Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er for example Claire 's on the er board as you know non Executive Director on er I 've just er become honorary treasurer of the I 'm , not quite sure whether that 's a plus or a minus at this point in time er and also volunteered to be Chairman of an Airport Supporters ' Group so please do n't tell anybody where I live |
| 2 | ‘ If your child dislikes taking medicines , trying making it ‘ fun ’ — for instance , make it part of a teddy bears ' tea party . |
| 3 | Thus , it is true , as the plaintiffs submitted , that the provision of a house buyers ' report is not in all its details a necessary part of the process of assessing the adequacy of the security . |
| 4 | I do not see any relevant distinction between the provision of a structural survey at the request of a borrower applying for a further advance and the provision of a house buyers ' report in the same circumstances . |
| 5 | With a first prize of £250 plus a free place on a weekend writers ' course and a second prize of £150 , plus free place , the competition is open to all . |
| 6 | THIS was how actress Nina Hartley faced a challenge … to make a show-stopping appearance at a video dealers ' convention . |
| 7 | An aspiring university teacher appointed in his early 20s is likely to earn at least £4,000 less than an articled clerk in a City solicitors ' firm . |
| 8 | Cornelius seated himself in an exquisite chair before a mahogany partners ' desk . |
| 9 | Mr Morozov , said when he sought comment from a security forces ' official at University Square he was taken through four police cordons and lines of tanks to ‘ a short , thick-set man in civilian clothes with a hard voice and authoritarian air . ’ |
| 10 | They relate to a crackdown on a shipyard workers ' strike in 1970 in which at least 25 people died . |
| 11 | Only a few weeks before , he had said in response to a publicity interviewers ' assertion that his father , John , had abandoned the family when he was born : ‘ My father and mother separated when I was a baby . |
| 12 | They bought a set of plans , hired space at a boat builders ' yard and set to work . |
| 13 | GROWTH WITH A DIFFERENCE Farmers ' incomes are at their lowest since the war , and many have decided they must diversify to survive |
| 14 | THE idea for a beer drinkers ' protection movement came to four young men holidaying in Ireland in 1971 . |