Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1897 she supported moves , viewed with dismay by the established women 's societies , to found a separate women 's university to examine students at Oxford , Cambridge , and Royal Holloway College , London . |
| 2 | Insert your ticket , if you are fortunate enough to have one , into one of the newly-installed electronic barriers designed to reduce fraud ( handy tip for cheapskates : exit barriers are happy to accept a cheap children 's ticket regardless of age ) . |
| 3 | I 'm sure if founding a National Children 's Theatre was included in a political manifesto , that party would win-over Dahl fans the country through . |
| 4 | The Devon Coast Holiday Park enjoys sea views and has a small children 's play area . |
| 5 | Try to arrange things in such a way that a player has a few bars ' rest before his solo passage begins . |
| 6 | I heard a housing association official who visited a northern Women 's Aid refuge for battered women being asked if she could help a woman who 'd just arrived , eight months ' pregnant , with two black eyes , find a place on her own . |
| 7 | While failure to establish an effective Teachers ' Council supports the view that teaching can not be regarded as a profession , the establishment of such a Council would be fraught with administrative difficulties . |
| 8 | On May 28 four people were killed when a demonstration in Freetown by students in support of teachers ' demands was broken up by police after a police station had been stoned ; earlier a meeting attempting to establish an independent teachers ' union was also broken up by the authorities . |
| 9 | Ronald Searle created an infamous girls ' school called what ? |
| 10 | this time in promoting a Private Members ' Bill , which came to the statute book as the Civic Amenities Act , 1967 . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , the Scottish Ladies ' Golfing Association has named a 12-strong girls ' squad for Sunday 's training match against Helensburgh boys . |
| 12 | From them and from a local solicitor , Thomas Watson Brown , he learned much about trade union administration and the drafting of trade union rules ; they also , he claimed , fed his ambition to lead a national seamen 's union , initially at the cost of some domestic disharmony , his wife and his mother-in-law accusing him of neglecting his own restaurant business and resenting the time he spent with his own visitors , particularly " old long-faced Brown " the lawyer . |
| 13 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
| 14 | If they take their work home with them , maybe they 'll do a few hours ' work off the mains . |
| 15 | I would like to stress that I wish to hear from all who may be enthusiastic , not just pilots ; I have no wish to create a posing pilots ' paradise . |
| 16 | And the fact that having a baby and adjusting to motherhood are only permitted to cause a few days ' disruption must be a bad thing — when what mothers really need is adequate time to rest ( between feeds ) , plenty of boosts to their ego , lots of love and confidence building . |
| 17 | Nobody will mind if he just grabs a few minutes ' rest before he moves on — although rest , for Pavel , has become little more than a bothersome physical requirement with no spiritual element in it . |
| 18 | Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor . |
| 19 | She walked rapidly back to the hotel and collected her car from the parking area , then drove back and parked a few cars ' lengths from the boatyard . |
| 20 | Teenager Barbara Sleeman made an explosive start when she decided to open an exclusive ladies ' golfwear company , ON THE GREENS . |
| 21 | The first real impact of the 1986 Act came to governors with the requirements to produce a formal report to parents and hold an annual parents ' meeting . |
| 22 | For example , Felicity , who had attended an independent girls ' school where all the teaching staff were women , said : |
| 23 | The Agency has produced a new leaders ' guide for people organising outings of up to five miles with family or friends . |
| 24 | The media would still be able to cover current stories but within a longer-term , in-depth perspective so that Ethiopia or the Lebanon , Westland or nuclear disarmament do not simply occupy a few weeks ' worth of front page/main bulletin coverage per year . |
| 25 | THE dramatic rises planned on domestic fuel bills is a ‘ fatal blow ’ for the elderly , claimed a leading pensioners ' campaigner . |
| 26 | Every ceremony includes a few minutes ' silence in which believers can pray . |
| 27 | The first floor accommodates the bedrooms for the guests — each bedroom being paired with an en suite bathroom — together with sleeping accommodation for the proprietor and his family , while the ground floor includes a large guests ' lounge , TV room and breakfast room to the east of the main entrance/staircase hall . |
| 28 | James , 19 , working in the hall under a community service order , has had a few months ' work for the council since leaving school . |
| 29 | Voluntary organisations like the Rainer Foundation are at last being listened to and boroughs that ten years ago might have had a dozen children 's homes now have only a couple . |
| 30 | These exists a parallel women 's movement , calling for a general return to modesty and the veil , in addition to the main programme of its male counterpart . |