Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The professional officers , particularly when organised through a chief officers ' team , as advocated by the Bains Committee , and led by a chief executive officer can provide a formidable obstacle to councillors intent on policy innovation that goes against conventional assumptions . |
| 2 | Trade creditors , including Western Digital Corp , Seagate Technology Inc , Microsoft Corp , IBM Corp , Conner Peripherals Inc and Quantum Corp , have been operating as an unofficial creditors ' committee and are expected to become members of the Official Committee . |
| 3 | If you studied for a two-year teachers ' certificate at the University before the early 1980s , you qualify to join the Duannians . |
| 4 | On the fourth and last day we land in paradise : 45 Sandford Road , Dublin , the home of Helen Dillon , a gardener whose plants are encouraged and castigated like a wayward infants ' class . |
| 5 | After making her name as a prisoner of war in Tenko ( in which she appeared with Renee Asherson ) , Stephanie has been busy with a second series of the TV comedy Waiting for God about a group of crumblies living in an old folks ' home . |
| 6 | After his or her 18th birthday , the young person would be transferred to a young offenders ' institution before moving to an adult prison aged 21 . |
| 7 | Poverty among young people on income support is now so bad that it 's affecting their physical and mental health , according to a leading children 's charity . |
| 8 | FAMILIES in receipt of state benefit are forced to go hungry because of lack of money according to a National Children 's Home survey just published . |
| 9 | The families of children with learning difficiulties are getting a raw deal , according to a national children 's charity . |
| 10 | RICE wines made from a recipe given last year were presented at an annual members ' judging evening of the Alresford and District Wine Circle at the John Pearson Hall last week . |
| 11 | Appropriately enough , one station in Canada , Harriston , Ontario , has been reused as a senior citizens ' recreation centre . |
| 12 | Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland . |
| 13 | This sexism was traced in the stereotyping of women ( the madonna/whore dichotomy of classic Hollywood is a well-known example ) , and critics implicitly or explicitly called for an authentic women 's cinema which would portray real women as they really are . |
| 14 | His greatest successes came on the cup front , scoring the goal that took the FA Cup to the Bridge in 1970 ( the only time Chelsea have won it ) , and the following season sharing in a European Cup-Winners ' Cup replay triumph over Real Madrid . |
| 15 | There was the Masters ' Room on the ground floor — they took it out to put in a new directors ' lift — and whenever one of our ships docked in London her master would come for a drink and a chat with Mr.Andrew — like a sort of club , it was . |
| 16 | All finalists will be invited to a spectacular winners ' reception in London in September . |
| 17 | During the latter half of 1990 intercommunal and linguistic tensions were again raised by a long-running teachers ' strike which from September severely disrupted both state and private schools in French-speaking Wallonia , where teachers were demanding pay increases in line with those paid in ( more prosperous ) Flanders . |
| 18 | Neurosurgeons have already operated on Michael , who worked for a local builders ' merchant , and a team of specialists are keeping a round-the-clock watch on his condition . |
| 19 | But with winnings of 145,000 he will always be remembered as a true punters ' champion . |
| 20 | Further inland , and only just visible from the southern window was the Old Rectory , set like a Victorian dolls ' house in its large , overgrown garden which , at this distance , looked as neatly green and formal as a municipal park . |
| 21 | Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) ended a summit meeting in Rome on Nov. 8 with an invitation to eastern European countries for closer co-operation , starting with a foreign ministers ' meeting in December . |
| 22 | For ten weeks in the summer , Vorarlberg also offers the largest programme of children 's event in Europe ; the little town of Bludenz plays host to a huge Children 's Chocolate Festival , and 1000kg of Suchard chocolate is donated for the occasion . |
| 23 | Hopkins refers to a German seamen 's manifesto of March 1917 , " with its impudent assertion that , apart from a few " isolated mistakes " U-boat warfare had been conducted with respect for human and humane principles " . |
| 24 | £5 will plant five trees in a woodland project £10 will clean 25 yards of ditch to improve plant and insect life £20 will help guard an eagle 's nest for a day £50 will pay for a black-throated divers ' nesting platform £75 will buy an acre of unplanted Scottish moor £100 will build a new nest platform for another pair of ospreys £350 will buy an acre of damp lowland meadow where snipe and redshanks breed . |
| 25 | Transexual Derek Arnell , 28 , underwent hormone transplants and breast implants and was months away from completing the transformation when he went on a fateful girls ' night out . |
| 26 | Dot slid down from the high bed and sat on the carpet and looked at a wooden dolls ' house , a painted rocking horse , but she did n't touch . |
| 27 | This was followed by a semi-independent girls ' hostel . |
| 28 | If anyone is interested in playing for an Old Peoples ' Class on Friday mornings , starting in September at Dulwich , please contact . |
| 29 | They live in a political cowards ' Disney world where Tom is always chasing Gerry in an ever-decreasing circle of options while , outside in the real world , Bugs Bunny is having his tail shot off as he chokes on the latest political carrot . |
| 30 | A headmaster who resigned from a private girls ' school is waiting to see if he 's to be prosecuted for allegedly importing child pornography . |