Example sentences of "[noun] in a [adj] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She loves gym workouts , swimming and playing netball — she is a leading light in a local women 's team . |
| 2 | How can we allow the commercial hunting of whales when they could be starved of food because of ozone depletion in a few years ' time ? " |
| 3 | We shall be continuing our more detailed look at factory shops in a few weeks ' time . |
| 4 | This chapter contains an overview of the present state of play , and considers the basic requirements for practice in a conventional solicitors ' partnership . |
| 5 | forbidding the use of capillary fittings containing lead-based solder on pipes supplying drinking water ( see Chapter 2 ) n changing the size of flushing cisterns used with WCs ( to come into effect in a few years ' time — see Chapter 8 ) |
| 6 | Nathan Adams , 18 , David Elsom , 17 , Jason Green , 17 , Simon Lindley , 17 , Gavin Saunders , 17 , Richard Whittaker , 18 and Nicholas Crook , 18 , were sentenced to nine months in a young offenders ' institution . |
| 7 | He was sentenced to six months in a young offenders ' institute . |
| 8 | He was sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders ' institution disqualified from driving for two years . |
| 9 | Raymond Allison , 17 , of Amberley Green , Pallister Park , Middlesbrough , was sentenced to nine months in a young offenders ' institute when he appeared before Teesside Crown Court yesterday . |
| 10 | Thompson was sentenced to 27 months in a young offenders ' institute , and Livingstone was fined £150 . |
| 11 | Burglar sentenced : Jamie Raper , 20 , of Wharfe Way , Darlington , was yesterday sentenced at Teesside Crown Court to 12 months in a young offenders ' institution after he admitted burgling a house in Carmel Road North , Darlington . |
| 12 | Judge David Bryant sentenced him to nine months in a young offenders ' institution . |
| 13 | A YOUTH who inflicted what a sheriff described yesterday as an appalling gaping face wound on a teenager he slashed was ordered to be detained for 15 months in a young offenders ' institution . |
| 14 | The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time . |
| 15 | It is quite impossible to believe that he will fade from the scene on formal retirement in a few years ' time . |
| 16 | To have 32 seeds in a 128 women 's singles draw , would be nothing less than a protection racket . |
| 17 | It 's summer 1992 , a poetry reading evening in a working men 's club . |
| 18 | Wendy , 40 , is a secretary/receptionist in a local doctors ' surgery . |
| 19 | Mrs Padmore , as we know from the memorandum at the front of the file , is going to be transferring to the Economic Secretariat in a few weeks ' time . |
| 20 | This is how the new Thorp two seat trainer will really look when it goes on sale in the UK in a few weeks ' time . |
| 21 | Without pilots gaining experience at the lowest level , we will be shaping up for another chronic pilots shortage in a few years ' time . |
| 22 | Jan Murray , the England left wing , avoids becoming the filling in a Finnish defenders ' sandwich during the UEFA Women 's Championship Group Three game at Brentford yesterday . |
| 23 | I understand that the Secretary of State for the Environment is to develop the concept of ’ Tarzan 's folly ’ at a London Weekend Television seminar in a few weeks ' time , but the right place to develop the concept is on the Floor of the House . |
| 24 | It was agreed with the Prince that the interview would take place at Broadlands where he would be staying with the Brabournes in a few weeks ' time . |
| 25 | We look forward to a generous settlement in a few weeks ' time when he might deal with the London Regional Transport anomaly which is afflicting us as Members representing outer London . |
| 26 | In the past year she has won classes at Aldershot and Farnborough , Basingstoke and Woking Festivals and has taken part in a week-long performers ' workshop at the Edinburgh Festival . |
| 27 | She was a pianist and he met her while they were both taking part in a young performers ' competition . |
| 28 | School press officer Adrea Menzies , said : ‘ The school gained a great deal of experience related to the issues of a general election and into voting procedures as well as taking part in a nationwide children 's election . ’ |
| 29 | She will probably welcome your offer of help with such matters as the registration of the death , notifying distant friends , putting an announcement of death in local or national newspapers if she wants this , and dealing with kindly enquiries from neighbours in a tactful way , so that they understand that she may not be feeling like having too many callers at first but will greatly appreciate their help and sympathy in a few days ' ( or weeks , ) time ; and making arrangements for the funeral and any family gathering that is to take place afterwards . |
| 30 | The future of British Coal depends on the results of the next general election in a few months ' time , and I do not think that any hon. Member or the Minister would refute that . |