Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] ' [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detractors of Gilbert & George will find their usual ammunition but the series is the artists ' most arresting set of images since ‘ The Believing World ’ of 1984 . |
| 2 | They propose to take away the courts ' most important sanction — the power to take over a union 's assets . |
| 3 | Individual partes have offered their backing to a wide variety of regimes , ranging from the Peruvians ' support for Velasco , the Panamanians ' generally favourable stand towards Torrijos and the Argentine Communists ' ( critical ) support for the 1976 military coup led by General Videla . |
| 4 | The play is nothing more than a succession of her venomous attacks on the sons ’ girls and the sons ' unbelievably feeble attempts to fight back . |
| 5 | ‘ A sign of the times ' as 20 jobs are axed at two firms |
| 6 | On 5 June one of two Iranian F-4s that had come over from Bushehr , looking for another kill off the Saudi coast , was shot down by the Saudis ' more advanced F-15s , armed with the Raytheon Sparrow missile and guided on to their targets by AWACS surveillance craft . |
| 7 | Indeed , one of the researchers ' most important tasks is to ascertain for my benefit what kind of conversation we 'll be likely to have — whether the guest talks nineteen to the dozen , in which case I 'll need to prepare lots of questions , or if they take ten minutes to say ‘ Good evening ’ — in which case I 'll start praying . |
| 8 | He believes if Jones , Paul Moriarty and skipper Young tame the visitors ' more experienced forwards , Wales ' gifted backline can upset England on home soil for the first time since 1949 . |
| 9 | But the Communists ' most dramatic political intervention was the Second Front Campaign . |
| 10 | The DGM felt quite comfortable about this and also tolerant about the trusts ' sometimes misplaced attempts to establish their autonomy : " After escaping from the nest they go around flapping their wings and hissing at people " . |
| 11 | The ‘ Falklands factor ’ would be seen as a principal reason for the Conservatives ' unexpectedly good showing in the local council elections that year , and , too , for the return of Margaret Thatcher for a second term as prime minister at the General Election of 1983 . |
| 12 | They were determined to turn the workers ' essentially economic goals into political goals . |
| 13 | According to some , code-breaking was one of the allies ' most important weapons . |
| 14 | These zones were identified by the observers ' fairly casual assessment of the dominant species in each locality . |
| 15 | So a colourful still life seemed a suitable choice of subject for an exploration of the pastels ' most obvious potential . |
| 16 | The robots ' comparatively low cost ( £17,500 ) combined with their mobility made Merlin and Sherlock the preferred option . |
| 17 | His explanation is partly geographical ( these composers , and the ‘ folk remnants ’ they use , came from relatively ‘ backward ’ Eastern European countries , where such archaic traditions still had valid life ) and partly on the grounds that the old materials are reinterpreted through incorporation in the composers ' radically alienated perspective and progressive language ( Adorno 1973 : 35–6 ) . |
| 18 | Mr Wilson , whose daughter Marie died in the IRA 's 1987 Remembrance Day blast in Enniskillen , said even the republicans ' most fervent supporters were questioning their campaign . |
| 19 | The crowd really get off on the Kitchens ' distinctly '80s sound , whooping like only Americans can , and calling out for all the correct songs — and then it dawns on you . |
| 20 | The outboard switches lend you the power to engage or disengage all of the combos ' externally switchable options ( eg. channel selection , graphic on/off and reverb on/off ) direct from the TriAxis . |
| 21 | A similar scholarly consensus exists over the Nationalists ' vastly greater success in dealing with internal factionalism . |
| 22 | Failure to take all these factors into account resulted in the monarchists ' excessively optimistic view of the likelihood of an imminent restoration . |
| 23 | Quality is improved and costs reduced if the components are designed with the suppliers ' most efficient manufacturing process in mind . |
| 24 | Among the Oratorians ' most celebrated members was John Henry Newman , whose conversion from Anglicanism did much to serve the cause of English Catholicism . |
| 25 | Welcome back : It 's St Patrick 's Day , and one of the regions ' most talented musical families is celebrating with a fantasy voyage into the past . |
| 26 | Not only did the occupiers introduce gin to the island , which remains one of the locals ' most popular drinks , but in 1813 cricket was recorded as having been first played in Menorca by the surgeon of HMS Scipo — a match which received the patronage of Admiral Lord St Vincent , the Commander in Chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet . |
| 27 | General Miguel Maza Marquez , chief of the investigative police and one of the traffickers ' most vocal critics , escaped unharmed as he did from a car bomb attack last May in which seven people were killed and 50 wounded . |
| 28 | General Miguel Maza Marquez , chief of the investigative police and one of the traffickers ' most vocal critics , escaped unharmed as he did from a car bomb attack last May in which seven people were killed . |
| 29 | Reliable domestiques are the stars ' most valued comrades — and by long tradition they share the stars ' winnings . |
| 30 | Mr Clarke 's reaction reveals the same double standard as did his reaction to the doctors ' equally democratic verdict which he proceeded to dismiss . |