Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | and erm then we kept the babies in different toddlers ' homes at |
| 32 | Nevertheless , we have been told by counsel that the matter is far from academic , in that justices ' courts are concerned , this being a matter which has exercised justices ' courts on many occasions and on which there are different practices in different justices ' courts . |
| 33 | ( Metric and Imperial measure comparison of all weapon sizes in this book are mathematical and do not take account of slight variations in different countries ' measurements of bore sizes , etc . ) |
| 34 | In this decorators ' dreamland may be found marble columns , ornamental birds , chimney pieces , lecterns , windows and plaster busts . |
| 35 | In this buyers ' guide we cover and comment on the best ( and some we would n't give tank-space to ) and leave the reader to judge . |
| 36 | The Welsh ace bagged four goals in this Cup-Winners ' Cup romp to eclipse Sixties ' idol Roger Hunt . |
| 37 | There is , buried in some agencies ' archives , material — usually based either on reading and noting research ( see page 100 ) or on direct response returns — which shows rather clearly that over a certain size — somewhere around 35 cm × 6 cols in a broadsheet newspaper — diminishing returns begin to set in . |
| 38 | Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors ' offices . |
| 39 | These are seen in the repetitions , checks , and expansions which are noted as so prominent in some parents ' speech by Brown ( Brown , Cazden and Bellugi , 1969 ) and Cross ( 1977 ) . |
| 40 | The MMC ( 1980 : 97 ) found that in some guards ' depots , twelve-hour days were routinely worked , and that , apparently , ‘ those staff who wish to work their Sundays mostly have the opportunity to do so every other Sunday without strict regard to the numbers actually required to operate train services ’ . |
| 41 | The first record is in August , when Dista 's representatives suggested the research might explain the bleeding seen in some patients ' stomachs and intestines . |
| 42 | It seems to occur in some manufacturers ' products more than others , and is not a problem with ‘ safe ’ tools such as drills , but can be with bladed tools . |
| 43 | And if you volunteered for five years I know you got fifty pound for that which was a hell of a lot of money , a year 's wage in some peoples ' eyes that was you know . |
| 44 | His other great interest was in climbing , especially in the Alps ; a subsidiary peak on the Matterhorn is named after him , and the Zermatt museum possesses his ice-axe and his signature ( and those of other Victorian intellectuals ) in old visitors ' books . |
| 45 | Either the afternoons are as endless as those in old folks ' homes , which prompt the matrons to pin up Reality Orientation charts ( ’ When is your birthday ? |
| 46 | The spread of owner occupation means that , in 30 years ' time , between 70% and 90% of households are likely to inherit a property . |
| 47 | Industrialists have to market their new products without knowing what will happen in 30 years ' time , although accelerated weathering or ageing tests may give some idea . |
| 48 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 49 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 50 | Some 97,000 families will be affected by cuts of up to 40% in civil servants ' pay , part of a World Bank/IMF plan to reduce government spending . |
| 51 | The Council of State ( its constitutional decision making role , which the previous Stroessner regime had ignored , restored by Rodriguez ) on April 14 had decreed a 30 per cent increase in civil servants ' wages and increased the national budget by just over 33 per cent . |
| 52 | An Essay on Food Reform and in 1892 Animals ' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress ( reissued in 1900 , 1905 , and 1915 ) . |
| 53 | A central problem remains the small role assigned to administrators in liberal corporatists ' accounts ( Nordlinger , 1981 , pp. 171 — 2 ; Diamant 1981 , p. 120 ) . |
| 54 | Now these visitors were dressed in simple shepherds ' tunics though they were fashioned in stripes of crimson satin and cloth of gold . |
| 55 | Authors have identified considerable consistency in individual authorities ' spending patterns over time despite the variation between authorities . |
| 56 | - Your summer clothes go into hibernation in cupboards , wardrobes , dry cleaners ' , cloakrooms , hat-stands , boots of cars , other people 's houses , restaurant vestibules , backs of chairs in disused rooms and many other places from which they will eventually creep , crumpled and dishevelled , in six months ' time . |
| 57 | Reports that the economy might improve in six months ' time . |
| 58 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
| 59 | You might want it to be different again in six months ' time , or even next week — but do you love it as it is right now ? |
| 60 | Follow your own energy , and do whatever attracts you — bearing in mind that an exercise might be helpful next week , or in six months ' time , rather than now . |