Example sentences of "the [num] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Rachel Sherrington , swimming in the 1979 girls ' backstroke , also won the silver and followed up with bronze in the freestyle . |
| 32 | The 1979 gravediggers ' strike in Liverpool , which necessitated plans ( never executed ) for mass burials at sea , shamed us all but by then it was too late to correct a runaway madness . |
| 33 | Nearly 800 schoolchildren from all over Fife and Tayside attended the 1991 schools ' Christmas lecture organised by the Tayside Section , which was given in St Andrews University chemistry department on 16 December and Dundee Institute of Technology on 17 December 1991 . |
| 34 | This comparison of procedures reveals that the CMI Rules ' receipt message plays the role of both a paper based dock or mate 's receipt and of a preliminary bill of lading . |
| 35 | The CMI Rules ' reliance on the ‘ trade data log ’ and ‘ audit trail ’ is inconsistent with standard banking usage . |
| 36 | As cogs in the Soviet military machine , the three countries ' armies used to sit mainly near their western borders . |
| 37 | With the exception of the three islands ' authorities in Scotland , the system of local government in Britain following reorganisation in the 1970s consisted of a two-tier system . |
| 38 | This was being built under the main road that divided the three nurses ' homes and the medical-school library from the hospital . |
| 39 | British-born Russell won by scores of 118-110 , 120-107 and 117-110 on the three judges ' cards after fighting from close quarters to negate Murphy 's height and reach advantages . |
| 40 | Today the three groups ' future no longer looks so bright . |
| 41 | The three teams ' fixtures would be rescheduled for Sunday , May 9 , with the same kick-off time so there was no advantage to be gained . |
| 42 | Where the procession has been banned , the penalty for the inciter is slightly higher , a level four fine in addition to the three months ' imprisonment . |
| 43 | As it is , the three months ' requirement in Northern Ireland results in the disentitlement to vote of persons who would undoubtedly be able to vote in Great Britain , for example any person previously resident only in Great Britain who abandons his old residence and takes up a new one in Northern Ireland within three months of the qualifying date . |
| 44 | ‘ The lasagne 's fine , ’ she murmured as she played for time and thought of the three months ' mortgage she had to find and how impossible she would find it to pay one months ' mortgage , let alone three , if she did n't have a job . |
| 45 | It is common ground that there was no ‘ good cause ’ within the meaning of section 34 ; the university was relying on the three months ' notice term contained in the letter of appointment coupled with the provision in section 34(3) that Mr. Page 's tenure was to be subject to the terms of the appointment . |
| 46 | The prospect of a rabid Irish nationalist invasion of Northern Ireland from the Republic in order to swamp the poll is unreal in more than one sense and it is very doubtful if the three months ' residence requirement is necessary . |
| 47 | What seems abundantly clear is that even if there were not the three months ' residence requirement in the case of Northern Ireland , it would still be necessary , in order to qualify to vote , for a person to have there a ‘ residence ’ in which he spent a substantial part of the year . |
| 48 | So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ? |
| 49 | The three winners ' works will be hung on the apparently dreary corridors of the BBC Television Centre . |
| 50 | A small table might be set out for the three bears ' breakfast with three sizes of chair , bowl and so on , together with three sizes of bear for the children to play with . |
| 51 | Citing disruption in the three republics ' trade with other former Soviet republics , shortages of energy and raw materials , and inflationary problems , the studies predicted sharp falls in output . |
| 52 | ‘ The reason why I lay stress on this matter is this : the basis of the respondents ' argument was that there was a single ‘ act , neglect or default , ’ videlicet , the supply of the defective machine , from which the three years ' limitation is directed by the Act to run . |
| 53 | The defective article might still be in the manufacturer 's possession three years after the date of manufacture , and he might sell it later , but no one would have the hardihood to suggest that the three years ' limitation had already cut off all right of action before he had sold it . |
| 54 | The fragmentation of memory and self is represented through a naming of the three selves ' Sylvia constructed : the child self , ’ The Child Who Knows had to be kept apart from both the adolescent self , and the adult self . |
| 55 | Second-wave feminism in Britain has drawn strength from working-class women 's campaigns , like the 1968 Ford strike , the Grunwick dispute , and the women 's groups active in the 1984 miners ' strike . |
| 56 | There were 72 million working days lost in the 1980s , nearly one third of which — 22.3 million — were lost in the 1984 miners ' strike alone . |
| 57 | [ That this House welcomes the public announcement by Her Majesty 's Government of the identity of the new head of MI5 ; but calls on Her Majesty 's Government to make a full statement about the role of Stella Rimington , in particular in connection with the activities of Mr. David Hart during the 1984 miners ' strike . ] |
| 58 | The nature of UK energy supply and demand by the end of the century is chiefly dependent on the longer-term policy implications of the 1984/5 miners ' strike . |
| 59 | That message was later underlined in the 1984–5 miners ' strike . |
| 60 | The fun stops during the 90 minutes ' play , though , because Taylor wants ‘ a good win ’ . |