Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data from general practitioners suggest that the dilemma or contradiction mentioned earlier is very much a feature of GPs ' theorising ( McIntosh and Horobin 1977 ) . |
| 2 | She headed off upstream , and discovered a fair-sized pool after only a couple of minutes ' walk . |
| 3 | Mm , so it 's only a couple of months ' work really |
| 4 | This is already starting to ‘ gloss up ’ with use , giving both these guitars a friendly , used feel after only a couple of days ' playing . |
| 5 | Thus there have been changes over time in patterns of support between generations , but these are not necessarily a result of individuals ' changing beliefs and values about family responsibilities . |
| 6 | A recent step forward was the announcement in October 1990 of the formation of a broad-based teachers ' organization — the South African Democratic Teachers ' Union — which brings together a number of teachers ' unions previously separated on racial , geographical and political lines . |
| 7 | The rise of mass education saw a decline in social mobility and merely an inflation in employers ' demands for qualifications . |
| 8 | This motivated dealers more than a previously introduced incentive to sell PEPS which had been merely an increase in dealers ' OTC takeback allowance . |
| 9 | I think in some ways it 's better , because girls are meant to get on better in the sciences in girls ' schools ; they 're meant to be pushed backwards a bit in boys ' schools . |
| 10 | He met them at the gates of the airfield ( still a debris of contractors ' equipment surrounded by barbed wire ) and informed them gravely that if they entered — no difficult matter — they would be breaking the law . |
| 11 | You can also make up a book of spells and write spells on a piece of paper , or even a menu for witches ' stew . |