Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although only halfway through her first effort ( based , oh dear , on a dream ) she already has an agent and has made the shortlist of a first-time fiction writers ' competition , the Ian St James Awards , for a story drawn from the book . |
| 2 | In a recent catalogue of a large funeral directors ' suppliers firm I counted 309 embalming preparations . |
| 3 | TOWARDS A READABLE REPORT Accountants ' lives are full of reports , those they produce themselves and those imposed on them by others . |
| 4 | For the foreseeable future , however , the inherent weaknesses of unionization in agriculture seem likely to continue to haunt the N U A A W. The falling number of agricultural workers , the urban influences that are spreading across tracts of once ‘ truly rural ’ countryside and the changing nature of the farm worker 's skills may conspire in any case to lead to a reappraisal of the need for a separate farm workers ' union . |
| 5 | If implemented , we face the danger of replacing what little uniqueness is left of the Royal Mile with a commonplace traffic engineers ' solution that can be found all over the world . |
| 6 | I draw to the attention of the House that the new clause deals with a Scottish bus passengers ' consultative committee . |
| 7 | Mary Reveley may be tempted to run Cab On Target in a weak-looking Rovacabin Novices ' Chase on Saturday 's Ascot card . |
| 8 | In a strange environment peoples ' basic needs become even more important . |