Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | I joined the Associate Membership scheme in the beginning and left it last year because of what I felt was gross overcharging for a pathetic members ' service . |
| 32 | £5 will plant five trees in a woodland project £10 will clean 25 yards of ditch to improve plant and insect life £20 will help guard an eagle 's nest for a day £50 will pay for a black-throated divers ' nesting platform £75 will buy an acre of unplanted Scottish moor £100 will build a new nest platform for another pair of ospreys £350 will buy an acre of damp lowland meadow where snipe and redshanks breed . |
| 33 | The four opposition parties announced on Nov. 13 that they were withdrawing from the parliamentary elections set for Dec. 8 in protest at the failure of their demand for a new voters ' register . |
| 34 | Labour contender Ashok Kumar has expressed support for a junior doctors ' campaign for shorter working hours . |
| 35 | What continued role , if any , is there for a disabled workers ' quota ? |
| 36 | In the process , he raised over £500 for a disabled peoples ' charity . |
| 37 | If you studied for a two-year teachers ' certificate at the University before the early 1980s , you qualify to join the Duannians . |
| 38 | A teacher from an urban school , discussing the reasons for a recent teachers ' strike , said that not only were salaries low when the amount of time worked outside classroom hours was taken into account , but also teachers often had to pay for classroom materials out of their own pockets , if they wanted to have any . |
| 39 | When I wanted publicity for a young persons ' trip to London , arranged to allow them to talk to MPs of all parties , your paper did not publish the Press release . |
| 40 | Professionally Ambache will also continue to support demands for a social workers ' council . |
| 41 | Neurosurgeons have already operated on Michael , who worked for a local builders ' merchant , and a team of specialists are keeping a round-the-clock watch on his condition . |
| 42 | William Whitelaw 's brother officers in the Scots Guards included , for example , a future Archbishop of Canterbury , a future Lord Chamberlain , the man who would become Moderator of the Church of Scotland , the future chairman of United Biscuits and five lord lieutenants as well as the Home Secretary : not bad for a single officers ' mess . |
| 43 | On January 21st it forwarded to NCR written requests from owners of 51% of the shares for a special shareholders ' meeting , at which AT&T will seek to oust the NCR board . |
| 44 | The size of FAB 3 has allowed space for a special survivors ' cabin below decks , additional seating is also provided at the aft end of the wheelhouse . |
| 45 | This incongruity was exposed in the spring of 1963 during a famous miners ' strike . |
| 46 | During the same era of the early sixties , TV tough guy , Lewis Collins was earning a living as a junior ladies ' hairdresser at Andre Bernard 's salon in Liverpool . |
| 47 | If we analyse all the uses to which income is put , then it is immediately obvious that for the economy as a whole consumers ' expenditure on goods produced in the domestic circular flow is only one element . |
| 48 | But with winnings of 145,000 he will always be remembered as a true punters ' champion . |
| 49 | Appropriately enough , one station in Canada , Harriston , Ontario , has been reused as a senior citizens ' recreation centre . |
| 50 | Kubat , who was also accused of having withheld information about a threatened farmers ' protest , nonetheless refused to resign . |
| 51 | The professional officers , particularly when organised through a chief officers ' team , as advocated by the Bains Committee , and led by a chief executive officer can provide a formidable obstacle to councillors intent on policy innovation that goes against conventional assumptions . |
| 52 | The position of the master craftsmen was maintained through a strong steelworkers ' union . |
| 53 | Microsoft Corp has been talking a little more about its planned Cairo — now called Windows Cairo — object-oriented operating system , and far from being a distant prospect , it looks as if it will come hard on the heels of Windows NT , with a professional developers ' kit available as soon as early next year according to the late Systems & Network Integration . |
| 54 | And this discount is offered in conjunction with a first-time buyers ' discount if the borrower qualifies for both . |
| 55 | At the crown of Port Solent is Oyster Quay , an outstanding development of spacious , luxury apartments with a private residents ' leisure centre , including swimming pool and gymnasium . |
| 56 | One of them takes the form of an almost completely restored mining village , complete with a stream-driven miners ' cage , ironworks , a bakery selling delicious break baked on the spot , as well as other ships and an ‘ antique ’ house suitably equipped — i.e. with a black-leaded range and |
| 57 | Berkshire planned to amalgamate the 300-pupil Southlands Girls ' School in Reading with a neighbouring boys ' school , selling the site for about £7 million , putting up £3 million of public money , and raising another £3 million from commercial sponsors . |
| 58 | We passed by , and on to Dawlish with a superb birds ' eye view of Powderham Castle , the tourists already arriving to stroll the grounds . |
| 59 | Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) ended a summit meeting in Rome on Nov. 8 with an invitation to eastern European countries for closer co-operation , starting with a foreign ministers ' meeting in December . |
| 60 | He almost immediately led a breakaway of members into a Scottish Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union at a wage of £pound2 a week and made common cause with Alderman " Tommy " Lewis , who had already led a similar breakaway in Southampton to form the British Seafarers ' Union with which Shinwell 's union merged . |