Example sentences of "at the [noun sg] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Things came to a head at the Apprentice Boys ' parade in Derry on 12 August . |
2 | The Barry Hearn-managed Loughran will receive the award at the Boxing Writers ' Club annual dinner at the Savoy , London next Thursday , |
3 | LAST night Ian Abbey , the chairman of Essex County Council 's education committee , expected to have 80 people to dinner — at the poll tax-payers ' expense . |
4 | In a little while , we meet the young woman hoping to make an impact at the world ladies ' chess championship . |
5 | Some help is given at the Driving Instructors ' Association test day , where approved instructors can road test vehicles brought along by manufacturers and importers . |
6 | Meanwhile , specialist retailers like Dixons , an electricals chain , and niche shops like Tie Rack have been paring away at the department stores ' share of the high-street market . |
7 | But they were still two remarkable performances , particularly his top-20 finish at the Forte Seniors ' Championship which included a last round 73 against a very tough par of 71 . |
8 | This was the main message given by Geoffrey Robertson QC , a key defence lawyer in the Matrix-Churchill trial which led to the ‘ Iraq-gate ’ controversy , in his speech to 80 lawyers at the Amnesty Lawyers ' AGM for England and Wales on 17 November . |
9 | Made with 1.4 , 1.6 and 1.8 litre petrol engines , the Tempras are agile performers aimed at the business users ' market . |
10 | Vic knows what it is : a book entitled Enjoy Your Menopause , which one of Marjorie 's friends at the Weight Watchers ' club has lent her , and which she has been reading in bed , without much show of conviction , and falling asleep over , for the past week or two . |
11 | The wind was blowing hard at the Highlanders ' faces , according to the literature given out at the Culloden Visitors ' Centre , and the two armies were in position at one o'clock , approximately four to five hundred yards apart . |