Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On arriving at Cape Town we found that the rumours of a seamen 's strike were very real , and that several boats were delayed in Table Bay owing to the crews ' refusing to take the vessels to sea . |
| 32 | other than the holder of a seamen 's canteen , refreshment or entertainment licence.In the case of an application by a licence-holder the occasional licence allows the sale of liquor " in the course of catering for an event taking place outwith the licensed premises " ( subs . |
| 33 | " licensed premise " does not include the premises of a seamen 's canteen ( s. 139(1) ) . |
| 34 | ( 5 ) , Sched. 2 , Part I. For the period of currency of a seamen 's canteen licence , see s.42 . |
| 35 | Transfer of a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 36 | Indeed in Moralice ( London ) Ltd v ED and F Man [ 1954 ] 2 Lloyds Rep 526 , it was held that where the price is payable by means of a bankers ' commercial credit against the shipping documents , the maxim de minimis has no application as between the seller and the bank . |
| 37 | They may lead to the award of a masters ' degree , a postgraduate diploma or certificate , a post-experience diploma or certificate , or a second degree . |
| 38 | In Emma Hotels v. Secretary of State for the Environment [ 1980 ] 258 EG 64 ( QBD ) , it was held in identical circumstances that the operation of a non-residents ' bar was not a material change of use and did not require planning permission . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | Farr-Jones said the whole notion of a players ' company was for all the players to be involved , not to feather the nests of a select upper echelon . |
| 41 | He 's a bit of a ladies ' man , ’ he said , adding ‘ Nigella Lawson — she 's very tasty , nicer than in her picture . |
| 42 | Ever the gentleman he even managed to pick a Michael Fallon sticker off the bottom of a ladies ' shoe , only to get it stuck on his own . |
| 43 | British Legion was able to raise funds for the erection of a Servicemen 's Memorial Club in Bourne Place , just off the Chiswick High Road , between Dukes Avenue and Duke Road . |
| 44 | And no other care taken either , except for the broth Sairellen had sent round , and the collection she had organized afterwards to pay an undertaker and avoid the consequences of a paupers ' grave . |
| 45 | This is the first visible sign of a shareholders ' revolt against the chairman , Sir Derek Alun-Jones , since the discovery of a £185m fraud which threatens the group 's future . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | Patten also announced a comprehensive package of social and economic reforms , including the establishment of a monetary authority to ensure monetary stability , the establishment of a business council to advise the Governor " on how best we can sustain our economic growth " , a review of freedom of information and press laws , the introduction of a citizens ' charter to make bureaucracy more accountable , and the abolition of capital punishment . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | Peacock 's Crochet Castle was surrounded by gravel workings ; Disraeli 's Bentham was decaying behind Ministry of Defence barbed wire ; and the lawns of Jane Austen 's Mansfield Park were engulfed by the classrooms of a girls ' school . |
| 50 | She was the headmistress of a girls ' school . |
| 51 | ‘ When I was 16 , I sang outside the window of a girls ' school . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | But with a third crew , in the shape of a freshmen 's eight , participating for the first time , the race was restarted and the freshmen were beaten by the surviving senior eight by just over two lengths from Putney to Mortlake . |
| 54 | Even more important , perhaps , were the discussions about the notion of a women 's aesthetic : again and again , the attempt to articulate the new and unspoken came up against the absence of an appropriate language . |
| 55 | There was a sense of sisterhood , of a women 's literary tradition , and there was overt rejection of the idea . |
| 56 | Thus I have seen an interesting application of group dynamics to the study of a Women 's Institute , and a voluntary social agency studied as an example of a bureaucracy . |
| 57 | On the plane she found herself sitting next to the Knitting correspondent of a women 's magazine who was on the same press jaunt . |
| 58 | It is a funny story , but it seems that the reviewer mainly liked it because it was not very likely to please the editor of a women 's magazine . |
| 59 | Some of the most inspiring work of Chattisgarh Liberation Front has been the formation of a women 's organisation that has set up a popular tribunal to deal with wrongs against women — desertion , rape , abuse . |
| 60 | In this volume , the possibility of a women 's point of view in philosophy is discussed directly by Paula Boddington from within the analytic tradition . |