Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then a Private Members ' Bill established a trust to protect it , consisting of representatives from five local councils . |
| 2 | In Sweden , for instance , a strong employers ' confederation enforced managerial prerogatives from the early years of the present century , prerogatives which were also supported by the legal framework until the law was changed in 1977 ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 3 | A Foreign Ministers ' meeting had been held , in preparation for the Bishkek summit , in Minsk ( Byelarus ) on Sept. 8 . |
| 4 | At about 7.30 p.m. , after two and a half hours ' sleep curled up on the floor of the trench , I made my way out of the orchard and on to the road . |
| 5 | Her parents Robert and Carol joined in the hunt , which ended on Boxing Day when a man walking his dog in a nearby lovers ' lane found Johanna 's black trainers in a hedge . |
| 6 | With the advent of such legislation after World War I the creation of a central employers ' association fulfilled the need for an authoritative spokesman to represent employer interests before the legislature . |
| 7 | But a late Rangers ' free-kick hit him on his nearly-bald spot and bounced kindly for Dennis Bailey to rob United of a point . |
| 8 | Notes of a Qualified Teachers ' Day held at Quintin School , St. John 's Wood on Saturday , 26th June 1982 . |
| 9 | Notes of a Qualified Teachers ' Day held at Rutherford School , Penfold Street on Saturday , 16th October 1982 . |
| 10 | Thirteen people died and 400 were injured on May 5 when a temporary spectators ' stand collapsed shortly before the start of a football match between Bastia and Olympique Marseille at the Furiani stadium in Bastia , Corsica . |
| 11 | In particular , the London owners saw their position as different from those of other ports and remained indifferent to the idea of a nationwide employers ' organization devoted to stemming the rising tide of trade unionism among seamen , and without London support any such project was unlikely to succeed . |
| 12 | Peter Hewitt explains how a new managers ' toolkit proved to be more than just a game |
| 13 | A competitive Members ' race went to Robin Gill riding his father 's Foxy Games . |
| 14 | The triumph of liberalism was therefore the result of the attitude of the army : a minor officers ' revolt had been backed by what was later termed a ‘ negative pronunciamiento ’ — the refusal of the army to support the government . |
| 15 | By the end of the year numbers had risen still further to 109 , and an Old Boys ' Association had been formed . |
| 16 | Ben Tillett , Tom McCarthy and Tom Mann , general secretary , organizer and president respectively of an enlarged Dockers ' Union became the original strike leaders , with John Burns coming later on to the scene . |
| 17 | The failure rate of the undersea cables which would carry the electricity generated back to shore was said to be 300 times more often than an initial consultants ' report had suggested . |