Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The so-called deputies ' science and technology working group was asked to nominate people within their agencies to serve on panels that will develop policies for 15 topics ranging from specific issues such as medical technology to basic research itself . |
| 2 | A few minutes ' drive and we were taken into a building . |
| 3 | The pack emphasises that , for most smaller employers , assessments need take only a few minutes ' observation and the use of common sense . |
| 4 | She has an 18-year-old son , who plans to go to university in a few months ' time and the thought of life on her own fills her with anxiety . |
| 5 | Bridget Ewing has had very few enquiries about Residential Homes ' Membership and she would be pleased to hear from more teachers involved in these type of classes . |
| 6 | Yet judging from the book , the case material lacks an essential element of realism , in spite of 30 years ' development and three editions . |
| 7 | It is particularly appropriate for young patients with diabetes of only a few years ' duration and without complications . |
| 8 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 9 | Henry Tyler had had an unexpected few days ' leave and had descended on his married sister and her husband in the small market town of Berebury in Calleshire without a great deal of warning . |
| 10 | She wrote that she would prefer not to come home , but Tony and Maureen got a few days ' leave and travelled to Kent to see her . |
| 11 | After 2 days ' paddling and considerable suspense at last we reached the three corner point with Czechoslovakia/Hungary . |
| 12 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
| 13 | ‘ You see , Brownies , this hall is being pulled down in a few weeks ' time and new houses put up in its place , and there just does n't seem to be anywhere else for us to meet . |
| 14 | As already stressed , the National Unemployed Workers ' Movement and , its mentor , the Communist Party of Great Britain , failed to find the revolutionary spirit which they felt was being dampened and re-channelled by the Labour Party . |
| 15 | In some SSDs , relations with the police are dire , joint training is in tatters , and little is being done to build social workers ' confidence and skills are growing , and successful prosecutions have been achieved using the memorandum . |
| 16 | The conference , which will take place on 4 June at Chartered Accountants ' Hall and costs £399.50 , is open to anyone . |
| 17 | Richard Aitkenhead was head of the Guatemalan Managers ' Association and was connected with the PAN leadership . |
| 18 | Above left : ‘ Cecil ’ Leitch , the British , French , Canadian and English Ladies ' Champion and President of Henley Ladies 1920–25 . |
| 19 | No more than 14 when she pocketed the Scottish Girls ' title and the Scottish Girls ' Under-22 Stroke-Play Championship for a first time , Jane became the youngest ever to play for Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup when she was chosen for the 1980 match at St. Pierre . |
| 20 | He tried to devise new and better ways of operating the machines in the bottle works where he was employed and , realizing that he needed to increase his knowledge of science and mathematics if he was to exploit his ideas , he went in the evenings to the nearby Mechanics ' Institute and also took lessons in trigonometry from a local clergyman . |
| 21 | Helen Dobson , British Ladies ' Champion and Stroke-play Champion , and Elaine Farquharson , runner-up in the British Amateur , have been chosen to represent Great Britain in the International Ladies ' Doubles Amateur Championship , at Sao Paulo , Brazil , in October . |
| 22 | There was the usual pub smell of stale tobacco but the river Thames laps against the old smugglers ' inn and its odours mingle with the rest . |
| 23 | Linda Wolfe is , apart from being a trained children 's nurse and midwife , a mother of three young children and two older step-children . |
| 24 | During the toddler period some children 's awareness and motivation outstrips their co-ordination and so anger at not being able to get the doll 's arm into the jumper or the man into the fire engine can suddenly cause the child to scream in frustration and throw the toy across the room . |
| 25 | The team working on the Elton project says it 's had definite results — increasing some children 's concentration and that they join in more than before . |
| 26 | Other special services followed : The Reverend Wesley Gray brought the Dundonald Ladies ' Choir ; a team of nurses came from Lurgan and Portadown Hospital and a team of laymen came from Belfast : Thomas Street Old Boys ' Band and the Old Girls ' Association Choir came and one service was taken by Mr Donald Woodman BEM BA and the Portadown College School Choir . |
| 27 | The report says that the old boys ' network and prejudice are the main barriers to a woman 's career progress . |
| 28 | ‘ They do n't consult us on the agenda of the foreign ministers ' meeting and they do n't treat us as equal partners , ’ says a Czech diplomat . |
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| 30 | Start collecting our superb free Gardeners ' Manual and month by month it will build into a reference book you will want to return to time and time again . |