Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Aficionados of art and antiques will make a bee-line for the towns ' museums and art galleries . |
2 | After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess . |
3 | But a victory for the victims ' relatives today does not mean the Government will be found guilty . |
4 | A spokesman for the Farmers ' Union of Wales , which has set up a farm and rural consultancy service , considered reports of widespread farm fraud ‘ greatly exaggerated . ’ |
5 | Royal Botanic Gardens regretted inability to supply a speaker for the Gardeners ' Roadshow . |
6 | Royal Botanic Gardens regretted inability to supply a speaker for the Gardeners ' Roadshow . |
7 | John McCann converted a penalty for the losers ' reply . |
8 | Ireland loose-head Nick Popplewell , a certainty for the Lions ' summer tour to New Zealand , admitted : ‘ If England pick Victor Ubogu for the game in Dublin , we wo n't complain . |
9 | It says a lot for the authors ' efficiency in organising this cast subject that the only bit I ca n't pass without comment concerns the conservative backlash against the feminism of the Thatcher years . |
10 | IN ORDER to find a precedent for the Tories ' four consecutive election vic tories one has to return to the politics of Regency England . |