Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen left a message , grateful for two days ' grace . |
| 2 | Giardini , though generous with other promoters ' money ( he was responsible for doubling the fees paid to orchestral players ) , was unscrupulous and devious as an impresario . |
| 3 | In writing this course I have found it necessary to do this in a way which is somewhat different from other writers ' proposals . |
| 4 | Now she will have to spend another three years behind bars instead of walking free in 11 months ' time . |
| 5 | Others are interested in storming insurers ' broader domain . |
| 6 | That can not excuse them , however , and the FA will probably be interested in both teams ' excuses . |
| 7 | They also point out that the excessive amounts of sugar in some brands could also be harmful to older babies ' teeth . |
| 8 | a compassionate employer — compassionate by those days ' standards , not by today 's standards . |
| 9 | Even the World Bank regularly despatches different missions to an individual country unaware of each others ' presence , or who may meet by accident in a permanent secretary 's outer office . |
| 10 | We humans lay out our highways and byways in our fashion and each species does so in theirs , and we mostly remain unaware of each others ' very own and personal world of perception . |
| 11 | Thus perhaps the fact that a number of legal cases have been brought is indicative of some parents ' resistance to the subservient , rather than partnership , role which some say they are forced to assume by the Act ( regardless of exhortations to LEAs to extend parental involvement ) . |
| 12 | These are seen in the repetitions , checks , and expansions which are noted as so prominent in some parents ' speech by Brown ( Brown , Cazden and Bellugi , 1969 ) and Cross ( 1977 ) . |
| 13 | At five o'clock we wandered back ; after all , it might get dark in fifteen days ' time . |
| 14 | He argues that ‘ the failure of both disputes revealed and reproduced the regional nature of management-labour relations in the industry ’ ( p. 35 ) , because ‘ miners ’ interpretations of the two disputes , and of the underlying arguments , are understood as embedded in the nature of collective social relations at work … the constitution of workplace relations has varied between coalfields and … variations in management and labour strategies have been central to this process ' ( p. 36 ) . |
| 15 | You can have all or part of your savings back in cash whenever you like , subject to seven days ' notice . |
| 16 | 193 , that a member state might make the right of its fishing vessels to fish against national quotas subject to those vessels ' having a real economic link with that state , it took care expressly to stipulate that the link had to concern only the relations between that vessel 's fishing operations and the populations dependent on fisheries and related industries : see p. 222 , para. 27 . |
| 17 | Available from Abbey National ( Overseas ) are Offshore Plus , an instant access sterling account ; Offshore 90 also in sterling but requiring 90 days ' notice of withdrawal ; and Offshore Double Eagle , a US dollar deposit account where withdrawals are subject to 30 days ' notice . |
| 18 | — whether written leaflets and supporting materials are appropriate to developing countries ' needs ; |
| 19 | Gloucester play Northampton in a match crucial to both clubs ' chances of claiming the Division One title . |
| 20 | Gloucester play Northampton in a match crucial to both clubs ' chances of claiming the Division One title . |
| 21 | Crucial to both crews ' chances is the performance of the coxes . |
| 22 | Two-year reprieve ‘ likely for 13 pits ' |
| 23 | He began to feel more comfortable after 24 hours ' treatment with antibiotics and also admitted that he found it easier to pass urine in the privacy of the toilet than he did in the ward . |
| 24 | They are often the most difficult to assess since their experience usually lies outside that of social workers , who may be suspicious of such applicants ' knowledge but uneasy about rejecting their apparently confident experience . |
| 25 | The group claims that an application written to the interfaces will be able to run unchanged over many vendors ' SNA communications products under the Microsoft operating systems . |
| 26 | ‘ That issue a couple of months ago was far too soft on transnational corporations ' involvement with the Latin American military . ’ |
| 27 | The concepts therefore were for that age quite sophisticated , indeed quite sophisticated by many adults ' standards as we have seen . |
| 28 | ‘ to obtain and organise resources at appropriate levels to deliver Further Education as required by statute and to meet local demand , unconstrained by financial considerations ' |
| 29 | Orders were sent out to rearm them , to neutralise the demolition mines , and infantry garrisons were despatched complete with fourteen days ' rations and solemn instructions never to capitulate . |
| 30 | Harris , whose responsibilities include R & D , hopes that the group will allow Medeva to become involved with other companies ' products in late Stage II or early Stage III trials , either through acquisition or collaboration , and bring them to market . |