Example sentences of "an [adj] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women for Socialism developed out of the national Chesterfield Socialist Conferences as an autonomous socialist-feminist women 's group . |
| 2 | Early redemption of a loan carries a penalty of 90 days ' extra interest , except during the first year of the five year deal , when an additional 150 days ' interest is levied . |
| 3 | For an extra two hours ' shift , well I suppose we can just afford it , can we ? |
| 4 | The most popular announcement — from the boys ' point of view at least — was that of an extra two days ' holiday to mark the Anniversary . |
| 5 | Barnicoats is offering an extra 30 days ' credit on orders exceeding £500 placed in January from its 1993 Travel Catalogue . |
| 6 | Staff and postgraduates participate in an annual Scottish universities ' conference in ecclesiastical history . |
| 7 | Another company holds an annual senior managers ' conference attended by only a few select top executives at which fundamental issues are discussed . |
| 8 | Here , they can combine a professional career with the joys of rural living : Richard 's practice as a chartered surveyor is an easy eight minutes ' drive away , just long enough to ‘ listen to the traffic reports and think of all those people on the M25 ! ’ |
| 9 | George Reid 's problem arose from the adoption of overtly militant tactics in a port in which there existed a tradition of co-operation and harmony between an existing local seamen 's organisation and local shipowners , encouraging its members to reject locally acceptable wage and conditions settlements and exhorting them to stop ships from leaving Hull with crews paid less than the NAS&FU demanded . |
| 10 | In February elements of the radical Right combined with communists and national-patriots in holding an illegal all-army officers ' meeting . |
| 11 | The 15 all present and correct had between them an astonishing 533 years ' service . |
| 12 | Henry Tyler had had an unexpected few days ' leave and had descended on his married sister and her husband in the small market town of Berebury in Calleshire without a great deal of warning . |
| 13 | Mike Ross , who organised an unofficial pre-Wimbledon men 's tournament at the Wirral in 1989 and 1990 , is reported to be trying to establish a similar event this year in Chichester . |
| 14 | But the troops were already fatigued by an unremitting nine days ' marching on inadequate rations , and the communications and organization were so poor that no supplies could be brought up to them . |