Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ' [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Among the Foreign Ministers ' first actions on June 17 was the unanimous approval of Turkmenistan 's application for full membership of the ICO .
2 It was the Scottish boys ' first victory after 14 defeats in that series .
3 The court heard that the crash happened at Pentwyn , Cardiff , after the three celebrated Coombes ' first job .
4 Whoever it is will be the Social Democrats ' fifth candidate in 11 years .
5 The Liberal Democrats ' first gain was Cheltenham , where the Tory candidate Mr John Taylor , failed to become the party 's first black MP .
6 This weekend 's referendum was supposed to be the Bosnian Serbs ' last word on the Vance-Owen peace plan , which has been rejected three times by their self-styled parliament .
7 They would be the paying customers ' first impression of Crystal Springs .
8 Psychological theories ' second area of gender bias rests on the associations psychology makes between the consistency and completeness of good theory , and discourses of masculinity .
9 AT FIRST listen there was little on The Black Crowes ' first LP ‘ Shake Your Money Maker ’ to separate it from a hundred other rock'n'roll records which were desperately trying to get their sound across after the Guns N'Roses media boom of the late '80s .
10 Sir Peter and the active and enthusiastic staff , led by Morag Barton , Museum Director , are looking forward to celebrating Brooklands ' 85th anniversary year in 1992 .
11 The 16th was also moved from its 1908 place ( approximating to the present ) to become a longer version ( 250 yards ) of what is played today — i.e. the green being near the present ladies ' 17th tee box .
12 Before the two Prime Ministers ' next scheduled meeting ( by then set for Aug. 27 ) , however , Meciar suddenly announced that the HZDS side would not be attending .
13 It is now 16 years since I wrote a book , The Poor of the Earth , to popularise one of the huge international conferences that were common during the seventies , the United Nations ' Second Development Decade .
14 In 1982 BBC1 's ‘ Nationwide ’ covered Gay News ' tenth birthday , but in general the sharp end of factual programming has only given space to gay issues when they impinge on heterosexual concerns .
15 This same interpretation appeared in the Irish bishops ' next statement in mid-June .
16 It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship .
17 A bad snap on a Colts ' punt attempt later gave Pittsburgh the ball on the Indianapolis 34 and Malone connected with Brenberg for the final Steelers ' first half score with 1:03 remaining .
18 Unusually , the merged banks ' first interim dividend will be paid without deduction of tax .
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