyal service at St.James 's Park . |
| 18 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 19 | This , after twelve years ' dedicated service to the system and all it represented to her . |
| 20 | But after several hours ' hard canoeing , when the Hokule'a was due west of the island of Lanai , in the channel known as Kealaikahiki , or ‘ The Path to Tahiti ’ , a vicious swell blew up . |
| 21 | After four years ' hard labour , Xerox Corp is understood to have given up on its Ventura Software Inc desktop publishing software business and put the San Diego company on the block . |
| 22 | Some interesting areas , particularly in the extreme south of the region , could be reached by road after four days ' driving along the Andes . |
| 23 | After eighteen months ' successful operation at the Washington works , Glover set up his own chemical works at Carville , Wallsend , in 1861 , with W. F. Clark and J. W. Mawson as partners . |
| 24 | When tested after two hours ' extra sleep , subjects performed worse on a vigilance task , although not significantly worse on a calculation task . |
| 25 | In January 1919 , the superintendent-nurse , Miss Price , returned to duty after two months ' sick leave ( which had started on Armistice Day ) . |
| 26 | A graduate will be recognized as a licentiate member and will be granted full professional membership after two years ' appropriate management experience . |
| 27 | Graduates with appropriate subject profiles will be recognized as licentiate members and will be granted full professional membership after two years ' appropriate management experience . |
| 28 | ‘ I first got interested in the issue of access for off-road cyclists after two years ' National Series racing . |
| 29 | — Ten acres of open land in the middle of Aycliffe Industrial Estate , Newton Aycliffe , have been turned into a wildlife site after two years ' hard work . |
| 30 | Robert Johnson , Managing Director of Johnson Brothers , will retire from the Board after 34 years ' loyal and successful service with the Group . |