Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If you go to the normal parents ' class you get -Oh yeah — another one , does n't know a lot , just got pregnant for the fun of it , but the midwives , Ros and Maureen , they treat you different . |
2 | In a previous BBC serial about the moral bankruptcy and satanic drabness of a fictional new town , the polite credits ' acknowledgment to the real modern conurbation which had admitted the cameras had an inadvertent satirical ring . |
3 | In Uganda he is visiting the Ugandan National Council of Women , an umbrella organisation which supports women 's groups throughout the country , and the Ugandan Women 's Credit and Finance Trust , which finances small businesses . |
4 | He was a founder member of the Junior Ministers ' Convention in 1888 . |
5 | The junior boys ' race sees another clash between NorthEast champion Glen Hilton , of Durham City Harriers , and the North-East Schools Inter-Counties winner Chris Hilton , of Chester-le-Street . |
6 | In the junior boys ' championship Stephen Logan ( Knowsley DC ) was third with 196.80 points . |
7 | Stephen Birse , who competes for Middlesbrough and Cleveland , completed a fine double in the junior boys ' shot and javelin with throws of 12.41 metres and 47.37 metres both qualifying distances . |
8 | Thus it is ironic that he more than once offers a cold-hearted appraisal of the junior hobbits ' utility . |
9 | Simon , a reserve for the world junior championship this month , won the junior men 's event . |
10 | He streaked the junior men 's event with a distance of 57.18 metres and showed his worth by finishing third to Great Britain 's Paul Head in the senior men 's section , making 52.54 with the heavier hammer . |
11 | Long jumper Anthony Mason , of Ipswich Harriers , cleared seven metres for the first time in his career to smash the junior men 's record by 34 centimetres , and 16-year-old Keith Davis shaved a tenth of a second off the under-17 400 metres record with a time of 52.0 seconds . |
12 | He took an active part in many School societies , and was also an editor for the Oxford University Press and official of the Assistant Masters ' Association . |
13 | The other two parties , the Patriotic Union and the Progressive Citizens ' Party , won 11 and 12 seats respectively . |
14 | Eliot 's witty 1918 truncation of an Arnoldian phrase prefigures the Hollow Men 's predicament ; Clive Bell , ‘ lingering between two worlds , one dead ’ , has the vice of inane mediocrity , incapable of ‘ icy inviolability , or violent fury ’ . |
15 | The row over the Fayed brothers ' acquisition simmers on , thanks to the Bank of England 's embarrassment over Harrods Bank . |
16 | Here , Tiny Rowland concludes his version of events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser with a first-hand account of the situation in question against the background of his personal experience in business . |
17 | In the following example from the Foreword to A Hero from Zero , Tiny Rowland presents a summary of the events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser . |
18 | ALTHOUGH there are only four more tournaments to count towards the final Order of Merit , there will be no end-of-season relaxing for the professionals on the European women 's Tour , who tee off in the Laing Charity Classic here today . |
19 | The European Women 's Tour has announced that it will stage a tournament next year in troubled former Yugoslavia . |
20 | As Joe Flanagan , Executive Director of the European Women 's Tour , says , " It 's a pity these up-and-coming young players are not allowed to show their prowess to the rest of the world . |
21 | Conductor Odaline de la Martinez , who was responsible for founding the European Women 's Orchestra , has launched a new label , Lontano Records , which is intended as a vehicle for the 20th century music ensemble , Lontano . |
22 | The success of the European women 's circuit is producing a new breed of amateur golfer — young , super-fit , full-time players who travel the world in pursuit of their sport . |
23 | The next year she was selected with Doris Rhodes for the European women 's team championships , held in Venice . |
24 | BRITAIN 'S Jo Durie , Clare Wood and Shirli-Ann Siddall beat No 2 seeds Italy 3–0 to reach today 's semi-finals of the European Women 's Team Tennis Championships in Prague . |
25 | JO DURIE and Clare Wood gave British tennis a welcome boost when they beat defending champions Holland 2–1 to win the European women 's team event for the first time in Prague yesterday . |
26 | Tickets for the game — Rangers ' allocation will roughly match their share for the European Champions ' League tie with FC Brugge in Belgium three days earlier — will go on sale on Saturday . |
27 | Fynn is proposing the formation of a UEFA premier league and three regional divisions — with promotion and relegation between them — to replace the European Champions ' Cup and the Cup Winners ' Cup . |
28 | Ian Rowlands has been named in the Welsh under-18s team for the European boys ' team championships taking place in Denmark from July 8–11 . |
29 | By the summer of 1869 Napoleon III 's position , in terms of the European states ' system , was therefore one of military and diplomatic weakness . |
30 | The Greens were still arguing over whether the time had come to loosen principle a little and elect a leader , a public face , perhaps Sara Parkin , the International Liaison Secretary of the UK Greens as well as the European Greens ' co-ordination co-secretary . |