Example sentences of "a [noun sg] on [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet with eight sendings-off in all that day there was a case for ending the old year by taking a stand on players ' behaviour in time for the new . |
| 2 | It is wholly inappropriate and a slur on parents ' intelligence to imply , as your correspondent does , that coercion and possibly intimidation have played a part in achieving the present levels of support for change . |
| 3 | While working with factual databases can have a bearing on pupils ' skill in using bibliographic databases , it may also serve to reinforce previous database use in the primary school classroom . |
| 4 | There he was , in a race on Sports ' Day , his skinny , uncoordinated limbs flung out in all directions , galloping clumsily round the track at least half a lap behind everybody else . |
| 5 | International book-building puts a premium on intermediaries ' experience and ability to sell to 300-odd investing institutions around the world . |
| 6 | The majority supported the basic idea of the OFR : that company directors should provide with the reports and accounts a commentary on the operating results , a review of financial needs and resources and a commentary on shareholders ' return and value . |