Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | It must however be emphasised that these powers can not be used by a solicitors ' incorporated practice to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to incorporated practices — in this regard attention is drawn to the proviso set out in Clause 3(a) . |
| 32 | However , as STEPHEN THORPE reports , this historic match was marred by a spectators ' boycott which kept the overall crowd down to 6500 |
| 33 | It amalgamated with a boys ' secondary modern in September 1975 to form a mixed comprehensive but retained a strong grammar school ethos amongst a section of the senior teachers . |
| 34 | If there is spare accommodation available during the school day then turning some space over to use as a parents ' room is well worth while . |
| 35 | James broke with the SWP following the protracted debate on the question of whether or not the Soviet Union could be defended as a workers ' state . |
| 36 | John , it sounds like a mugs ' game to me . |
| 37 | It does n't fit with a newscasters ' tradition so it has to be tied down . |
| 38 | Pop and I had never had much to do with a soldiers ' club-except for that brief time in Maymyo , which was more of a hospital than a club , but now we had to feed and house soldiers on leave , poor men who were tired and bored and away from their families . |
| 39 | Like a world war beginning from a lovers ' quarrel |
| 40 | Unless the workers employed in a producers ' co-operative are the final custodians of its affairs , the bonus — or better , the bounty — remains a payment made as an act of grace ; and the co-operative is not properly so-called . |
| 41 | At twelve or one , they would be sleeping idyllically , locked in a lovers ' embrace . |
| 42 | The Namutamba Rural Education Project started in 1967 , is based on a teachers ' college and involves fifteen primary schools near the town of Mityana , some fifty miles from Kampala . |
| 43 | One of the greatest players ever to put on a Spurs ' jersey I would think . |
| 44 | On April 16th the Philippine Supreme Court decided that the three Cojuangcos could vote at a shareholders ' meeting on April 19th , although the shares themselves remain sequestered . |
| 45 | This designation was not without its local hostility ; the validity of the designation order was challenged by a residents ' protection society and the High Court held in favour of the objectors . |
| 46 | TAX incentives encouraging businesses to make donations to schools have been condemned by a teachers ' leader . |
| 47 | In the family proceedings court this power may be exercised by a justices ' clerk . |
| 48 | Mrs Williams , 54 , is the former headmistress of St Paul 's Girls ' school in London who was forced to quit by a parents ' rebellion over an attempt to limit the number of GCSEs her girls sat . |
| 49 | This applies whether an application for an emergency protection order is heard in a magistrates ' court , county court or High Court . |
| 50 | Burglars caused £2,000 worth of damage when they broke into a greengrocers ' shop in Castlegate , Thirsk , and stole £45 in cash . |
| 51 | Burglars caused £2,000 worth of damage when they broke into a greengrocers ' shop in Castlegate , Thirsk , and stole £45 in cash . |
| 52 | The shareholders of the holding company entered into a shareholders ' agreement which stated that it had precedence over the Articles of Association , and clause 3 of that agreement provided that " no further share capital shall be created or issued in the company … without the written consent of each of the parties hereto " . |
| 53 | She was transferred from Mostar Belgrade , dumped in a childrens ' home separated from her family for four months , then shelled while escaping to safety in Croatia . |
| 54 | She was transferred from Mostar Belgrade , dumped in a childrens ' home separated from her family for four months , then shelled while escaping to safety in Croatia . |
| 55 | For the police may apply to a magistrates ' court which can issue a ‘ warrant of further detention ’ if it reasonably believes this course of action to be justified . |
| 56 | Haines , with an annual salary of £2,400 , was unable to pay and was consigned to a debtors ' prison . |
| 57 | In some cases a postgraduate diploma is linked to a masters ' degree . |
| 58 | Her toddler Gareth Mr Ashworth 's son was missing and the hunt was extended to Scotland after the youngster was abandoned at a citizens ' advice bureau near Glasgow . |
| 59 | Three men and one woman were arrested at a travellers ' site at Windmill Lane near Wheatley in Oxfordshire . |
| 60 | 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 " . |