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

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1 Labour contender Ashok Kumar has expressed support for a junior doctors ' campaign for shorter working hours .
2 In 1923 she set a British ladies ' record for Thames swimming ( 10 hrs. 45 min . ) .
3 Meanwhile , the Scottish Ladies ' Golfing Association has named a 12-strong girls ' squad for Sunday 's training match against Helensburgh boys .
4 The Agency has produced a new leaders ' guide for people organising outings of up to five miles with family or friends .
5 Then along came a new managers ' tool for community care planning called The X Factor .
6 A 16-year-old girl from Bermondsey , south London , was sent to a young persons ' institution for four months yesterday after being found guilty at Seymour Place juvenile court of causing grievous bodily harm to Francis Ruth Waite , 24 , daughter of Terry Waite , held hostage in Lebanon .
7 O ’ Neil was sent to a Young Offenders ' Institute for four years after admitting aggravated burglary and grievous bodily harm .
8 He was sent to a young offenders ' institution for three years .
9 Paul Dart , 18 , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for four years when he admitted crimes including armed robbery .
10 Yesterday , Hill , of Gosport , Hants , who admitted manslaughter , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for 2½ years .
11 Let me quote from last Saturday 's Oxford Mail : ’ A teenager whose night of joyriding ended in the death of a lorry driver , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for two years .
12 A man who gave the drug LSD to a teenager who later died of an overdose has been sent to a young offenders ' institution for three years .
13 Dines is already serving thirty months at a young offenders ' institution for robbery .
14 Stevenson , 20 , of Grendon Walk , Park End , Middlesbrough , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for a total of 21 months and banned from driving for two years .
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