Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Justin 's pupil Tatian from Mesopotamia developed with a sarcastic pen the philosophers ' dependence on Moses , which he argued with elaborate synchronisms from ancient chroniclers proving the priority of Moses . |
2 | Oh at Handsworth , I 'm meant to go there this evening to speak to the domestic bursar the residents ' officer and someone else , God knows , from the university to put my case forward for why I had to leave Handsworth and that , why I should n't pay the money . |
3 | In late afternoon an orang-utans ' tea party was held on top of a hill 400 ft ( 120 m ) above the station . |
4 | The House of Lords held that in the present case the defendants ' disclaimer was sufficient to exclude the assumption by the defendants of a duty of care towards the plaintiff . |
5 | However in the present case the defendants ' contractual entitlement corresponds , in our view , to the indemnity basis set out in sub-rule ( 2 ) . |
6 | Despite colonial rule the islands ' distinctive craft techniques survived , particularly a liking for work inlaid with mother-of-pearl . |
7 | If the neutrons had been produced by thermonuclear fusion in a stationary plasma the neutrons ' energy spectra would have been the same in both cases , peaked at 2.45 MeV . |
8 | In the event , Palmerston and Russell agreed to sink their differences and with a united opposition the Conservatives ' days were numbered . |
9 | As an initial reaction the girls ' parents might have been shocked by what they got up to . |
10 | From Iranian territory the rebels ' radio station , ‘ The Voice of Revolutionary Iraq ’ , claimed that the guerrillas had killed 400 Iraqi soldiers in Basra during the night of April 22nd . |
11 | In a shared tank the parents ' real problems begin when the fry are free-swimming , as they are easy prey for other fish . |
12 | With the ground shifting beneath both ‘ imperial greatness ’ and unproblematic prosperity the Tories ' electoral bloc showed increasing signs of weakness . |
13 | To this day , it signifies almost better than any other building the Victorians ' love of spectacle and sentiment and their confidence that a new world order could be created out of a massive syncretism . |
14 | On the other hand the boys ' expedition had occurred only yesterday … dear God , only yesterday … and if … when … |