Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an amazing meeting , very much a men 's meeting . |
| 2 | At the start of the filming we bring in a students ' orchestra and we rehearse for three days , six sessions in all . |
| 3 | Only a girls ' private conversation . |
| 4 | It was becoming difficult to put together a Gentlemen 's eleven worthy of the name . |
| 5 | The ancient Globe Inn , the Wesleyan Ebenezer Chapel opposite , and some 18th century cottages form an attractive conservation area in Bell Street , Herston , formerly almost entirely a quarriers ' hamlet . |
| 6 | After this remarkable visit , the volcano continued to be active for a week or two , but the explosive activity died down somewhat , and it began to look as though the eruption was going to be just a nine-days ' wonder , and would soon fade away and be forgotten . |
| 7 | Largely a relatives ' organization , it campaigns for better services , runs relative support groups and is beginning to consider providing more direct care services . |
| 8 | There was no amorous intent about it , because Matt had assured her that Silas was not a ladies ' man . |
| 9 | George could not face a life on his own , though I do n't think he would consider marrying because he is not a ladies ' man . |
| 10 | the expert sailers say its not a beginners ' boat but will give an exciting performance … they think it will be a good test of skill … and it 's a great boat to sail … it 's fantastic … just the craft to be in |
| 11 | Not a children 's book at all , but a modern illustrated coffee-table book with careful , delicate photographs . |
| 12 | Pick up any book ( not a children 's book or one which is highly technical or full of pictures ) and open it where you have two complete pages of text . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not a children 's plaything to be toyed with , ’ he shouted . |
| 14 | And thirdly the objective was no longer what Marx had acclaimed the objective of er a party following his leadership should be , no longer the objective which Lenin , in the Russian Revolution , claimed was the objective for the Russian Bolshevik Party not a workers ' revolution which would then spread and become international , worldwide . |
| 15 | A man stole a £5,500 caravan from outside a vets ' practice for his homeless girlfriend York Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 16 | The Trust is not an anglers ' or owners ' association and takes no side in the arguments between the supporters or sporting and commercial fishing , but it does believe that salmon should be taken only in their rivers of origin or their estuaries so that the total level of fishing effort can be controlled in order to ensure that enough fish reach the spawning sites to maintain stocks naturally . |
| 17 | So far , shorting is still a specialists ' game , but a growing one . |
| 18 | As Young and Willmott ( 1973 , p. 227 ) say ‘ there was still a women 's world and a men 's , in social contacts as in other ways . ’ |
| 19 | Did it have any connection with the Castle Museum opposite the court , which was once a women 's prison ? |
| 20 | Liquidation proceedings will start once a creditors ' meeting has taken place . |
| 21 | Had the topic not been abortion , unambiguously a women 's issue , the correct inference might not have been drawn . |
| 22 | There is also a Girls ' Choir and a Primary Boys ' Choir . |
| 23 | There is also a children 's play area , and it is just east of Market Bosworth on B.585 . |
| 24 | The soft part of the contract includes low maintenance grass areas , high quality formal rolling lawns backing onto the buildings , putting greens for use by both patients and staff and also a children 's green . |
| 25 | There is also a children 's pool , shops and a tennis court . |
| 26 | Skilful lobbying has meant that its place has been taken by wrestling on the curious promise that there will be both a men 's and women 's competition in 1994 even though women have never established a real presence in freestyle wrestling as they have in judo . |
| 27 | In southern India The Body Shop has provided the means to set up a boys ' town for destitute youngsters . |
| 28 | On receiving an assurance from the guardians that they would lose no time in putting up a nurses ' home , the Minister would be prepared to recommend the Nursing Council to give its approval . |
| 29 | Knowing that mere seconds might mean the difference between life and death for the hundreds of people trapped by the explosions , IMDEC responded immediately by setting up a citizens ' coordinating committee , drawing on the expertise and resources of 27 social and human rights organisations . |
| 30 | Scattered through the policy review are proposals to : Drastically alter the status and organisation of the Department of Trade and Industry ; Create two departments — a Department of Consumer Affairs , and a Department for Legal Administration ; Create a Department of Environmental Protection within the existing Department of the Environment ; Set up a plethora of new commissions and executive agencies ; Set up a Women 's Ministry . |