Example sentences of "[noun] of a [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being the skipper meant she was in sole command of a million pounds ' worth of yacht . |
| 2 | The next election will be lost or won not as the result of a few weeks ' electioneering , of media events , of soundbites , but as a result of four years of radical but sensible campaigning in our towns and villages . |
| 3 | Negotiations between the government and the opposition , which disputed the November presidential election results [ see p. 39180 ] , failed after the government refused to concede the principal demand — the completion of a new voters ' register . |
| 4 | The Harewood House charity auction , hosted by the Queen 's cousin the Earl of Harewood , is in aid of a new children 's day hospital in Leeds . |
| 5 | are on three months ' placement with , on a three months ' placement with the Authority until the middle of September as part of a six months ' training programme organised by the South African Advanced Educational Project . |
| 6 | This originally appeared as part of a Fabian Women 's Group report based upon research from 1909 – 13 into the daily lives of families living in Lambeth . |
| 7 | This points to the existence of a distinctive women 's politics and culture prior to the entry of the term feminism into linguistic usage . |
| 8 | Eight years later , to be precise , she was greeted by screaming crowds and the flash of a hundred photographers ' cameras . |
| 9 | Smith was a leading figure in the local and national movement to promote technical education , beginning with the provision of a new Mechanics ' Institute in Keighley in 1870 — he was secretary of the building committee — and continuing , after a formative visit to France , Germany , and Switzerland in 1872 , with the setting up of an associated ‘ trade school ’ , providing technical and art classes . |
| 10 | Notes of a Qualified Teachers ' Day held at Quintin School , St. John 's Wood on Saturday , 26th June 1982 . |
| 11 | Notes of a Qualified Teachers ' Day held at Rutherford School , Penfold Street on Saturday , 16th October 1982 . |
| 12 | In John v. Matthews ( 1970 D.C. ) a packet of cigarettes , displayed in the bar of a working men 's club bore the statement ‘ 3d. off . ’ |
| 13 | A recent step forward was the announcement in October 1990 of the formation of a broad-based teachers ' organization — the South African Democratic Teachers ' Union — which brings together a number of teachers ' unions previously separated on racial , geographical and political lines . |
| 14 | OXFORD university students were branded ‘ over-privileged plonkers ’ by the editor of a top women 's magazine yesterday after a debate turned into a drunken farce . |
| 15 | Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event . |
| 16 | A mid-week meeting with a member of Diana 's circle in the incongruous circumstances of a working men 's cafe in North Ruislip outside London was the turning point . |
| 17 | Further , more local , threats are posed for the sake of a few years ' supply of raw materials . |
| 18 | She is in fact already a teacher of a few years ' experience , with one class in her own village of Strathkinness in Fife , and two more in nearby St. Andrews ; she has even more experience as a traveller , having for some time regularly made the journey to Edinburgh by bicycle and train to attend training Saturdays with Rita Quick and Monday recreational classes with Muriel Jessop , and during the last two years undertaken the long trip south to take part in Aston Clinton weekends . |
| 19 | The meeting also approved the establishment of a separate Ladies ' Committee . |
| 20 | Not only did the County Council begin to prepare a major case against Hinkley C , but every detail , from the new roads to the siting of a proposed workers ' hostel , was back in the melting pot . |
| 21 | The card is a valuable source of income for the University , with every penny raised going towards refurbishment costs of a new students ' union . |
| 22 | They are likely to include the following : ( a ) the execution and exchange of the acquisition agreement ( by which Newco will buy the business from the vendor ) ; ( b ) the managers having subscribed in cash for ordinary shares in Newco ; ( c ) the passing of any necessary shareholders ' resolutions ; ( d ) receipt by the investors of a satisfactory accountants ' report , audited accounts and management accounts ; ( e ) the managers having entered into service agreements ; ( f ) receipt by the investors of certificates of title ; ( g ) the investors being satisfied with the loan and banking facilities being provided to Newco ; ( h ) keyman insurance having been taken out for the benefit of the company over the lives of each of the managers . |
| 23 | Erm but maybe this , this issue is , is , could be important in the sense that you , you 've got tt er if you take China as a whole you 've probably got well in excess of a million villages erm you 've probably got a denser population in the south than the north so you 've got more than half a million villages in the south |
| 24 | They were willing to envisage greater cooperation with liberal representatives of the bourgeoisie and tended to place more emphasis on taking advantage of the new opportunities of the Duma era for the development of a legal workers ' movement . |
| 25 | The Sports Council recently awarded £200,000 towards the development of a British men 's team , with the aim of qualifying for the Olympics . |
| 26 | If only five per cent of car journeys were made by bus or train instead it would save over a quarter of a million tonnes ' worth of pollutant each year . |
| 27 | Momentum was maintained by the founding of a formal Parents ' Association early in 1977 . |
| 28 | Those are the Saw Doctors interesting this about the Saw Doctors is one of them won the lottery in Ireland I do n't they have a lottery we 're go when are we going to get a national lottery that 's what I want to know when are we going to get it a national next year we 're going to get a national lottery that 's right and one of the Saw Doctors won the national lottery and he won three quarters of a million pounds er and they have n't made much money the Saw Doctors but he won three quarters of a million pounds so that have n't worked for quite some time but they are back on the scene as I speak and er they really if if they er come to York they 're certainly worth seeing . |
| 29 | She does not deny the philosophical impetus toward a Horatian retirement , but suggests that garden retreats often had less to do with spiritual delights than with ‘ the bodily and social pleasures of a fashionable men 's club transposed to rural surroundings … |
| 30 | The dissolution of the monasteries by the French in 1809 was the violent culmination of a twenty years ' campaign . |