Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a picture of the terrace on which meals were taken ‘ except during thunderstorms ’ and several of the garden , but none of the kitchen or of the children 's accommodation . |
| 2 | Her own college , at first encounter , struck her as somewhat dimly conformist , with long brown corridors and an unexpectedly high proportion of young women apparently wrapped up in the triumphs of yesteryear on the hockey field or in the prefects ' Common Room , but even there she had discovered part of what she was looking for : in the persons of Liz Ablewhite ( now Headleand ) and Esther Breuer ( still Breuer ) she had discovered it , and rediscovered it there each time she met them , which was , these days , on average once a fortnight . |
| 3 | These may arise if there are minority shareholders in a company and pre-emption rules apply either under the Articles of Association or under a shareholders ' agreement . |
| 4 | This area was selected for study because of the authors ' familiarity with it , the adequate rural-urban contrast and the availability of a suitable image . |
| 5 | Any falling short in doing so reflects more on the teaching than on the students ' preparedness to respond . |
| 6 | Owen ran down the corridor and into the bearers ' room . |
| 7 | Phillips and Williams ( 1982d ) suggest a ‘ positive ’ approach to transfer management in the rural sector in which housing visitors ‘ scout ’ tenants and try to suggest ways in which a small ( and diminishing ) stock can be better used both in terms of persons per dwelling and of the tenants ' patterns of spatial behaviour . |
| 8 | But since her captivity , a babel seethed around her constantly , the cries and demands of Sycorax , the commands of the men on guard over her , the hammering and planing of the pales for the stockade and for the settlers ' other plans ; the shouts of the men from the boat-building on the beach , the barking of orders to bondsmen brought from England on the ship that had returned , the yells of slaves whom they had loaded in Dahomey or Yoruba on the journey back , and roped and chained and put to work under the whip , and the bellowing laughter now and then of the overseer , a tall African who had been taken out of chains himself to hold the lash over his fellows . |
| 9 | The sheriff of Lincoln was sent to Stamford , but he met with considerable resistance , and Peck , quoting John Selden , suggests the king himself came to the town because of the students ' stubbornness . |
| 10 | In more recent times the functioning of Swedish industrial relations has been as much , if not more , dependent upon the centralisation of power within the employers ' confederation as upon the unions ' peak organisation . |
| 11 | The questionnaire on page 35 of this booklet should be completed and handed in at the Sport and Recreation Display on enrolment day or at the Sports ' Centre Reception . |
| 12 | These figures suggest that where items are available at all times ( as in the case of items housed in the Main Building , which are accessible whenever the Library is open to the public ) and can be delivered relatively quickly ( as is again the case with items from the Main Building ) readers will tend not to make advance reservations , but where access is restricted ( as in the case of material from the Annexe and from the Advocates ' Library , both of which have restricted hours of service ) or where delivery may take some time ( as is particularly the case with Annexe materials ) advance orders will more frequently be placed . |
| 13 | Opponents of free banking argue that a lender of last resort ( i.e. a central bank ) is needed , and that inflation would be rampant under free banking because of the banks ' ability to print notes at will . |
| 14 | At Edgehill , the science department was divided into biological and environmental sciences , instead of the traditional biology , physics and chemistry ; the head teacher was a conscious advocate of innovation in comprehensive schooling ; in the third school , Meadowvale , the science department had decided to redraft its entire first and second year science curriculum , in part because of the children 's response to the VISTA visits organized by GIST . |
| 15 | During World War I she was amongst the pacifist seceders from the NUWSS and she worked as a representative of the No-Conscription Fellowship for conscientious objectors at their trials by tribunal and for the Women 's Peace Crusade . |
| 16 | The Prince of Wales is president of my organisation , Scottish Business in the Community , and ever since he agreed to take on that role he as dedicated a large amount of time to helping us , and in turn , helping communities , not because it 's it 's fashionable because he really believes in it and he wants to do hard work on our behalf and on the countrys ' behalf . |
| 17 | Diana Gittins has concluded that couples whose worlds increasingly centred on the home , rather than on the culture of the workplace or on the spouses ' respective circles of friends , most frequently achieved their ideal family size . |
| 18 | We have seen that the social collectivities often known as ‘ classes ’ in British society are reducible neither to economic classes in the Marxist sense nor to the sociologists ' occupational classes . |
| 19 | I have no doubt that by voting for the Bill and for the Conservatives ' record of achievement the arts will prosper far more than they would under the dogmatic , doctrinaire , interfering and bureaucratic solutions proposed by Labour . |
| 20 | There are rights of appeal against decisions of the Law Society and of the Solicitors ' Disciplinary Tribunal . |
| 21 | Besides notice to the clients , information as regards mergers and takeovers will be required to be given to the Law Society and to the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund , to the Inland Revenue and to Customs and Excise — just as upon the starting up of any new firm . |
| 22 | Others in Vitebsk suspected that gold seized would not go to the Volga famine relief but into the Bolsheviks ' pockets or their mouths in the shape of much-fancied gold teeth . |
| 23 | Both the defendants and the Bank of England , while not expressly acknowledging the link , invite the court to proceed for present purposes on the assumption that without the defendants ' breach the Bank of England would not have issued the section 39 notice in its present form . |
| 24 | Other patients were sent to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and to the Children 's Hospital at Great Ormond Street at a similar cost . |
| 25 | A success both in front of the box and on the critics ' pages CHANCER created a vogue out of a rogue — the identity of Stephen Crane ( Clive Owen 's role ) catching the attention of the country and reflecting the social changes in the early 90's as the enterprise culture began to take a tumble . |
| 26 | Now Oslear is wondering if the truth will ever come out — especially as ICC supremo Sir Colin Cowdrey has failed to comment on match referee Deryck Murray 's report and on the umpires ' official findings . |
| 27 | But I would suppose that the Home Office has at least some information as to the judges ' tariff , and probably a great deal . |
| 28 | Well I 'm very grateful to Mr for raising this in such a way and for the members ' contribution . |
| 29 | He went to a village school and to the Teachers ' Training College . |
| 30 | Saynor was acclaimed as the supporters ' player of the year and as the players ' choice . |