Example sentences of "[verb] [num] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Hel lo ! ’ squeaks one of the ladies ' hats suddenly — and there are the Bernsteins . |
2 | For the general view of music-making in the Nineteenth Century is inaccurate : time has winnowed away the reputations of many of the figures best known at the time , and completely obscured the smaller fry that occupied nine-tenths of the publishers ' catalogues of those days . |
3 | ‘ I mean , look at this one , ’ said the interviewer , becoming quite indignant and picking one of the schools ' letters contemptuously from the pile . |
4 | He was reckoned one of the islands ' best fishing guides , a man who could name his own price to the rich northerners who came to the blue waters to kill gamefish , but Bonefish believed that his family might stray from the path of righteousness if he spent too much time away from home so he restricted his guide work to just a few weeks of the year . |
5 | Some in the polytechnics fear the changes , allowing them to become universities , will amount to a takeover , and in a second dispute , they have accused one of the universities ' ruling bodies of poaching senior staff . |
6 | Ribble Valley achieved brief fame at the 1991 by-election when the Liberal Democrats ' Mike Carr captured one of the Tories ' safest seats . |
7 | The authority has considered turning two of the boys ' schools into co-educational schools . |
8 | Gordon Watson , who scored twice in last week 's Coca Cola Cup seven-goal rout of Leicester and again in the reserves on Thursday , now looks certain to fill one of the strikers ' roles . |
9 | The position could arise whereby the United States attempts to ensure one of the parties ' access through these waterways as against a non-party to the Peace Treaty . |
10 | Government spokesmen had indicated on June 11 a willingness to consider one of the protestors ' later demands , namely the opening up of an independent television station . |
11 | Supervision of offices Rule 13 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1991 sets out the minimum standards required . |
12 | Next day , in her usual riding class , Evelyn was given one of the beginners ' ponies to ride ; not because she had become ‘ big-headed ’ over night , but because her instructor had spotted one weakness in her riding . |
13 | The decision removed one of the rebels ' principal grievances and was expected to strengthen Frelimo 's position at the negotiating table . |
14 | Not only did the occupiers introduce gin to the island , which remains one of the locals ' most popular drinks , but in 1813 cricket was recorded as having been first played in Menorca by the surgeon of HMS Scipo — a match which received the patronage of Admiral Lord St Vincent , the Commander in Chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet . |
15 | A quick visit to the Roaches the day after Buxton revealed dozens of the climbers ' cars stretching along the road , and gritstone 's most sculptural crag crawling with their occupants . |