Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Susan Einzig was appointed to the illustration department in 1946 she saw instantly how destructive Minton 's influence could be , for the drawback of his teaching was that it did little to encourage the discovery of a personal style . |
| 2 | At the meeting Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister , proposed the " decoupling " of the internal and external aspects of unification so that the former could be completed swiftly while allowing a unified Germany 's security status to be resolved over a number of years . |
| 3 | The presence on German territory of Soviet troops ( currently numbering 380,000 in East Germany ) for more than " a short transitional period " would infringe the country 's sovereignty , he said , and the question of a unified Germany 's membership of NATO had to be clarified before unification . |
| 4 | In total Christie 's sale realised £1.95 million ( $3 million ) with premium , 78.4% sold by value , 62% sold by lot , while Sotheby 's made £2.05 million ( $3.1 million ) with premium , 77.6% sold by value , 72.3% by lot . |
| 5 | Do n't you think right Dan 's boxing day thing was really really really shit ? |
| 6 | Exhibiting a Francophile collecting taste not uncommon among Latin America 's rich Wildenstein 's presence in Buenos Aires and the numerous interiors designed by the House of Jansen in Havana bear witness Simon Patiño commissioned an extensive silver dinner service from Chaumet to commemorate the twenty-first birthday of his son and heir , Antenor . |
| 7 | 2nd UNSLICED Baker 's Oven |
| 8 | I believe they entered into a sort of conspiracy to keep alive Montaine 's existence when no one else was around to dissi-pate her spectral control . |
| 9 | He went out with Georgina , daughter of retired Lloyds ' underwriter Jack Gore , for three or four years . |
| 10 | Much has been made of the ‘ feminine shape ’ of My Bloody Valentine 's music , and this also extends to the ‘ wombadelia ’ of Spiritualized and the neutered fumblings of the shoe-gazers and much of the second division of indie rock . |
| 11 | Her mouth was wide and generous , a classic Cupid 's bow which no amount of severe , businesslike flattening would tone down . |
| 12 | Antisera to pure porcine VIP were produced in rabbits by multiple subcutaneous injections of VIP ( 100 nmol/rabbit ) , conjugated to 50 nmol/l bovine serum albumin ( BSA ) by carbodiimide condensation , emulsified in complete Freud 's adjuvant 23 . |
| 13 | Until recently , little was known about the tiny and endearing Hector 's dolphin , found only in the coastal waters of New Zealand . |
| 14 | These were immediately placed in modified Waymouth 's medium . |
| 15 | Er sorry Beadle 's night is n't it ? |
| 16 | In the special election to complete Heinz 's term , his platform had emphasized the need to switch from social programmes aimed at the poor to programmes offering something to average non-affluent US citizens , especially on health care ; to cut middle class taxes ; to boost unemployment benefits ; and to protect jobs from low-wage Mexico 's competition ( a reference to the North American Free Trade Agreement currently in the final stages of negotiation ) . |
| 17 | It had been old Jan 's idea . |
| 18 | ‘ Never look about you as you go , ’ was old Haverford 's advice , ‘ and then arriving will come to you as a total surprise . |
| 19 | There was no doubting Swindon 's committment at the County Ground last night . |
| 20 | Unilever is not revealing the price but analysts speculated that on the basis of recent transactions in the European branded food business , such as the French BSN 's purchase of HP Sauce and Lea & Perrins from Hanson , a figure of between £30m to £40m may have been paid . |
| 21 | At the peak of Slim Jim 's career , the secretary of SFA was Willie Allen , an administrator with a rigid adherence to the letter of the law . |
| 22 | But the word fits singer and composer Slim Gaillard , whose extraordinary life is to be celebrated in a four-part Arena series , Slim Gaillard 's Civilisation . |
| 23 | Slim Gaillard 's Civilisation begins on 22 October on BBC 2 GIVEN the renewed popular interest in bebop , it might be supposed that drummer Max Roach , who came to prominence playing it , would take a pragmatic view of two movies which helped that resurgence : the Charlie Parker film Bird and Round Midnight , loosely based on the life of the pianist Bud Powell . |
| 24 | It was part of the folklore among their friends , part of the legend which was growing up around-Kevin Ryan , the man who 'd married old Heraghty 's daughter and made a small furniture-manufacturing business into a multi-million-dollar corporation with branches right across the States . |
| 25 | Designed especially for young hands , from age three upwards , the puzzles have 24 extra-large pieces , and are all based on popular nursery rhymes — including Humpty Dumpty , Hey Diddle Diddle and Old MacDonald 's Farm . |
| 26 | Nearby Sigiriya 's palace and rock fortress give good views over the town , although it is the famed frescoes painted with earth pigment which attract most people . |
| 27 | Emmie said bewildered , regarding a purplish bundle of asparagus , a crisp Webb 's Wonder . |
| 28 | Ah yes , the paste diamond jewellery of old Higginbotham 's wife at Radstone Hall . |
| 29 | The Result : A warm , natural looking even colour and cut which rally suited Sarah 's face shape and skin tones . |
| 30 | His Aladdin or The Wonderful Scamp , first performed at the Cambridge ADC Theatre in 1862 , was brought back to its original home by the enterprising Hamlyn 's Music Hall company , complete with appalling Victorian puns and outrageous Victorian rhymes . |