Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was called in and told the show was too expensive and was stretching facilities far too greatly for a children 's programme . ’ |
| 2 | Somewhat like a dolls ' house the building was formerly the Congregational Mission Hall opened in 1872 . |
| 3 | I 've got a chance to go in with a women 's group up Manchester way . |
| 4 | Writing is n't usually a social activity , except when you 're working on exercises together in a writers ' group — and even then you 'll find that you do most of your writing alone , in whatever space and time you can carve out for yourself . |
| 5 | So he kicks you out and settles down to a nine-months ' bender . |
| 6 | For all Arnim 's reputation for acerbic wit , in characters and style and ( mutatis mutandis ) in plot , this abridged version is exactly like a girls ' school story of 50 or 60 years ago , even to Lady Caroline 's nickname , Scrap , and the one amazing coincidence that makes fulfilment possible for Rose . |
| 7 | It was exactly like a children 's tea party , complete with squabbling and displays of temperament . |
| 8 | FITNESS enthusiast Angelina Arnott was turned away from a women 's health club because she used to be a man . |
| 9 | Variety thought that the ‘ fact that so many of these gags depend on ill-concealed misogyny soon stifles the laughs that flowed more easily in a pre-women 's liberation era . |
| 10 | Across the stretch of water are the three other islands , the Střelecký , where archers trained in their craft ; the Dětský or Jews ' Island , now given over to a children 's playground ; and the Slovanský which used to have a fine dance hall . |
| 11 | She was two years older than him , and a thousand miles away at a girls ' school in Gloucestershire , and on the rare occasions when they met he hardly dared even speak to her ; but Richard was always in love with someone and his passions were all the more intense for being largely fantasy . |
| 12 | Ulster 's Theatre , 1988 , for example , really started off as a children 's playground ’ . |
| 13 | It 's more like a childrens ' afternoon TV show than a science lesson , but there 's a message in every device . |
| 14 | It blossomed forth at a Managers ' meeting when ‘ somebody from Marketing ’ gave an in-depth talk on selling skills and creating opportunities to sell , using Branch data . |
| 15 | The 90 recommendations of the inquiry included the phasing out of seclusion , better staff training and the setting up of a patients ' advocacy service . |
| 16 | For example , there is no need to reset hard copy since the typesetting department can download text straight from a clients ' word-processing or desk top publishing discs . |
| 17 | One woman writing anonymously to a women 's magazine told of her distress at a particularly dehumanizing gynaecological examination . |
| 18 | If lots of them signed up at a creditors ' meeting in London on May 27th , that could be decided quickly . |
| 19 | The $2,000 prize was set up by a patrons ' organization of the National Museum of American Art in honour of Charles C. Eldredge , former director of the museum . |
| 20 | The Prince Albert was not the only ship to be held up by a dockers ' strike : at the East India Docks , the Jolly George with a similar load of armaments for Poland , was prevented from sailing . |
| 21 | You would reach your market more economically in a women 's magazine where the percentage of readers who knit is known to be high . |
| 22 | Built around the turn of the century , it had been designed originally as a soldiers ' barracks . |
| 23 | The real Cardiff Bay barrage story is rather different from the one on the poster ( enough so far for a residents ' association , the Cardiff Flood Action Committee , to have complained to the Advertising Standards Authority , and for the RSPB to be considering following suit ) . |
| 24 | Subsection ( 7 ) deals with cases where a deposit has been made out of a clients ' account or the like . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've never seen that spelled out in a women 's magazine story , or a film , or … a novel . ’ |
| 26 | It 's the only day , really in a women 's life where everybody at her and she 's made to feel like the most special person on this earth , so I 'd highly recommend it . |
| 27 | I recently had to speak firmly , harshly to a women 's organisation here . |
| 28 | Catherine 's anger was also aroused when a photographer took pictures of her topless on the French Riviera and sold them on to a men 's magazine . |
| 29 | He or she would decide whether cases should go on to a Children 's Hearing before the Children 's Panel , or whether to take no further action . |
| 30 | ( And never do this in court , not even in a magistrates ' court ! ) |