Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tropical Forestry Action Plan ( TFAP ) , which is seen by some as a loggers ' charter , is to be reformed . |
| 2 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 3 | Steve Martin 's manically over-conscientious dad steals the show , whether the news that his small , diffident young son needs psychiatric help or chewing the pitch as his offspring fumbles at baseball , and entertaining at a kids ' party as an unconvincing cowboy . |
| 4 | Onlookers paying £40 a head might have disagreed , for though the clothes were gorgeous and the models undeniably pretty , the atmosphere was more like that of a girls ' boarding school than an haute couture show . |
| 5 | Stella Fearnley replies : In response to Richard Harwood 's comments , I feel I should point out that my article did not imply that the only perception of district societies is that of a practitioners ' club , and that this perception emerged from market research carried out among our members last year , not from my own opinions . |
| 6 | Sheltered housing is accommodation in a group of self-contained flats ( or sometimes bungalows ) with a resident warden , alarm system and some shared facilities such as a residents ' lounge , guest room and laundry . |
| 7 | A tenancy in common is usual in a business situation such as a solicitors ' partnership . |
| 8 | lf you go to a specialist shop , such as a plumbers ' merchant or central heating specialist , you will be able to find other sizes . |
| 9 | The reason for this is to ensure that all services central to a solicitors ' practice are regulated by the Law society . |
| 10 | Socially , though , he and Karen , who taught part-time at a girls ' school in Headington , were both from a lower-middle-class , comp/tech background , and it may not have been only the fearsome price of property in the North Oxford heartlands which had put them off moving there . |
| 11 | TWO young sisters died after petrol was poured through a letterbox and set alight during a lovers ' row . |
| 12 | He was due for release next year but ran off on May the 4th from a prisoners ' training camp at Simonds Yat on the Gloucestershire / Herefordshire Border . |
| 13 | Facts : the appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrates ' court in April , 1990 to an offence of receiving and was ordered to perform 180 hours community service . |
| 14 | Ten times he went into Test battle with them , winning once in 1977 in a Lions ' jersey , and his experience and example will be crucial when the revamped , and increasingly successful , Gwent side meet the tourists in 13 days time . |
| 15 | It is common for a shareholders ' agreement to provide that the sale of the assets and undertaking of the company requires the approval of the shareholders . |
| 16 | She was educated privately , and then attended Newnham College , Cambridge , from 1878 to 1880 as a Goldsmiths ' scholar , but left , with no tripos , in order to teach at Truro High School . |
| 17 | The editor of Argumenty i Fakty , Vladislav Starkov , under strong criticism following the publication in early October 1989 of a readers ' poll of the most unpopular Congress deputies [ see p. 36980 ] , continued to defend himself vigorously in the media and his staff threatened to resign if he was dismissed ; in late October , however , the paper appeared to be trying to appease the party central committee by publishing both an interview with Yegor Ligachev , a leading conservative CPSU politburo member and central committee Secretary responsible for Agriculture , and also an opinion poll favourable to Gorbachev . |
| 18 | She is quite keen on a tenants ' association . |
| 19 | The outstanding performance of the tour was R Yeabsley 's 201 not out against Hong Kong Schools — it was the first double hundred by a Haberdashers ' schoolboy . |