Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a girls ' private conversation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Largely a relatives ' organization , it campaigns for better services , runs relative support groups and is beginning to consider providing more direct care services . |
| 5 | A man stole a £5,500 caravan from outside a vets ' practice for his homeless girlfriend York Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 6 | So far , shorting is still a specialists ' game , but a growing one . |
| 7 | Liquidation proceedings will start once a creditors ' meeting has taken place . |
| 8 | There is also a Girls ' Choir and a Primary Boys ' Choir . |
| 9 | From Herston , formerly a quarriers ' hamlet , the mile-long High Street began , comprising virtually all the town-aspiring village of Swanage . |
| 10 | What is clearly a dealers ' market is often signalled by the invention of a brand name to group together a variety of material , perhaps rather disparate . |
| 11 | In the building industry , not only in France but also in Sweden , West Germany , Italy , as well as in Britain , the main body was ( and still is ) both an employers ' and a trade association since it is not easy to separate the negotiation of wages from matters such as agreed arrangements for contract tendering . |
| 12 | Where manufacturers produce both an artists ' and a students ' paint , the artists ' range is the larger of the two , with the basic colours repeated in both ranges . |
| 13 | Where manufacturers produce both an artists ' and a students ' paint , the artists ' range is the larger of the two , with the basic colours repeated in both ranges . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're now a growers ' co-operative , ’ David Gardner explained . |
| 15 | Mozzarella was originally made from buffalos ' milk but it is now a cows ' milk cheese . |
| 16 | The residents have their own furniture and are self-sufficient , although there is often a meals ' scheme as well as a communal laundry . |
| 17 | Evocations of Dark Age kingdoms are often a Grimms ' fairy-tale picture of huge dark forests , dwarfing the puny efforts of humankind . |
| 18 | Originally an Artisans ' trophy but extended to the senior club at the former 's invitation in 1951 . |
| 19 | His patrimonial estate ( if it ever existed ) was confiscated because , as he claimed , he was now an émigré ' , having failed to return to France in the prescribed period . |
| 20 | The hotel boasted passenger lifts , electric bells , revolving doors and even a ladies ' smoking room , which were very advanced for the period and reflected the Midland Railway 's innovative character . |
| 21 | Mixed exhibitions tend to have rather perfunctory introductions and catalogue entries ; the same is often true of exhibitions arranged by groups of artists , though they may have statements of aim or even an artists ' manifesto . |
| 22 | Conversely , in the case of the metalworking industry in all these five countries the main body is exclusively an employers ' association , since the great diversity and heterogeneous product range of the industry ( basic steel , cars , electrical equipment , etc. ) precluded representation via a single trade association . |
| 23 | I seem to have stirred up quite a hornets ' nest . |
| 24 | Of its own motion the court may decide to bring a private prosecution to the attention of the Crown Prosecution Service ; indeed a justices ' clerk is obliged to do so if a private prosecutor withdraws or fails to proceed in circumstances in which the reason given appears unsatisfactory . |
| 25 | The late Tim Brookshaw , not famous for faint-heartedness , danced an eloquent jig on top of the last fence at Leicester to show how hard it was , and one day there was almost a jockeys ' strike at Plumpton . |
| 26 | Seven of the previous eight labour-contract renegotiations have involved either a players ' strike or a lockout . |
| 27 | It was the fact that this was essentially a planters ' system which ensured that the stations were built of a standard and elegance which a plantocracy could use with comfort . |
| 28 | Its main concern is that Motif should evolve from what is now essentially a developers ' tool to become an end user product . |
| 29 | What had been essentially a workers ' party , fifty percent of the membership workers based predominantly in the big cities and towns becomes a party of intellectuals and peasants . |