Example sentences of "'s [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plea bargain agreed between Exxon , the Justice Department and the state of Alaska had set the company 's total liability at $1 billion : $900m of this was a civil settlement to meet costs incurred by the government in cleaning up the 11m gallons of oil spilt into Prince William Sound ; the other $100m was a fine , payable to the Treasury , to settle the four criminal charges . |
| 2 | And now , for the first time , he thought that he could smell the North Sea , that potent but half-illusory tang evoking nostalgic memories of childhood holidays , of solitary adolescent walks as he struggled with his first poems , of his aunt 's tall figure at his side , binoculars round her neck , striding towards the haunts of her beloved birds . |
| 3 | That at least means that during the season they are out in the countryside throwing themselves in front of Land Rovers every Saturday instead of standing outside Safeway 's screaming abuse at shoppers . |
| 4 | Niceness and Lily 's cruel life at the moment hardly seemed to go . |
| 5 | SWIMMING : Mike Fibbens meets two of his conquerors at last year 's European Championship at the Edinburgh International Meet which starts today . |
| 6 | SPARTAK MOSCOW are ready to throw up a Russian wall of defiance to end Liverpool 's European dream at Anfield tonight . |
| 7 | SPARTAK MOSCOW are ready to throw up a Russian wall of defiance to end Liverpool 's European dream at Anfield tonight . |
| 8 | Now Payne wants to take advantage of the current absence of stars like Montgomerie , Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam from the circuit to advance his already impressive claims for a place in Bernard Gallacher 's European team at the Belfry in September . |
| 9 | SOUTH AFRICA have been warned they are on the verge of being kicked out of world rugby again — just 24 hours before tomorrow 's historic Test at Twickenham . |
| 10 | Although there has been a recent escalation in the introduction of legislation we are all aware that the educational climate has gradually changed ever since former Prime Minister Jim Callaghan 's historic speech at Ruskin College in 1976 when he instituted the Great Debate . |
| 11 | Swallow comes to Shetland after a year 's short-term assignment at Wytch Farm where he provided the engineering input into the onshore field 's scheduled maintenance shutdown in April . |
| 12 | The Army 's interim commander at the base , Lieutenant Colonel John Middleditch , yesterday revealed that £50 million has been earmarked by the Government for building and refurbishment work on the base . |
| 13 | In other words , part of the essence of Cobol clarity is being preserved at the expense of what some would argue is object-oriented programming 's inherent expressiveness at the fine object level . |
| 14 | David Checketts , who was Prince Charles 's private secretary at the time , was also dubious . |
| 15 | Major works by Rubens , Rembrandt and Van Dyck have come from Frederick the Great 's private gallery at Sanssouci and from the Berlin and Potsdam museums , the Washington National Gallery and the Metropolitan . |
| 16 | Mrs Thatcher is being given the honour of an invitation to the President 's private retreat at Camp David , in the Maryland hills north of Washington . |
| 17 | He made the zenith sector that Nevil Maskelyne [ q.v. ] took to St Helena in 1761 ; all the larger instruments for the king 's private observatory at Kew , and instruments for St John 's College in Cambridge , Naples , Geneva , Milan , and Mitau in Latvia . |
| 18 | The great dream had turned sour when Dickinson , the former champion National Hunt trainer , failed to produce the required results in his first season as Sangster 's private trainer at the refurbished establishment . |
| 19 | Miles Maclagan , of West of Scotland , beat Frenchman Lionel Barthez 2-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 in the first round of the LTA Men 's Indoor Satellite at Telford , while Davis Cup player Mark Petchey , of Essex , defeated Juan Pino ( Cuba ) 4-6 , 6-3 , 6-4 . |
| 20 | Throughout the year , until Ronnie 's awful accident at Monza , the two men raced very much on even terms . |
| 21 | What was the route mileage of Brunel 's broad gauge at its peak ? |
| 22 | He has been an outspoken critic of the Squash Rackets Association 's economic stringency at this unsponsored event and made an official complaint about Friday 's referee , Ed Johnson . |
| 23 | The Great Exhibition of 1851-that gigantic public relations job for Britain 's economic supremacy at the time — had been housed in a vast glass and iron building , itself a confirmation of the country 's " workshop of the world " status , and romantically dubbed the Crystal Palace . |
| 24 | HIGH street banks and building societies were last night accused of putting the nation 's economic recovery at risk . |
| 25 | Mardenborough , who has missed the last three games with a medial ligament injury , could be sidelined again after he pulled out of Wednesday 's reserve game at the last minute . |
| 26 | KEVIN BROCK is keeping his fingers crossed that Newcastle 's reserve match at Aston Villa tonight is n't a victim of the weather , writes John Wardle . |
| 27 | The WBO upheld Saturday 's controversial decision at Olympia , when McMillan lost his title to Colombia 's Ruben Palacio after sustaining a dislocated left shoulder in the eighth round . |
| 28 | The WBO upheld Saturday 's controversial decision at Olympia , when McMillan lost his title to Colombia 's Ruben Palacio after sustaining a dislocated left shoulder in the eighth round . |
| 29 | He measures each country 's aggregate demand at any time by its total nominal spending . |
| 30 | that 's just they 're the people I 'm going to interview okay then you 've got example yesterday at approximately nine twenty Bacon 's technical college at went up in a barrage of smoke taking one life which is believed to be that of the caretaker who was having a last minute check before leaving the building in the evening . |