Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outdoor centre staff given eight days ' warning on jobs |
| 2 | Two non-constituency Council seats were designated for financial services and for sole practitioner representation , and following a resolution at last year 's Annual General Meeting , the Society made an initial pump-priming grant to a newly formed sole practitioners ' group which subsequently achieved Law Society group status . |
| 3 | Given that Callinicos ' book is difficult , and given the probability that despite the seriousness of its argument it is unlikely to be widely debated , I will firstly offer an interpretation of what I think its main themes are , and what they are not . |
| 4 | Proponents of this view tend to see the idea of parental possession as one that is still protected and upheld by the law and by social agencies ; and they believe this state of affairs to be damaging to children , given that parents ' and children 's interests sometimes conflict . |
| 5 | 140 out of 170 employees eventually accepted and , after being interviewed , 30 were given 12 weeks ' notice to terminate their contracts . |
| 6 | Strathaven-based Yuill and Dodds , which was due to have its licence suspended for seven days from midnight on Sunday , has been given 49 days ' grace to decide whether to appeal against the decision . |
| 7 | SEVERAL P&O Marathon Men successfully completed this years ' London Marathon — each in their own style . |
| 8 | Mrs Craig was welcomed as a member of the Leaders ' Meeting in March 1963 and has given 30 years ' service as secretary of the Women 's Fellowship . |
| 9 | He never slept much before combat ; that was why he had caught three hours ' rest during the afternoon . |
| 10 | Link correspondent has reported many employees ' weddings in the past , but now she has become a bride herself . |
| 11 | Helen Bullock 's article on dads who are unable to cope has attracted many readers ' letters . |
| 12 | So far we have reported Afro-Caribbean pupils ' perception of the attitudes held by certain teachers and how this may influence their behaviour . |
| 13 | In your Japanese Grand Prix report ( 28 October ) , you say Honda had won five constructors ' championships in the last 10 years . |
| 14 | Such was the anticipation of a boy that the couple had n't considered any girls ' names . |
| 15 | I will admit that I am a total tube head when it comes to guitar amps , but at the same time sufficiently open-minded to have previously applauded other companies ' efforts in solid state technology . |
| 16 | That was in August 1988 and Jones was fined two weeks ' wages by boss Bobby Gould and banned for three matches by the FA . |
| 17 | Won a record 15 of 16 races when they joined forces with Honda in 1988 , and have won both Constructors ' and drivers ' Championships every season since . |
| 18 | The Central Electoral Commission criticized television coverage of this and other Civic Forum and PAV rallies , and ordered that all other parties be given 10 minutes ' extra air time to compensate . |
| 19 | ‘ I can not see how they are going to pay all of us from membership dues , ’ an embittered party bureaucrat said at headquarters , adding that most of them would have to be given six months ' notice . |
| 20 | He asked that she be given six months ' grace at Althorp so she could adapt to life without him . |
| 21 | He was given six months ' hard labour after he refused on principle to pay the fine . |
| 22 | If the individual kept on offending , he would simply be given six months ' custodial sentence for each offence — not to run concurrently , but consecutively . |
| 23 | Her son had made 10 months ' progress in a year , against his usual six months before he started at Lady Jane Grey . |
| 24 | He was named Ideal Homes ' National Site Manager of the Year in 1990 . |
| 25 | ‘ He seems to hold David Howell , who 's still owed three weeks ' money , particularly responsible and wants him out of the club . |
| 26 | The paper 's usual film reporter would write the story from Miranda 's notes ; he 'd already attended several days ' shooting of the new , as yet untitled film , the first Meursault to be made in Britain , which was a supreme sign that the decade was making all the difference to the world 's view of the country , and its relation to the avant-garde . |
| 27 | You must have , you , you must have you keep telling me that you 're doing all these extra hours and you 're owed two weeks ' holiday |
| 28 | The continued need for economy was reflected by their rejection of the chaplain 's request for three dozen copies of the hymns for the Coronation Service , and the carpenter , the bricklayer and the engineer were granted two days ' extra holiday ( but were paid for one day only ) . |
| 29 | So , if you buy a yearling fish it will have consumed three years ' pellet rations and , hopefully , survived three merry-go-rounds of hazards . |
| 30 | On 30 June 1988 Mr. Page was given three months ' notice terminating his appointment on the grounds of redundancy . |