Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] in the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Having arranged a guard on the aircraft we all went back to Shaibah , where we were entertained by the one lady passenger in the Officers ' Mess . |
2 | The expert clause in the parties ' contract will be the only document likely to have a decisive effect , and then only if it lays down the procedure in detail , which many do not do . |
3 | Private Richard Downs , 19 , said he was serving as a bar steward in the officers ' mess of the First Battalion Duke of Wellington 's Regiment on election night — April 9 . |
4 | So anyway is the Health Service safe in the Tories ' hands ? |
5 | Similarly , he used his connections with the promotion of adult education in the Workers ' Educational Association ( WEA ) and the Extra-Mural Department of London University to establish a joint and full-time crash course for a Diploma in International Affairs in the London Institution of World Affairs , of which he was the president until his death . |
6 | The dinner , a rite of the Washington spring , has always had its share of visitors from the west coast ; they tend to be more fun at your table than a deputy assistant secretary in the Veterans ' Administration . |
7 | Veterans ' debut FOOTBALL : Middlesbrough FC Over 35s team will play their first competitive match against Hull City in the veterans ' professional tournament at Norton Sports Ground , Norton , tomorrow ( 11am ) . |
8 | Steven Clark , the leading points winner in the boys ' event over the LTA 's 114 and Under Indoor Winter Series of tournaments , went down with appendicitis two days before the latest tournament , played at the Gosling Sports Park during March . |
9 | It is advisable to book a place by radio telephone in the guides ' office in La Bérade . |
10 | The rating agency says that the action follows Philips ' agreement to sell to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co its 35% stake in the companies ' joint venture . |
11 | I could imagine him sprawled on the floor of the pool room in the boys ' house , a long , lean figure in a white kandora unbuttoned at the neck , around him three or four young men waiting to play football , to drive , to beat the drums or follow him wherever he wanted to go . |
12 | Companies can be screened by business activity by using SIC codes , given business descriptions on the One Source glossary , or by a word search through the principal activity description in the directors ' reports . |
13 | The second fastest qualifier in the 200m individual medley is Esso England junior squad member Susan Rolph ( Newcastle ) , also the likely gold medallist in the girls ' 14 years 100m backstroke . |
14 | Robin Francis ( York ) was a double gold medallist in the boys ' 50m backstroke and freestyle , and his clubmate Hannah Wilby , who was first in the women 's 200m breaststroke . |
15 | Nippon ran past Il Moro di Venezia on the first downwind leg to take a consolation victory in the challengers ' section , while New Zealand 's despatch of France from their second successive semi-final was chillingly efficient . |
16 | There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians . |