Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another happy collaboration between the Sports Council 's Greater London and South East Region Movement and Dance Liaison Group and the Westminster City Council resulted in a superb participatory weekend of movement and dance held at the Seymour Leisure Centre , 24–25 October , at which the Medau Society provided a Teachers ' Workshop and a Recreational Class , both taught by Margaret Charlwood . |
| 2 | However , the only individual who appears to have a plan that will appeal to the developing world is Dr. Mustapha Tolba , head of the United Nations Enviroment Plan who proposed a users ' tax paid by the consumers of ozone depleting chemicals , to be collected by governments and used by developing countries both to modernise their production systems and to compensate the multi-nationals for the transfer of their most advanced energy effective technology . |
| 3 | The actual course of evolution was often determined by the factors that limited a species ' access to new areas of the world . |
| 4 | The bank , which also held its annual meeting yesterday , rejected a shareholders ' demand for it to sell its US-based fund management business , National Securities & Research . |
| 5 | At about 11.05 , Mr Maxwell 's solicitors handed a bankers ' draft , drawn on Midland Bank , to the liquidators ' solicitor Margaret Cole . |
| 6 | She had lived in Durban since February and obtained a residents ' permit two months ago . |
| 7 | At the conclusion of the business Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of five experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 8 | Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 9 | At the conclusion of the business Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of five experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 10 | Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 11 | They organized a boys ' camp in such a way that two deliberately-created groups were formed for the experiment . |
| 12 | In 1950 the Circuit organized a Veterans ' Tea , held in Thomas Street Lecture Hall on Thursday 26 October . |
| 13 | Over the years , the VMA gradually became a students ' association and at the first general meeting of its 45th session , on 19 October 1880 , John H. Steel , the secretary and librarian , announced ‘ the Veterinary Medical Association , while having wide sympathies with its members who have become qualified practitioners , is now the Students ’ Society of the largest British Veterinary School' . |
| 14 | However , after a short period in 1732 at the Dissenting Academy in Findern , Derbyshire , he became a justices ' clerk in Sheffield until 1737 and then commenced work as a carrier between Sheffield and Macclesfield . |
| 15 | In 1916 the 2nd Earl of Feversham was killed at the Battle of the Somme and the house became a girls ' school until 1895 . |
| 16 | The house became a girls ' school until 1980 when the grounds were developed for housing . |
| 17 | Before they were finished , the first charges went off and the place became a hornets ' nest . |
| 18 | She led a battle to keep local nursery schools open ( and won ) , campaigned for a skateboarding bowl for neighbourhood children ( now up for a community award ) and produced a Parents ' Guide to Oxford Pubs . |
| 19 | ANC officials called for police help during the weekend of April 13-14 when some 500 armed Inkatha supporters attacked a workers ' hostel near the Mandelas ' home in Soweto . |
| 20 | According to Connor , Hampson threatened a players ' strike unless the travel ban was lifted but after a rebuke from Chapman acquiesced in the situation . |
| 21 | In the early 1960s the PFA , under Jimmy Hill 's leadership , threatened a players ' strike in support of the abolition of the maximum wage . |
| 22 | And he was tired mentally , for once he addressed a bishops ' meeting for a whole hour without stopping . |
| 23 | In about 1813–14 he organized in Bermondsey a society of workmen which virtually constituted a Mechanics ' Institute , almost ten years before those established by Leonard Horner [ q.v. ] |
| 24 | Although Gates announced a 10-point plan to restore public confidence in the force , and established a citizens ' panel to investigate the King case , he rejected all demands for his resignation or retirement . |
| 25 | 50,000 TONS of crude oil in the Channel , mass suicide in Guyana , Winter Of Discontent — who needed a kids ' series that blew the lid ( comparatively ) off Britain 's comprehensive school system ? |
| 26 | By contrast , another tall reputation had looked fully justified at the start of the afternoon when Nashwan 's half-brother Mukddaam , survived a stewards ' inquiry after beating 18 rivals convincingly on his racecourse debut to become favourite for the Derby at 16-1 with William Hill . |
| 27 | Her mother was so concerned that she rang a parents ' help-line . |
| 28 | Many clutched a commuters ' breakfast of buttered bun and polystyrene cup of coffee , weighing up the dilemma of being late for work against the lure of easy money . |
| 29 | Joan formed a ladies ' committee at Trentham Park Golf Club dedicated to achieving the target . |
| 30 | Coventry manager Gould was advised by West Brom chairman Trevor Summers not to go because police feared a fans ' backlash after Gould 's sacking by the club last season . |