Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun prp] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Loma Negra : a Peruvian Lord 's Tomb ’ continues until 4 July . |
| 2 | At the meeting Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister , proposed the " decoupling " of the internal and external aspects of unification so that the former could be completed swiftly while allowing a unified Germany 's security status to be resolved over a number of years . |
| 3 | The presence on German territory of Soviet troops ( currently numbering 380,000 in East Germany ) for more than " a short transitional period " would infringe the country 's sovereignty , he said , and the question of a unified Germany 's membership of NATO had to be clarified before unification . |
| 4 | Like a fiery Pandora 's box , the lid was thrown wide open , spewing all the good and evil upon the world ( and , like the Greek myth , once good and evil are loosed on the world they can not be called back ) . |
| 5 | Her mouth was wide and generous , a classic Cupid 's bow which no amount of severe , businesslike flattening would tone down . |
| 6 | It does not make any appreciable difference whether the solid is glassy or crystalline or even polymeric , nor does it matter whether it has a high or a low Young 's modulus 50 long as it more or less obeys Hooke 's law , virtually up to failure . |
| 7 | He 's got a bloody Tesco 's carrier bag full . |
| 8 | A sweet shop then was a veritable Aladdin 's Cave for children , for most sweets were sold loose . |
| 9 | But to Paula Ladies ' Fashions was a veritable Aladdin 's cave of delights . |
| 10 | Many drivers cheerfully collected loads that were offered from all over the city , and gradually with their help and that of certain ‘ able-bodied men and women ’ mountains of books accumulated in the Davidson Room , while the Undercroft cupboard soon became a veritable Aladdin 's Cave of ‘ Unwanted Gifts ’ . |
| 11 | Emmie said bewildered , regarding a purplish bundle of asparagus , a crisp Webb 's Wonder . |
| 12 | Anthony Corris , the company 's marketing manager in the business communications division , mapped a vision of a British Telecom 's operations as they will be ‘ recognisable in 10 years time ’ . |
| 13 | A British Cox 's apple may have been sprayed 12 times and dipped in fungicide before it reaches your fruit bowl . |
| 14 | I was ambling down a calm King 's Road to my bus stop outside Peter Jones , almost opposite the flat where Percy Grainger lived , and bought a packet of five Players cigarettes from what was then a seedy little newsagent and tobacconist . |
| 15 | AN animal rights fanatic who carried out a bomb attack on a crowded McDonald 's was jailed for 15 months yesterday . |
| 16 | Out-gunned 11 caps to three , Tigers ended a run of defeats in this annual frolic with a five-try triumph , topped off with a typical Baa-Baas ' style try , started in front of their own posts and finished by Tony Underwood behind the posts at the other end . |
| 17 | He was a member of syndicates involved in leveraged buy-outs , he was a prominent Lloyd 's underwriter , he was a consultant for this corporation and an adviser to that emirate . |
| 18 | At the back of the hall a handicapped woman sat quietly in a wheelchair and a man paced up and down , a tiny Down 's syndome baby gurgling in his arms . |
| 19 | Great stories about — Brown on a winter 's day leading a verglassed Freddie 's Finale ; Robin Barley out there on Macabre ; Beardie cruising the hill-streets of Meanwood … |
| 20 | To see this platform threatened by a mere Smiths ' power game , hardly proved good PR for the band and a degree of bad feeling began to boil away in their home city . |
| 21 | A full-time mother , a part-time Sainsbury 's stacker , and a part-time member of the TA . |
| 22 | The street market is a real Aladdin 's cave of goodies where you can pick up anything from hand painted papyrus pictures or exquisite glassware to jewellery or fine rugs at ridiculous prices — if you stand your ground . |
| 23 | JIM JOHNSTON is a real egghead — and his house is a real Aladdin 's Cave of eggstraordinary creations to prove it . |
| 24 | During the 30 days of training at Wokingham , Pete and Andrew became the best of buddies and Wendy accepted a delighted Andrew 's marriage proposal . |
| 25 | Charles went back on his resolution and poured himself a large Bell 's . |
| 26 | Britain 's best known umpire was back at Feethams for a nostalgic Lord 's Taverners charity do ( it raised £740 ) on Monday evening . |
| 27 | With the help of departmental officers a Burma Handbook was being compiled , dealing with the country and peoples of Burma , production , communications , a short history , a valuable Who 's Who , health notes , and a map with the scale of thirty-two miles to the inch . |
| 28 | In the revival he 's acting alongside a previous Charley 's Aunt Patrick Cargill , the veteran actor best known for the ITV comedy series Father Dear Father . |
| 29 | GREEN demonstrators wept yesterday as trees were torn down to make way for a giant Tesco 's . |
| 30 | But a leading Jehovah 's Witness claimed tonight that other treatments are available which do n't break the rules of their faith . |