Example sentences of "[noun sg] of an [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | His rearrest was upon the recommendation of an independent doctors ' commission . |
| 2 | Way back in December , when we were first rehearsing erm the problems erm we were facing a hundred and seventy compulsory redundancies , the closure of an adult training centre , the closure of an elderly persons ' home , erm the closure of a hostel and a whole range of other quite draconian measures . |
| 3 | In a statement issued on Nov. 10 Worner had said in reference to the opening of borders between East and West Germany ( see p. 37024 ) that " … we see this as part of an inevitable process ' . |
| 4 | For a girl used to the noise and chaos of an all girls ' apartment , Buckingham Palace felt like anywhere but home . |
| 5 | Thus resulted in a correspondence with Mr D.S.V. Fosten , who gave his opinion that is was a rare specimen of an other ranks ' jacket of the period , and that the wings and blue grenade patches were unlike any he had ever seen . |
| 6 | ( The ‘ Daddy ’ caught the slight quack of an English girls ' public school . |
| 7 | A second independent miners ' congress , held in Donetsk ( Ukraine ) , ended with a declaration on Oct. 26 that it had been the founding congress of an independent miners ' trade union . |
| 8 | Alison Fiske plays the housekeeper Mrs Pearce like the brisk and plummy matron of an exclusive girls ' boarding school , while Robin Bailey offers continuous delight as a ripe and fruity Col Pickering , finding humour in even the most unpromising lines . |
| 9 | A representative of an independent observers ' group comprising United States and Canadian citizens of Serbian extraction and led by US congresswoman Helen Delich Bentley told a press conference on Dec. 26 that it had found irregularities which would have rendered the elections illegal in the West . |