Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] a [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There is little in this which is peculiar to a solicitors ' partnership dispute but with regard to the last noted remedy the court recognises the great and possibly irreparable harm that could be done by appointing a receiver over a professional firm and may be reluctant to make such an order at the behest of one disaffected partner ( see Floydd v Cheney [ 1970 ] Ch 602 and Sobell v Boston [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 1587 ) . |
| 2 | Steve Martin 's manically over-conscientious dad steals the show , whether the news that his small , diffident young son needs psychiatric help or chewing the pitch as his offspring fumbles at baseball , and entertaining at a kids ' party as an unconvincing cowboy . |
| 3 | The reason for this is to ensure that all services central to a solicitors ' practice are regulated by the Law society . |
| 4 | Socially , though , he and Karen , who taught part-time at a girls ' school in Headington , were both from a lower-middle-class , comp/tech background , and it may not have been only the fearsome price of property in the North Oxford heartlands which had put them off moving there . |
| 5 | TWO young sisters died after petrol was poured through a letterbox and set alight during a lovers ' row . |
| 6 | Facts : the appellant pleaded guilty before a magistrates ' court in April , 1990 to an offence of receiving and was ordered to perform 180 hours community service . |
| 7 | It is common for a shareholders ' agreement to provide that the sale of the assets and undertaking of the company requires the approval of the shareholders . |
| 8 | She is quite keen on a tenants ' association . |