Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 ( Two years later , the tender of Samuel Foster Limited of Kempston for the nurses ' recreation room in the sum of £10,295 was accepted , despite an amendment which was put forward to postpone this project for three years , but which was lost on a show of hands . )
2 Suspected Sikh terrorists killed 19 Hindu students visiting the town of Patiala for a students ' festival on Nov. 10 as they slept in dormitories .
3 The oak tree , which marks the centenary of the club , was presented to the people of Darlington by the Naturalists ' president , Margaret Port .
4 In the 55th minute Cookstown opened the scoring through Colin Bell who latched onto a flick from Bobby Foster before drilling the ball past Farrell in the visitors ' goal .
5 THEATRE / Contrary to nature : Randall Stevenson on John Pope 's production of Macbeth at the Citizens ' Theatre in Glasgow
6 At Pipeline he was like Daniel in the Lions ' den .
7 Verdeţ was pushed into the porter 's cabin at the entrance to the mine and obliged to telephone Communist Party headquarters in Bucharest with the miners ' message .
8 Connie Hedegaard took over from Engell as the Conservatives ' parliamentary leader .
9 For criminal law practitioners , good practice standards were published in January in the Magistrates ' Court Guide , a praised new publication which gives practical advice on every aspect of the preparation of magistrates ' court cases .
10 Protest meetings had been held throughout Romania in July over the authorities ' refusal to release Munteanu and others detained since the violence in Bucharest on June 13-15 .
11 In Shanghai at the Teachers ' University , new regulations issued on 10 November made it obligatory for students to do physical exercises before classes .
12 These children , aged six and five , have already had four major moves in their lives , first from Australia to England , then from England to Australia , then from the matrimonial home in Frankston to the mothers ' unit in Mornington , and finally from there back to England again .
13 Sent to Santa Anita in California for the Breeders ' Cup Turf a month later , he could only manage fourth behind Manila , Theatrical and Estrapade .
14 On October 6th we met in Malvern at the Girls ' College for an education afternoon .
15 Mr Forman , 49 , only joined the Cabinet in April after the Tories ' victory in the General Election , following years in the political wilderness .
16 A network of volunteers collects wounded birds around the country and delivers them to Aegina at the collectors ' expense .
17 SCOTLAND scored a crushing 20-5 victory over England in the Players ' Association international at Carlisle .
18 Tough Epsom Derby winner Dr Devious ( 10–1 ) ran a blinder to finish fourth to Fraise in the Breeders ' Cup Turf but has been on the go since April .
19 Besides , she was ultimately responsible to Liz for the twins ' welfare , Laura firmly reminded herself as they mounted the wide steps up to the front door of Lady Wyndham 's house .
20 The students , all Hindus from colleges of the neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana , had come to Patiala for a students ' festival and were sleeping in a dormitory when they were attacked yesterday .
21 With this in mind I travelled to Woburn for the Superstars ' Celebrity Challenge .
22 But even that did n't get him to Barcelona for the Olympics ' newest sport .
23 The key element in the suspension of the strike was an order signed by Yeltsin at a miners ' rally in Novokuznetsk on May 1 to transfer all coal mines in the Russian Federation from central Soviet to Russian Federation government control .
24 During a visit by Hodgkinson to the Sisters ' Provincial Headquarters in London , it became apparent that the whole of the Convent site — with its buildings — was on offer if requested .
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