Example sentences of "[subord] a [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | In an attempt to secure such a reduction , national guide-lines were issued in October 1990 , which identified a number of offence-specific factors that would justify a committal , but only where a magistrates ' court feels that its sentencing powers are insufficient . |
2 | This does not apply where a magistrates ' court declines to hear a case because it could be dealt with more conveniently in another court ( s94(2) ) . |
3 | Where a teachers ' class list has not yet been brought up to date for 1981/82 her list is enclosed with these notes . |
4 | In her attempt to ascertain why anorexia nervosa is a girls ' rather than a boys ' disease , Selvini Palazzoli emphasises the manner in which the adolescent girl ‘ is exposed to lewd looks , subjected to menstruation , about to be penetrated in sexual embraces , to be invaded by the foetus , to be suckled by a child , etc . ’ |
5 | These were places where at the beginning of the century there was no more than a Mechanics ' Institute or a Lit. and Phil. ; and these new institutions were more oriented to science than the ancient ones , and committed on the German model to research . |
6 | Fatter than a Weight-Watchers ' enrolment evening . |
7 | If she is over 60 when her husband dies , she will usually receive a retirement pension rather than a widows ' pension . |
8 | For a producers ' rather than a consumers ' perspective on agendasetting see Hetherington , 1985 ; Blumler and Gurevitch , 1986 ; Blumler , Gurevitch , and Nossiter , 1986 and 1989 . ) |
9 | The present occupant may say ‘ Oh well , I let old Mrs Smith walk through my garden and down the sideway when she needs to ’ and regard it as no more than a neighbours ' agreement . |
10 | Until a Teachers ' Council is established , teachers will continue to lack the organisational structure through which to control the entry , training and practice of the members of their ‘ profession ’ . |
11 | First , the nominee must advise the court if a creditors ' meeting should be summoned ; if so , then the period of the interim order is extended to give time for the meeting to take place . |
12 | ‘ if a magistrates ' court inquiring into an offence as examining justices is of opinion , on consideration of the evidence and of any statement of the accused , that there is sufficient evidence to put the accused on trial by jury for any indictable offence , the court shall commit him for trial ; and , if it is not of that opinion , it shall … discharge him . |
13 | If a listeners ' poll had been taken that evening I believe we would have rated 100% listenership . |
14 | In fact , pursuant to r 6.80 , no resolutions can be taken at the meeting of creditors other than : ( i ) a resolution to appoint a named insolvency practitioner to be trustee or two or more insolvency practitioners as joint trustees ; ( ii ) a resolution to establish a creditors ' committee ; ( iii ) ( unless a creditors ' committee has been established ) a resolution specifying the terms of the trustee 's remuneration or to defer consideration of that matter ; ( iv ) if two or more trustees are appointed , a resolution specifying whether acts are to be done by both or all of them , or by only one ; ( v ) a resolution adjourning the meeting for not more than three weeks ; and ( vi ) any other resolutions which the chairman thinks it right to allow for special reasons . |
15 | There were angry scenes outside the flats yesterday , as a tenants ' group called on Aberconwy Council to demolish the two-storey buildings and borough officials insisted that they were still perfectly safe . |
16 | Rohmer swung downwards , seized Gilbert and dragged him to his feet , holding him as close as a lovers ' embrace . |