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

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1 A useful example is the erection in a prominent place of a parents ' notice board where details of sales , wants , baby sitters , child minders , community activities , thank you letters , etc are displayed .
2 A report , published yesterday by Alan Bishop , chief inspector of prisons for Scotland , says members of a prisoners ' alcohol abuse group have given talks at secondary schools and have attended meetings of parent-teacher associations and community education committees .
3 Nevertheless , estimates had already been obtained for the provision of a nurses ' recreation room and tennis courts for the nursing staff .
4 Ken Tyrell , head of the Tyrell Racing Organisation and leader of a members ' action group opposed to the deal , says : ‘ I 'm not involved in this business anymore , but I 'm sure the new board will sort it out .
5 For many , having the facilities of a Citizens ' Advice Bureau in the village means there is someone who will listen to their problems and offer confidential and expert advice .
6 Now one can say well what are we aiming for in terms of the sexual harassment free environment , and I think that what one would be aiming for is if not the atmosphere of a girls ' convent school one 's certainly aiming at an environment where women can work and study and interact without the sense of being constantly on display as sexual objects , and , you know , to that extent I do n't know if it is the case that a large number of the respondents are saying , you know , ‘ I have come from an environment when I have n't had to deal with this before , and I do n't expect to have to deal with it ’ then we should certainly sit up and take notice of that .
7 Onlookers paying £40 a head might have disagreed , for though the clothes were gorgeous and the models undeniably pretty , the atmosphere was more like that of a girls ' boarding school than an haute couture show .
8 The 90 recommendations of the inquiry included the phasing out of seclusion , better staff training and the setting up of a patients ' advocacy service .
9 Nadia has already seen a good deal of Scotland , and also went on a school trip to France and Belgium when pupils of St Mary 's accompanied members of a pensioners ' lunch club to find out about the European Community and the European Parliament .
10 AUSTRALIA is now in its seventh week without domestic air services because of a pilots ' pay dispute which has begun to have a serious impact on the economy and has left Bob Hawke 's Labor government few options for reaching a settlement .
11 Poindexter kept in his study a poster with the words ‘ Blessed are the Peacemakers ’ though possibly it had been put there by his minister-wife ; North was a member of an officers ' prayer group that prayed regularly for peace , particularly in the Gulf .
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