Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] in [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were equivalent to 0.57 per cent of an individual 's income in 1975 but fell to 0.35 and 0.4 per cent in the early 1980s . |
| 2 | Green 's text in these and in his series of black and white pictures of the area was usually restricted to straightforward descriptions of the places portrayed or of the directions to reach them . |
| 3 | Be sure , young , nimble competitors are even now planning to steal Microsoft 's thunder in one or more of them , just as upstart firms with names like Microsoft stole the thunder of the mighty IBM . |
| 4 | West Germany 's support in 1952 and 1953 for the Political Community had in part been predicated on the idea that it could resolve the Saar issue : the territory was due to become a separate ‘ European ’ area . |
| 5 | Before the complete replacement the head had been removed from Philip 's statue in 1797 and replaced by one showing the tyrant Brutus . |
| 6 | He qualified for his colliery manager 's certificate in 1947 and is one of the longest-serving members of the Institute of Mining Engineers . |
| 7 | Tandem Computers Inc has opened a new subsidiary in Budapest , increasing the company 's presence in Central and Eastern Europe . |
| 8 | Tandem Computer Inc has opened a new subsidiary in Budapest , increasing the company 's presence in Central and Eastern Europe . |
| 9 | Bryn Jones was bought from Wolves as James 's successor in 1938 but war intervened to cut short his career . |
| 10 | The tone and innuendo are strikingly similar to that of Sir Almroth Wright , who opposed women 's suffrage in 1913 and who wrote within an entirely different scientific discourse . |
| 11 | Cranston , 43 , is Labour 's man in Richmond , where the Party 's vote in 1987 and at a by-election two years later failed to top 10,000 added together . |
| 12 | The rivalry between Austria and Prussia , and their involvement in the wars of the West , increased Russia 's weight in central and eastern Europe . |
| 13 | Nicholson , the earliest known pupil of the School , had proceeded to Caius College , Cambridge in 1581 , but graduated from St. John 's College in 1584–5 and took his MA in 1588 . |
| 14 | He was Hampshire 's coach in 1939 and stood as a first-class umpire in 1949 , the year before his death . |
| 15 | Primitive Methodists , Baptists and Congregationalists took no public position although many of their leaders like Clifford and Parker agreed with Edward VII 's attitude in 1901–2 and favoured omitting the passages . |
| 16 | Wilfred Innerd was a Geordie who joined the Palace at the club 's inception in 1905 and played a major part in its establishment . |
| 17 | Modern paintings accounted for only 15% of Drouot 's business in 1992 and only twenty-five paintings , old or new , sold for more than FFr1 million . |
| 18 | He sold the chemist 's business in 1872 and moved to new premises at Plymouth Hoe . |
| 19 | Between Salisbury 's retirement in 1902 and the outbreak of the Great War the individualist associations , their spokesmen , and their ideas were relegated even further to the margins of Conservative politics : only two Conservatives of note allied themselves with the individualist groups , while Dicey came to regard the Conservative party as collectivist Quislings . |
| 20 | This contained 55% of the area 's population in 1801 but only 11% , in 1901 . |
| 21 | All too typical , however , was Lord Keith 's remark in 1799 that he had given a lieutenant 's commission to ‘ the Duchess of Atholle 's friend Glen Geary … a heavy dog too ’ , while passing over a brighter but less well-connected midshipman . |
| 22 | Minimum competencies testing has not been a feature of the UK experience , although the government 's announcement in 1987 that a national curriculum was to be established , with benchmarks for achievement at ages 7,11 and 14 , appeared at first to have similar implications . |
| 23 | The Wensleydale-born man was elected the first president of the Society by those gathered in the watchmaker 's shop in 1835 and held that post until his death in 1858 . |
| 24 | Oldman also owned the so-called Attwood manuscript , which contains the musical exercises written by Thomas Attwood [ q.v. ] under Mozart 's supervision in 1785 and 1786 . |
| 25 | They travelled in three or four vehicles , Stirling in the ‘ Blitz Buggy ’ and Paddy Mayne 's crew in one or two jeeps . |
| 26 | It was laid down by a judgement of the King 's Court in 1205 that ‘ No one ought or is able to divide up or in any way to alienate a serjeanty ’ . |
| 27 | And if she got half a pig 's head she used to cut the pig 's head in half and used to use the top half , and that was where the ears was , and everything , boil it until all all the meat dropped off and then she used to put in er a big basin , scrumple it up in her fingers , put some of the juice in , and put a seven pound weight on it , and a saucer , and make brawn . |
| 28 | It 's still before dawn on a summer 's day in 1989 and the sleek limousine cruises effortlessly along the Pacific Highway towards the Village Roadshow film studios . |
| 29 | Our farm has shown growth right from grandfather 's day in 1921 and I would expect that growth would continue . |
| 30 | Derry-born Professor Eddie Friel , who helped encourage Glasgow 's designation in 1990 as European City of Culture , has now been invited by Derry City Council to employ his award-winning strategy in his native city . |