Example sentences of "['s] [noun] in [noun prp] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Honda in Ohio may be the closest , with its wider model range and higher output , though the company 's progress in Europe is slow . |
| 2 | But technical staff at Alfa Romeo 's headquarters in Britain were amazed that charges should be so high . |
| 3 | A spokesman at Shell 's headquarters in London was unable last night to give reasons for the decision to cut its stake in the block . |
| 4 | It is possible that for all its lofty consequences , Nietzsche 's willingness to expose himself to Meistersinger in the first place arose out of nothing loftier than social contacts : the coincidence that a sister of Wagner 's living in Leipzig was friendly with Professor Ritschl and his wife , with whom Nietzsche was on excellent terms at the time . |
| 5 | The President 's successors in Kabul are ready to work with the UN peace process , but it is hard to imagine the rebels agreeing to join in when victory is so close . |
| 6 | NOT so long ago Bill Bentley 's wine-bar in Bishopsgate was alive to the sound of mobile phones and chattering stockbrokers . |
| 7 | In one respect the Atkinian neighbour principle and Lord Wilberforce 's opinion in Anns are similar ; they both extend the boundaries of tortious liability in negligence to new areas , the former to product liability , the latter to a failure to inspect a defective building . |
| 8 | The occasion of Wulfhere 's intervention in Surrey is likely to have been the death of King Ecgberht , which appears to have been followed by an interregnum or at least a contested succession . |
| 9 | Mansell 's reaction in Spain was forthright . |
| 10 | How absurd to see the works of William Penn in flaming scarlet , and George Fox 's Journal in Bishop 's purple ! |
| 11 | THE most fashionable new children 's shop in London is Cheeky Monkeys , recently opened in Kensington by Bridget Young and Georgia Hainault . |
| 12 | For Muslim parents , whether peasant or urban in background , their daughter 's education in Britain is fraught with conflict between the demands of the school system and the requirements of Islam . |
| 13 | TALKS to decide the fate of a Sainsbury 's development in Darlington are due to take place in London today . |
| 14 | Margaret Hunter 's appointment in Scotland is ongoing . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe what upset Dustin was that he knew that , although he was the better actor , Steve 's performance in Papillon was superior , ’ commented Norman Jewison , who had directed McQueen in The Cincinnati Kid and The Thomas Crown Affair , but who never worked with Dustin . |
| 16 | Thesiger 's life in Kenya is spartan with few possessions , but many memories of life with Marsh Arabs and Bedu nomads , memories he 's delighted to share with Oxford . |
| 17 | Few will doubt that the Great White Shark 's win in Canada is good for the game , but the manner in which he won his first tournament in almost 28 months did little to dispel those nagging doubts that his temperament is susceptible to pressure . |
| 18 | The reason for IBM 's interest in RISC is obvious . |
| 19 | To the defenders of the French presence in Algeria , these brisk and unsentimental balance sheets of France 's interest in Algeria were intolerable . |
| 20 | We are pleased to announce that all five candidates in the Medau Teachers ' Examination in April were successful . |
| 21 | A second congress of the All-Russian Peasants ' Union in November was satisfied neither by the Manifesto nor by the announcement that redemption dues were to be phased out altogether , and peasant disturbances continued through 1906 and into 1907 . |