Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | SEVERAL P&O Marathon Men successfully completed this years ' London Marathon — each in their own style . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't mind , ’ he mumbled unconvincingly , ‘ I 've only got two weeks ' vacation . |
| 3 | Lorraine Allard had only had four days ' warning before leaving from Berlin : |
| 4 | The paper 's usual film reporter would write the story from Miranda 's notes ; he 'd already attended several days ' shooting of the new , as yet untitled film , the first Meursault to be made in Britain , which was a supreme sign that the decade was making all the difference to the world 's view of the country , and its relation to the avant-garde . |
| 5 | Vijay , who has appeared in movies such as Octopussy and Star Trek IV , owns the largest Asian cable channel in America and has just bought Universal Studios ' music arm . |
| 6 | But Murray was determined , and eager to be off eastwards without delay , for Balliol had already had two days ' lead . |
| 7 | has already had 28 weeks ' SSP with a previous employer |
| 8 | Hitherto , the empirical watchers and the grand theorists have largely ignored each others ' work . |
| 9 | ‘ He seems to hold David Howell , who 's still owed three weeks ' money , particularly responsible and wants him out of the club . |
| 10 | Pam Gilbert 's essay begins by noting the pedagogic metaphor which links " writing " with " voice " , a metaphor which " construes writing practices as personal , individualistic and expressive activities , not as socially learned cultural practices ' ( p. 68 ) . |
| 11 | In the period broadly spanning the years 1948 to 1975 , central governments of both parties gradually extended local authorities ' social service powers , or encouraged them to use to the full powers they had already been given — achieving secondary education for all , creating a national pattern of further education , developing services for the elderly , sustaining a substantial housing programme . |
| 12 | Two non-constituency Council seats were designated for financial services and for sole practitioner representation , and following a resolution at last year 's Annual General Meeting , the Society made an initial pump-priming grant to a newly formed sole practitioners ' group which subsequently achieved Law Society group status . |
| 13 | I will admit that I am a total tube head when it comes to guitar amps , but at the same time sufficiently open-minded to have previously applauded other companies ' efforts in solid state technology . |
| 14 | Erm , I would have to say that 's going to be in the range of five hundred to six hundred , and very much depends to some extent on what happens in the winter months , and I 'm sorry to keep stressing this point , but we have n't yet got twelve months ' experience of operating this particular change , and until we 've got at least a year 's experience , and I think one would have to say , that some of the figures need to be portioned , but equally , you ca n't afford to be too cavalier in terms of your assumptions about that demand might reduce to , and I 'll touch a little later on how you control expenditure in those terms . |
| 15 | NEWLY elected National Farmers ' Union vice-president Tony Pexton visited Selborne on Thursday last week during a two-day tour of farms in Hampshire and Sussex . |
| 16 | America 's Securities and Exchange Commission , for example , recently restricted money-market funds ' investments in low-rated commercial paper . |
| 17 | On seeking advice regarding the application I was originally informed that it was ‘ merely an extension of the existing ‘ Table Licence ’ to incorporate recently acquired adjacent premises ' . |