Example sentences of "[num] [noun] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 14.3.6 Surveyors ' valuations |
| 2 | 125g/4oz gravadlax , finely sliced and chopped 125g/4oz chunk cucumber , finely diced 240g/approx 8oz tub natural Greek yogurt salt and freshly ground black pepper 12 quails ' eggs green or blue food colouring salad garnish |
| 3 | 75g/3oz unsalted butter 12 lambs ' kidneys , skinned and cored 3 small shallots or salad onions , finely chopped 125ml/5fl oz/⅔ cup dry white wine 50g/2oz softened unsalted butter 2 × 15ml/tbsp Dijon mustard salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 × 5ml/tsp lemon juice freshly chopped parsley to garnish |
| 4 | Land nearby had been bought up for 300 workers ' houses . |
| 5 | There is also the tiresome coyness over what is already feigned , which leads Thorpe to insert parentheses and question marks in the 1830s rioters ' despositions , and footnotes in a 1950s sound recording to the effect that five seconds have been lost ‘ due to electrical interference ’ . |
| 6 | Beethoven ( Sonata Op12 No3 ) , Schumann ( Romances Op94 , Sonata Op105 No1 ) , Stravinsky ( Suite Italienne ) 4pm Barbican £5-£12.50 Bach Vespers Cantata 38 ( Aus tiefer Not ) , plus Vivaldi ( Double Violin Concerto ) in context of Lutheran service 7pm St Anne 's , Gresham St , The City NORWICH FESTIVAL Dorothy Tutin joins the Endymion Ensemble for Saint- Saens 's Carnival of the Animals and Poulenc 's Babar the Elephant , plus Ibert , Milhaud 3pm St Andrew 's Hall £2-£8. l TUESDAY Verdi Requiem ECO and Tallis Chamber Choir with soloists Jo Ann Pickens , Sarah Walker , Jeffrey Talbot , Gwynne Howell 7.30pm Royal Naval College Chapel , King William Walk , Greenwich SE10 £5.50-£9 ( 317 8687 ) Olli Mustonen The brilliant young Finnish pianist-composer joins fellow Finn Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia for a Grand Gala in aid of the Council for the Protection of Rural England : Ravel 's breezy G major Piano Concerto is framed by aptly Green pieces by Vaughan Williams ( Greensleeves Fantasia ) and Stravinsky ( Le Sacre du Printemps ) 7.30pm RFH £18 incl donation ; £35-£125 incl reception and private view of Legacy exhibition ( 12 photographers ' views of Britain 's countryside ) NORWICH FESTIVAL The Field of Cloth of Gold : A musical celebration of the 1520 meeting between Henry VIII and Francois I of France , played on period instruments by Musica Antiqua of London 7.30pm Cathedral £2.50-£7.50 ( 0603-618499 ) LES PARISIENNES Pianist Diana Ambache and her Ambache Chamber Orchestra offer musical portraits of four femmes de Paris — two of them composers , two of them inspirations for the compositions of others . |
| 7 | Yet the Government 's spending assessment requires savings of £4m that will cost 140 teachers ' jobs . |
| 8 | 2 Teachers ' perceptions of the value of microcomputers in the primary curriculum . |
| 9 | The report shows that the 12 members ' emissions of CO2 are likely to total 2,878 million tonnes , compared to the 1990 level of 2,775 million tonnes , which is the target . |
| 10 | A group of more than 30 travellers ' caravans have now set up on a roadside site a mile from the village at Crew crossroads . |
| 11 | The papers , covering the period 1834-68 , include copies of some 300 apprentices ' indentures for the years 1856-68 . |
| 12 | The policeman on crossing duty had taken the 30 runners ' numbers : ‘ We are checking numbers with race officials who were also near the crossing and the runners involved will be interviewed with a view to prosecution , ’ Sergeant Lawton said . |
| 13 | Mr Benn got 38 of the 221 MPs ' votes cast in 1988 and , he ruefully noted this week , a much worse press . |
| 14 | 1.2 VISITORS ' ORIGINS |
| 15 | So , too , does this season 's series of six Artists ' Journeys . |
| 16 | In Table 5.1 housewives ' experiences of monotony , fragmentation and speed are compared with those of a sample of factory workers . |
| 17 | He was enrolled on 8 March 1790 , paying six months ' fees in advance , and completed his training on 7 March 1 791 . |
| 18 | An Essay on Food Reform and in 1892 Animals ' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress ( reissued in 1900 , 1905 , and 1915 ) . |
| 19 | Six waits ' badges still survive at the Town Hall , four bear the date 1691 and the other two , 1823 . |
| 20 | It was prompted by nationwide dismay at an announcement that 31 out of 50 pits still operating in the UK were to close and up to 30,000 miners ' jobs would be lost . |
| 21 | It 's known in the City as the Hemline Index ( as opposed to the usual measure of the top 100 companies ' shares , the FTSE 100 ) . |
| 22 | KPMG Peat Marwick Midland Region has become the first of the Big Six firms ' practices to gain the Investors in People award . |
| 23 | Distributed on the two mezzanine floors are six servants ' rooms , which include the menservants ' bathroom with a water closet and the butler 's bedroom . |
| 24 | The government admitted to 3,500 full time vacancies at the start of the 1989/90 school year , but the six teachers ' unions reported an extensive survey which showed total vacancies of more than 8,000 affecting at least 250,000 children . |
| 25 | The administration and financing of 842 Magistrates ' courts , presided over by about 18,500 lay justices of the peace , assisted by clerks who were mostly full-time and salaried , was in the hands of local Magistrates ' courts committees , with the aid of a grant from the Home Office . |
| 26 | By 1960 widows ' pensions were available in all public sector occupations apart from teaching , though they were still relatively uncommon in the private sector which continued to rely on ‘ allocation ’ options and lump sum provision ( Government Actuary , 1958 , 1966 ) . |
| 27 | I have spent time with all three parties ' leaders during the past ten days . |
| 28 | As a rule-of-thumb , your debts ( excluding mortgage ) should not total more than three months ' earnings before tax . |
| 29 | Reserves in excess of the value of three months ' imports are generally considered adequate . |
| 30 | All he wants off us , we 're gon na give him analyses of your last three months ' invoices . |