Example sentences of "man ['s] [noun sg] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last month he starred as the poor man 's hero in the film Robin Hood and now he 's playing a wealthy land agent in Granada TV 's new series , The Real Charlotte , which starts next Monday . |
| 2 | From the forbidden dry valley I followed the path to Seaty Hill , a Bronze Age tumulus standing close to the point at which Mastiles Lane joins the main tarmac road and an indication of the deep roots of man 's existence in the Dales . |
| 3 | It was one of those golden autumn afternoons and there were blackberries and splashes of old man 's beard in the hedges , and the hawthorn berries were ripening scarlet for the birds when the cold winter came along . |
| 4 | They had found the man 's wallet in the pocket of his jacket with forty pounds in notes , a credit card , and a driving licence in the name of Francis Garland . |
| 5 | But he did not open the door , because just then he heard a man 's voice in the room ! |
| 6 | Why could a man 's voice in the night create an ache in a person so deep and so wide that it felt as if it could never be filled ? |
| 7 | ‘ The man 's presence in the aircraft is a matter for the airline which has sole responsibility under the Government 's national aviation security programme . ’ |
| 8 | For example , when discussing the passage from matriliny to patriliny , Engels [ p. 119 ] echoes Morgan 's formulation in the following way:s ‘ Thus , on the one hand , in proportion as wealth increased ( as a result of the domestication of animals ) it made the man 's position in the family more important than the woman 's , and on the other hand created an impulse to exploit this strengthened position in order to overthrow , in favour of his children , the traditional order of inheritance . |
| 9 | In North Worcestershire also industrial growth made little or no visible impact on the structure of wealth , possibly because a man 's position in the rural hierarchy determined his choice of trade , In Yardley tile making had evolved as a major activity early in the fifteenth century ; along with tanning , which may still have been the principal industry in nearby Birmingham , it was practised by farmer-craftsmen , who mostly had well under £20 in goods , the £3 — £9 range forming a good two-thirds of the list : Thomas Walton , whose £11 was the highest assessment , made tiles and practised cooperage in winter . |
| 10 | The third rule , which reflects the field man 's position in the bureaucracy of pollution control , is ‘ cover yourself ’ ( ch. 4 , s.iii ) . |
| 11 | The study of Scripture , he suggested , did nothing to hinder an inquisitive man 's delight in the study of nature . |
| 12 | Almost certainly linked with this reasoning , however , is the desire to preserve the field man 's credibility in the eyes of the discharger by demonstrably not tolerating a degree of pollution which may be seen as ‘ getting away with it ’ . |
| 13 | Man 's place in the primate order is that of an ape derivative . |
| 14 | But in the period covered by this book society was not quite so hierarchical as before or after ; nor did a man 's place in the sun depend on the number and dignity of his ancestors . |
| 15 | The Lele view of man 's place in the universe and of the boundaries of experience is mystical . |
| 16 | Before an important meeting he usually sat for an hour staring deep into the void , reminding himself of man 's place in the cosmos . |
| 17 | And in fact they never made it to the man 's house in the country that night , because Boy made him stop the car twice more . |
| 18 | Is it really possible for a woman to break a man 's penis in the same way that one can break a wrist or an arm ? |
| 19 | Suddenly she saw a man 's face in the light of a fire . |
| 20 | If we turn to the history of man 's creation in the sacred volume , we find that his mission was simply to dress and keep the garden of Eden and to serve and obey his Creator … and that , so far from having any mission to pry into the laws by which the Almighty governs His creation , he was expressly forbidden to do so . |
| 21 | There is n't a man 's magazine in the whole thing . |
| 22 | The Judaeo-Christian influence introduced the notions of a single God and of man 's equality in the eyes of that God . |
| 23 | Having surreptitiously placed the man 's coat in the room , she says : ( " I never saw so luxurious a bed ! |
| 24 | Bomb number one rocked a men 's toilet in the John Lewis department store while it was still being cleared . |
| 25 | In the absence of Hartlepool Burn Road Harrier Ian Cook , who clinched the men 's championship in the penultimate meeting at Darlington , Pearson looked as though his main rival would be Dan Mutrie , of host club Loftus , and New Marske 's Tony Livingston . |
| 26 | THE MEN 'S title in the Hi-Tec British Open Championships , won by Jansher Khan in a thrilling match against Australian Chris Robertson , stays with Pakistan for the 11th consecutive year . |
| 27 | McLeish , naturally efficient and brought up by a mother with firm views on men 's participation in the drearier household chores , took just over an hour to sort her kitchen to her satisfaction while she got the living-room straight , with all the books unpacked . |
| 28 | The coins quietened the men 's agitation in the way that gold can , and Rincewind was amazed to find , half a minute later , that he was holding a little glass portrait of Twoflower wielding a huge notched sword and smiling as though all his dreams had come true . |
| 29 | Connections between the men 's behaviour in the bar and the roomful of college boys who cheer a news report discrediting Sarah Bob , one of the rapists gets up and takes a bow — and crucially , with the male provenance of the District Attorney 's office . |
| 30 | The biggest developments in men 's fashion in the past few years — the explosion of sportswear in everyday clothes , the return of knitwear and the gradual softening of the suit 's construction — are more than likely to stay with us for a good few seasons yet . |