Example sentences of "[conj] a [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | URGENT — NDO would like to hear from any teacher interested in a men 's class in London SW1 ( evening ) or a handicapped children 's class at Dartford . |
| 2 | Cigarettes are a type of goods ordinarily bought for private use or consumption and it has been held ( for the purpose of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 ) that a private members ' club is not a business , John v. Matthews ( 1910 D.C. ) , see paragraph 16 — 04 below . |
| 3 | It is therefore also important that the final SAS makes clear the degree of assurance that a clean auditors ' report will be expected to provide , with regard to a company 's ability to continue as a going concern . |
| 4 | Betrayers of the Truth might have been little more than a scientific rogues ' gallery and , as such , an entertaining if disillusioning read . |
| 5 | The article implies that district societies are no more than a local practitioners ' club . |
| 6 | The arguments for promoting competition were rejected in favour of the argument that an integrated airports ' policy was necessary and that this was best achieved by one company . |
| 7 | So , too , is the risk that an overcooked spinners ' pitch may be ruled out of order and points deducted at umpires ' question time . |
| 8 | The failure rate of the undersea cables which would carry the electricity generated back to shore was said to be 300 times more often than an initial consultants ' report had suggested . |
| 9 | There is also a Girls ' Choir and a Primary Boys ' Choir . |
| 10 | They had an old people 's day room and a young mothers ' club and a crèche and all kinds of projects for youngsters . |
| 11 | The native ( adult ! ) speaker takes the simple collocation of three words as simultaneously the name of a character and a classic children 's television programme . |
| 12 | There are trees here , inviting a picnic , and a pleasant anglers ' path may be followed up-river to bring Ben Stack , the most shapely of the mountains hereabouts , into close view . |
| 13 | The old political domination of governing bodies has largely been broken and a typical governors ' meeting is a business session not a social occasion . |
| 14 | Swimmers are well catered for with a heated main pool , a whirlpool bath and a shallow children 's pool all set within the grounds . |
| 15 | Nor would we have an information system which carries every piece of lesbian information any of us can find , lesbian benefits to balance up the years of drag show fund raising , and a closed Women 's Caucus which supports whatever work we do in the organization . |
| 16 | The University is committed to providing a suitable learning environment for every student , and a Disabled Students ' Interest Group , affiliated to the National Bureau for Handicapped Students , has been established to promote their interests . |
| 17 | Inside , the room is richly decorated with a fine scrolled plaster overmantel , dated 1572 , and a little musicians ' gallery which looks down into the hall through a row of arches set high up in the cornice . |
| 18 | The Republic of Maldives ( called the Maldive Islands until 1969 ) has an executive President elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , a Cabinet appointed and presided over by the President and a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majilis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for five years and the remaining eight appointed by the President . |
| 19 | It publishes a monthly newsletter and a monthly Investors ' Handbook which builds up into a comprehensive reference manual covering all aspects of share investment . |
| 20 | Academically , the School prospered : Thomas Ashe was given a special Exhibition at St. John 's College , Cambridge ( the other two were already taken up ) , and when Howell died in August 1858 Mr. C. E. Norris , an Old Boy and a previous Goldsmiths ' Exhibitioner at St. John 's College , Cambridge , was appointed to take over . |
| 21 | Adjoining the village hall is an excellent playing field comprising a football pitch , two grass and one hard tennis court , and a functional children 's play area and a car park . |
| 22 | Rupert Bear is not only the world 's tallest hot air balloon and a leading children 's favourite since 1920 , he has just been appointed the National Trust 's young ‘ green ’ spokesman , or should one say spokesbear . |
| 23 | Visitors to Buckleys ‘ The Original Sussex Museum of Shops ’ will see many new attractions opening in 1992 — The Yesterday 's World main complex building has tripled in size with many NEW Victorian and Edwardian shop and room displays , push-button commentaries , animated life-size figures , old-fashioned Penny Arcade machines and a beautiful English Country Garden with a picnic area and a thrilling children 's play area . |
| 24 | She argued that if women were paid the same as men " it would result in many women being dismissed from many trades " , and also accepted without demur , when giving evidence to the Fair Wages Committee a few years later , the proposition that women were satisfied with less money because they were earning " pin money " if married , and " pocket money " if not.38 With such pessimism about equal pay entrenched in the mind of their organizers , with such low evaluation being set on their work , one might argue that it would have been surprising if a militant women 's union could really be organized in the prevailing atmosphere . |
| 25 | With an English manager in Geoff Cooke and an English forwards ' coach in Dick Best — as well as 16 Englishmen in the playing party — Hastings ' appointment in tandem with McGeechan 's at least gives the party a semblance of Celtic influence . |
| 26 | By the end of the year numbers had risen still further to 109 , and an Old Boys ' Association had been formed . |
| 27 | But a late Rangers ' free-kick hit him on his nearly-bald spot and bounced kindly for Dennis Bailey to rob United of a point . |
| 28 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 29 | Davide Pittagora had been born in Rupe , ancient Rubi , a great centre of vase-painting , not quite as cosmopolitan as Taranto on the coast , for the Ionian port could attend a wealthier class of customer , but a distinguished artists ' colony , up in the fresher air of the hills , away from the hot sandpaper winds that blew the trade into Riba and her sister harbours , Dolmetta , Tirrani , and , further south , Brindisi . |
| 30 | Work on the 1,300MW power plant was due to begin in March or April , but an international donors ' meeting to set contributions for the $1,300 million project had been postponed in December . |