Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [art] old [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | The first representative of the College was the Beyer Professor of Mathematics there , Horace Lamb , an Old Boy and first President of the Old Boys ' Association . |
2 | Scholars ' president looks to famous ancestor The Rev. John Douglas will seek his inspiration from a famous ancestor when he returns to the Friends ' School at Great Ayton as president of the Old Scholars ' Association . |
3 | Being president of the Old Scholars ' Association was , he said , one of the great honours of his life , following , as it did , the equivalent presidency of another Quaker School , Polam Hall , Darlington , by his sister , Mrs Trixie Lyburn , in 1986/7 . |
4 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
5 | This proved to be an unsatisfactory arrangement , and with the help of the Old Boys ' Association a four-acre field in Adswood was purchased . |
6 | From the 1740s North Cave was the meeting place for Quakers in the area , and Quaker Cottage on Church Street was built in 1892 on the site of the old Friends ' meeting house ; the cottage garden once was their burial ground . |
7 | Born in Silvertown , within sound of the old boat-builders ' yards , he disliked silence . |
8 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
9 | The number of babies born to single women over 40 has more than doubled over the last 10 years , with the North West top of the older mums ' baby league table . |
10 | A successful businessman , he had been on the Board since 1972 , and had been Secretary of the Old Stopfordians ' Association between 1966 and 1970 , and President in 1972/3 . |
11 | He provided the link between the School and its past pupils , for he was the Membership Secretary of the Old Stopfordians ' Association , no easy task , with members spread all over the world . |
12 | It will be argued here , however , that this criticism has resulted in overlooking a number of the older works ' most important insights . |