Example sentences of "[vb -s] [art] [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe this records the Girls ' first sighting of the nudes ! |
| 2 | But the accusation of eating with the Gentiles has been heard before , for Luke records the Pharisees ' earlier complaint about Jesus , ‘ 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them ’ ' ( Luke 15:2 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ No , it 's just that the pressure is off him now , ’ says Frank Whaley , the standout in Stone 's last box-office hit , Born On The Fourth Of July , and the actor who plays The Doors ' mild-mannered guitarist Robbie Krieger . |
| 4 | The virus destroys the cetaceans ' immune system , allowing other diseases to take hold . |
| 5 | ‘ The letter is personally addressed to Gerry Adams so it is up to him to reply to it , but the party 's position is that it highlights the MPs ' total lack of understanding about the situation here and our position in it , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He 's moved the story to Russia , sent the Prince on army manoeuvres where he joins a boys ' boozy night out , has the swans massacred by a power-mad crippled usurper and the corpses piled obscenely in a heap . |
| 7 | Figure 1 shows the Units ' administrative structure . |
| 8 | Social groups may be divided according to the logic of objects with which they associate , which includes the objects ' autonomous tendencies towards pattern , as well as their physical constraints . |
| 9 | The Duchess of Gloucester , Colonel-in-Chief , Royal Army Educational Corps , attends the Officers ' Annual Dinner at Eltham Palace , London SE9 . |
| 10 | Within the defined regional territory occurs the development of conceptual ( symbolic ) shape , which promotes the inhabitants ' regional consciousness . |
| 11 | The success Headway has enjoyed in the classroom reflects the authors ' long involvement in ELT at grass-roots level . |
| 12 | Influenza , on top of two previous leg injuries , means he misses the Barbarians ' festive extravaganza at Leicester today . |
| 13 | It 's incredible to think this is a debut album for it far outstrips the Aeroplanes ' first ‘ proper ’ album , which seems badly-produced and shabby in comparison . |
| 14 | As well as helping the firm to identify immediate , specific concerns from individual clients , the survey enables the firm to provide the most appropriate service overall , since it identifies the clients ' generic priorities and allows the firm to refocus its services with those priorities in mind . |
| 15 | In particular the project focuses on recent anti-avoidance case law and statutory developments , and follows the professions ' developing responses to them . |
| 16 | ( 5 ) In this Clause ‘ the Rules ’ means the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 or any modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force . |
| 17 | ‘ the Rules ’ means the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 as amended by the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 or any modification or re-enactment for the time being in force ; |
| 18 | ( 5 ) In this Clause ‘ the Rules ’ means the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 or any modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force . |
| 19 | ‘ the Rules ’ means the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 as amended by the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 or any modification or re-enactment for the time being in force ; |
| 20 | Lobby groups must wait until the autumn to see what is proposed on VAT and fuel , and on the public expenditure review in general , not to mention Labour 's social justice commission , which means the parties ' ideological battle lines are looking blurred . |
| 21 | The sunshine and the strain take their toll and cramp becomes the players ' biggest enemy . |
| 22 | Such an approach , they argue , simply restates the professionals ' own self-presentation in seem-ingly neutral categories . |
| 23 | Labour has to find a defence and foreign policy that rejects the Conservatives ' Great Power illusions . |
| 24 | But then nature succeeds where authority has failed ; attraction to the opposite sex awakens the siblings ' own ‘ true ’ natural instincts , and gender incongruities are resolved . |
| 25 | Clearance for cultivation threatens the islands ' tropical forests and brings with it road construction , settlement and damage to water supplies . |
| 26 | This is what makes the migrants ' long journey to the Arctic worth while . |
| 27 | ‘ Huh , ’ said Grimm , ‘ nobody knows the Stealers ' true origin , so far as I 'm aware . |
| 28 | He dislikes aspects of life with Lancashire , especially the dictate that at certain times he should wear tie and blazer ; he rightly resents missing out on a sponsored car when the county toured Australia ; he recalls verbal run-ins with opponents , including Viv Richards , and believes the Australians ' tough attitude is simply ‘ rude ’ ; and he thinks that many English players are terrified long before they go out to bat ’ . |
| 29 | Hanson buys firms either because it believes them to be under-managed , or because it believes the firms ' existing managers have over-extended themselves . |