Example sentences of "[adj] ' [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even without the new technologies it seems unlikely that the macho-mean-streets style of journalism would have survived intact , given the Thatcherite focus on the spiritual ( and monetary ) values of hearth and home , together with soaring mortgage rates , the civilising influence of feminism and 80s ' health consciousness . |
| 2 | FNFC , that star of the Seventies ' market crash started life as Birmingham Carriage and Wagon . |
| 3 | In recent years IBM has introduced four-year ' term contracts ' for some graduate entrants , like a commission in the service , to give fine training and work experience to people who will expect to move on at the end . |
| 4 | ‘ You talk of the eight twelves ' energy bolts as if they were alive , ’ remarked Jinkwa . |
| 5 | You seem to think that 1960s ' antitrust law enforcement was wonderful because the government ‘ took on giants the size of AT&T and IBM and broke up a merger of Procter & Gamble and Clorox . ’ |
| 6 | This approach , which dominated the abortion reform movements of Sixties ' North America , is rooted in liberal humanism which values science and rational thought . |
| 7 | The Welsh ace bagged four goals in this Cup-Winners ' Cup romp to eclipse Sixties ' idol Roger Hunt . |
| 8 | Next door was what the children called ‘ The Beatle Room ’ , a room devoted entirely to psychedelic posters , pictures and other memorabilia of the Sixties ' pop stars . |
| 9 | The acid-sweet pastels of 1950s ' food photography come to mind . |
| 10 | He will probably find his Treasury advisers are far less sanguine : the Treasury believes that the same factors which produced the late 1980s ' consumer boom are now working in reverse , with falling confidence and asset values undermining consumption though incomes are relatively buoyant . |