Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 During that eight years ' task , those at the heart of it were learning themselves how to pray more deeply and contemplatively .
2 Contributions from Godfrey Evans , John Woodcock , alan Knott , David Gower , Mark Nicholas , Dad and many others , with Bob Taylor recalling that memorable wicketkeepers ' convention during the 1986 NZ Lord 's Test .
3 In that Old Folks ' Home .
4 ‘ In those days seeing a comedian was the last thing you 'd do unless it was in some working men 's club . ’
5 Second , some European banks ' profits have slowed with their economies .
6 There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully .
7 Nevertheless , some private members ' bills have been important and become a focus for public attention .
8 The few surviving justices ' diaries give conflicting impressions .
9 Randi describes their methods in detail , except where some professional magicians ' secret would otherwise be exposed .
10 Erm and although I will briefly go through some technical ones erm motion number two to erm er because it 's in relation to growth savings that we have the differences between the budgets and which are actually being er proposed and er I suppose we do need to go through number six carefully as well about structural maintenance funds .
11 The Foundation organises over 30 workshops each year , reaching some 180 women 's groups .
12 Because of the continuous pressure exerted by Irish , Black and other women over the years , some English Women 's Movement has died and that if they want must wake up to the fact that the middle-class , gentile English Women 's Movement had died and that if they want to go on referring to us as ethnic minorities then they will have to include themselves as a separate group .
13 The chairman of the Northern Ireland Association of British Travel Agents , Ailbe McMurray , defended the record of local firms after Holiday Which magazine attacked some British agents ' performance .
14 The chairman of the Northern Ireland Association of British Travel Agents , Ailbe McMurray , defended the record of local firms after Holiday Which magazine attacked some British agents ' performance .
15 William Douglas gave me some old women 's clothes .
16 To those ladies who were responsible for dealing with this charitable effort , she would offer as much as five shillings for a bundle of what appeared to them as less attractive articles , especially if they were food-stained , as some old gentlemen 's coats often were .
17 This old wives ' tale is amazingly persistent , despite the fact that no cat could possibly relax and sleep on top of a squirming , suffocating baby .
18 When this old men 's ideology starts to be transmitted into literature , and from literature into popular writings , and then into the press especially the gutter press and the mass media then it begins slowly to form the people .
19 The young people who have caught the madness of war are , in fact , prisoners of this old men 's mentality which has charmed them .
20 For example , a cartoon ‘ juke box ’ in one of the discs allows children to edit some popular children 's songs together with their accompanying animated cartoon stories .
21 The papers , covering the period 1834-68 , include copies of some 300 apprentices ' indentures for the years 1856-68 .
22 From Scardroy , where the public motor road ends , there is another old drovers ' route through to Loch Gowan and Achnasheen , so even without a car some interesting trips could be made taking in the Conon Corbetts by using post bus and train services .
23 At this stage SGB Group already had some 12 years ' experience in processing by computer its main business systems .
24 The world beyond Europe began to be opened up with voyages to India , China and America , and this transformed men 's horizons in a way fully as dramatic as space travel in our own time .
25 With magnificent sea views , this one-time mariners ' inn combines the charm and hospitality of a bygone age with present-day comfort , and is happily run by a couple who genuinely like other people .
26 Perhaps John 's best game for us was the FA Cup 3rd round replay at Nottingham Forest in last January 1991 , when he provided the cross from the right wing from which Ian Wright volleyed our opener , and then scored our last-gasp equaliser , which showed considerable vision and no little technique , to catch the Forest goalkeeper off his line with a dipping , curling shot from some 45 yards ' range .
27 An architrave , of the exact proportion to become this perfect dolls ' house , was over the door .
28 His paper have given him another six weeks ' leave-of-absence , so he decided to see France and , I believe , Spain . ’
29 This extra consumers ' expenditure will give rise to additional income of £40 million in those domestic industries producing the required goods and services .
30 Still , it was as well not to close off any possibility of future splash , so he stood there , in his immaculate green blazer and flannels , his tie neatly knotted , his profile presented most becomingly to Mr and Mrs Channing , as he acted the role of head boy in some long-forgotten boys ' book by Talbot Baines Reed or Annesley Vachell .
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