Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the Howk , an eerie limestone gorge reached by a pleasant few minutes ' walk from the southern corner of the village green , is the threadbare ruin of a bobbin mill .
2 On May 24 , a quadrilateral Foreign Ministers ' meeting during the Lisbon summit [ see p. 38923 ] issued a statement on measures to calm the situation .
3 Thus the immediate practical relief offered was two days of day care at a progressive old peoples ' home , where Stanley was encouraged in his piano playing to make a lively contribution .
4 Fempress , a Latin American women 's communication network , has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary .
5 The first attempt to form a future national women 's organization was the Unified Committee of Salvadorean Women ( CUMS ) , founded in 1982 , but internal problems and communication difficulties blocked progress .
6 The government , however , attempted to avert a threatened national teachers ' strike , by claiming that the emergency tax plan had raised enough revenues to increase their wages .
7 Their decision follows crowd trouble by supporters in a previous European Champions ' League match at Marseille last December , for which their punishment by UEFA was to play their home game against Rangers on 3 March in an empty stadium .
8 For example , in Birmingham in 1973 a young mugger was sentenced to a draconian 20 years ' detention amid enormous publicity , and yet this sentence made no difference to the incidence of mugging offences in Birmingham or in other areas ( Baxter and Nuttall , 1975 ; Beyleveld , 1990 : 157 ) .
9 The designers designed a terrific pirate galleon and a thrilling Lost Boys ' hideout .
10 ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly .
11 Yelverton is a long lost lepers ' bell , a simple reminder that all is n't well beyond Game Boy .
12 The men 's eyes automatically swivelled left to the women 's section at a tasteful thirty yards ' distance .
13 If there was one fixed rule in her life , it was to make sure that she had a regular eight hours ' sleep every night .
14 Even in the case of the large church with a regular new members ' class , this may need to be supplemented by a sponsorship scheme in which the converts are matched with church members of the same sex and similar age and background , to help them find their feet and be introduced to the family .
15 It had been a grand few minutes ' work .
16 After a frantic few minutes ' chase the skua realises this is n't going to be cost-effective and breaks off to look for something easier .
17 Indeed , it would have had to have begun much earlier , her grandchildren 's school being a good fifteen minutes ' walk away , on the other side of West End Lane .
18 That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence .
19 The pubs did n't shut until eleven o'clock so we would have a good three hours ' fun .
20 After a hectic three months ' work load , by a small but willing group of members , the BCRS Museum is up and running
21 Livings took a bare two hours ' sleep that night .
22 There is a dining room ( with a beautiful Italian monks ' table dating from the early 18th century which interestingly has been lowered a few inches — the monks ate standing up ) , three bedrooms individually decorated , a comfortable study-cum-television room with a log-burning stove — and for bookworms , over 3,000 books .
23 EX-BOXER Danny McAlinden , 44 , got a suspended nine months ' jail yesterday over a pub brawl at Walworth , south London .
24 The idea of a duty solicitor scheme to operate in a busy metropolitan magistrates ' court may seem to many to be a natural consequence of all the other paraphernalia of a socially conscious profession .
25 A Peterlee pensioner has been chosen to represent the Durham constituency at a forthcoming European pensioners ' parliament .
26 Floored Masterpieces made Boyd 's reputation as a gifted young children 's book illustrator .
27 Floored Masterpieces made Boyd 's reputation as a gifted young children 's book illustrator .
28 Leith gathered up her bag , her thoughts already on getting home and trying to get a full eight hours ' sleep so as to be sharp for work in the morning .
29 The 50-acre Eirias Park , with entrances from the Promenade and Abergele Road , features a superb modern children 's playground , and all the new equipment and the surfaced area meet safety requirements .
30 A successful Potential Teachers ' day took place in London on 14 November last year .
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