Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He once tried to found a citizens ' police under the ‘ Fifth Estate ’ to monitor the doings of the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency . |
| 2 | He refused to accept a travellers ' site at Loch Laggan as a fixed address for Frost , a first offender , who offered to pay at £10 per fortnight . |
| 3 | The first aim of the NVALA was to establish a Viewers ' and Listeners ' Council which would consist of elected representatives of the ‘ churches , women 's organisations , magistrates , doctors , educationalists , parents , youth , social workers , police , political parties , local government and writers ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end . |
| 6 | The discretion of the licensing board to refuse to grant a seamen 's canteen licence is limited by this section . |
| 7 | Kinane , aged 30 , rode the Irish filly The Caretaker to win Europe 's most valuable prize for two-year-olds , the Cartier Million , in Dublin on Saturday , but almost as soon as he had passed the post to complete his lucrative double on Carroll House , who is trained by Michael Jarvis at Newmarket , the klaxon sounded ominously to indicate a stewards ' inquiry . |
| 8 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 9 | At nearby Newgate Bank we disembarked to inspect a gallows ' stone . |
| 10 | Our aim is to create a citizens ' Europe in which power lies as close to the citizen as possible . |
| 11 | All this went through Princess Marie Louise 's mind , and on impulse she suggested to her family that she should ask her great friend , the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens , to design a dolls ' house for the Queen 's personal pleasure . |
| 12 | If Mr Bulger , the proprietor of the Seagull Hotel , Loathesome-on-Sea , wishes to open a non-residents ' bar at the hotel to attract passing trade , whereas at present the hotel bar is open to residents only , does Mr Bulger require planning permission ? |
| 13 | A TORY council yesterday failed in a High Court bid to halt a teachers ' boycott of school tests . |
| 14 | When it was suggested that the dredged-out silt could be used to cover a children 's playground , the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) advised against this , because of the contamination present . |
| 15 | Following this was the rodeo World Championships on the Bitches which decided at the last minute to include a ladies ' competition . |
| 16 | New Forum , which had first emerged in September 1989 [ see p. 36895 ] , decided at a delegates ' conference in Leipzig on Jan. 6 not to form a political party but to remain a citizens ' movement which was " open to citizens of different ideological and party opinions " . |
| 17 | In addition , the world body would like to see a women 's football tournament at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta . |
| 18 | You might also find it helpful to attend a women 's sexuality workshop , run by the Redwood Association ( address on page 144 ) . |
| 19 | The occasion for the split in the National Union was a call from women involved in the International Women 's Suffrage Alliance for delegates to attend a Women 's Congress in The Hague in April 1915 , the first major international meeting of any kind since the outbreak of war . |
| 20 | In 1952 I received a county grant , enabling me to attend a girls ' public school in the Home Counties . |
| 21 | It is very helpful to attend a relatives ' group . |
| 22 | In cold weather male golfers may prefer to use a ladies ' ball because it will have similar feel to that of a 90 compression ball in normal temperatures . |
| 23 | If a man who can generate pretty decent clubhead speed were inadvertently to use a women 's ball , the result would be higher trajectory with some distance loss — the clubhead will have compressed the ball beyond the point where the ball achieves its most efficient velocity . |
| 24 | ( viii ) They should be encouraged to be adventurous with vocabulary choices and should be taught how to use a children 's thesaurus . |
| 25 | The 18th Century Brew House has been converted to form a Visitors ' Centre . |
| 26 | " We started falling out over it , so we decided to form a tenants ' movement , " one of the tenants told me . |
| 27 | Later she helped to run a girls ' club in Whitechapel . |
| 28 | She was later to run a ladies ' outfitters in nearby Gorleston , on the Suffolk coast . |
| 29 | The next step is in the hands of the hotel 's owners , a construction firm from Halesowen , which wants to build an old-peoples ' home on the site . |
| 30 | And they plan to hold a residents ' meeting today to protest at the Durham County Council scheme . |