Example sentences of "a [noun] group " in BNC.

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1 a g group : gadget , geega , gewgaw , gimmick , gizmo , goodie and a small miscellaneous group : hootenanny ( US only ) , lookit , widget , and oojamaflop .
2 She was working with a variety group and we laughed together when Sir Henry , who had still a lot of influence , let it be known that it was his wish that Miss Anne Zeigler married Mr Webster Booth .
3 The first issue interviewed Tyrannosaurus Rex , a band which , in their hippy phase , and before their reappearance as a chart group , T. Rex , had long been popular with Peel .
4 be a meditation group .
5 The three datasets each included a case group of children at risk , and an appropriate comparison group .
6 It is regarded by the Jains , a branch group of Buddhists , as the emblematic symbol of a perfectly evolved being ( a Sidda , or Initiate ) .
7 Around the same time he composed the last of his Salzburg serenades — a brilliant D major piece using a concertante group of wind instruments rather than the usual violin , and incorporating a posthorn into one of the minuets — hence its nickname , the ‘ Posthorn ’ Serenade .
8 Navan appointed a consultancy group to undertake a pre-feasibility study and was involved in discussions with a major North American mining group .
9 A Resistance group should use enemy weapons , or stuff that can take enemy ammo — and the Company just did n't have enough Russian gear then , in the early Fifties .
10 The former boss of Polly Peck , a textile-to-foods group which is now in the hands of administrators , has wealth beyond Britain 's reach .
11 ‘ We are a performing group .
12 where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger …
13 Within school , pupils may be selected for a teaching group according to particular aspects of their school performance .
14 We have had a support group in Bournemouth ever since just after the crash .
15 Day care , counselling , group activities and continuous support reversed this trend and , in recognition of the difficulties that often emerge between teenage girls and step-parents , a support group was set up to arbitrate and seek solutions .
16 One ufologist who collects information with more purpose than most is Ken Phillips , a downbeat ex-teacher who runs a support group for British abductees .
17 Secondly , I hope to encourage readers to consider spiritual direction as a personal resource , whether in the traditional one-to-one way or in the context of a support group .
18 There is considerable local liaison and there is a support group that meets regularly with the welfare worker , consisting of representatives of JCWI , the United Kingdom Immigrants Advisory Service ( UKIAS ) , NACRO , Hounslow Law Centre , GLCABS and the probation Service .
19 In the meantime the women 's liberation movement was changing rapidly ; expanding , feminists were becoming active in a whole range of trade union activities , setting up women 's centres , refuges for battered wives , all kinds of research , discussion … the group , although it continued to meet , give or take a member or two , for a further four years , was a friendship , a support group of women who had struggled through to political consciousness together , and whose own political allegiances sparked off in many directions : a gay commune , further teaching , trade union organising , membership of one of the numerous revolutionary left-wing groupings which flourished in the seventies , involved in producing feminist journals .
20 A spokesman from Body Positive , a support group for people with the virus justified the campaign : ‘ We still have a long way to go because the general public is still very ignorant and there 's a lot of misinformation around . ’
21 This role has developed to include giving counselling to individual sufferers , co-facilitating a support group , training other professionals and co-running a therapy group for women with bulimia .
22 A support group for the families and friends of problem drinkers .
23 Donegal , and from research and other help from a support group outside the community .
24 A support group of workers all interested in breaking new ground might be set up .
25 You can also ask to be put in contact with others in a similar position to yourself and if you want to you can always arrange to meet regularly or form a support group to discuss matters which are relevant to all of you in your day to day work .
26 joining a support group
27 This can form part of the deeper work of a support group or a counselling relationship .
28 To this end , and with the support of the local authority , I established a support group for parents .
29 That evening , once the children have gone to bed ( little ones at 7.30 p.m. and big ones at 9.30 ) we 're all in the sitting room for the monthly meeting between the women , the workers and the management committee who operate as a support group .
30 A drug specialist service works out a withdrawal programme with her GP who introduces her to a support group and individual counselling .
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