Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aficionados of art and antiques will make a bee-line for the towns ' museums and art galleries . |
| 2 | He served on the BA 's Children 's bookselling committee , took part in the meetings of the book trade 's children 's books committee , and last year served as a judge for the children 's book section of the Whitbread Prize . |
| 3 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
| 4 | Charlotte Bronte 's ‘ going away ’ dress has been used as a basis for the women 's gowns and the men 's costumes made from contemporary illustrations . |
| 5 | But a victory for the victims ' relatives today does not mean the Government will be found guilty . |
| 6 | Tina herself was not a risk in this area because the man she had lived with longer than any other was paying her £50 a week for the children 's keep . |
| 7 | A spokesman for the Farmers ' Union of Wales , which has set up a farm and rural consultancy service , considered reports of widespread farm fraud ‘ greatly exaggerated . ’ |
| 8 | Royal Botanic Gardens regretted inability to supply a speaker for the Gardeners ' Roadshow . |
| 9 | Royal Botanic Gardens regretted inability to supply a speaker for the Gardeners ' Roadshow . |
| 10 | John McCann converted a penalty for the losers ' reply . |
| 11 | Ireland loose-head Nick Popplewell , a certainty for the Lions ' summer tour to New Zealand , admitted : ‘ If England pick Victor Ubogu for the game in Dublin , we wo n't complain . |
| 12 | It says a lot for the authors ' efficiency in organising this cast subject that the only bit I ca n't pass without comment concerns the conservative backlash against the feminism of the Thatcher years . |
| 13 | Managed to find a villa for the children 's holidays . ’ |
| 14 | A spokeswoman for the Women 's Centre , a voluntary organisation fighting against the proposed abolition , said it would add further to the misery of women who are already exploited as cheap labour . |
| 15 | IN ORDER to find a precedent for the Tories ' four consecutive election vic tories one has to return to the politics of Regency England . |
| 16 | The registry was to act as an agent for the parties ' endorsement of bills , as well as for the delivery of the paper based bill of lading with which the goods would be claimed from the carrier . |
| 17 | This time she was prepared and she launched quickly into a story that she was a freelance journalist doing an article for the women 's page of a national newspaper about women who joined sports clubs . |