Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 31 | Curbishley then stepped up for the intermediate girls ' 300 metres hurdles and proceeded to win by 25 metres in a time of 43.9 secs , 1.6 seconds inside the Division Five record . |
| 32 | Within minutes of the disaster , Blairman 's offered me a desk and telephone , Mallett 's provided porters and storage for the 60 years ' accumulation which had to be out of Mount Street in two days . |
| 33 | The ministers had expressed their concern over the conflict at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) meeting in late March [ see p. 38841 ] and a meeting of " experts " from the four Foreign Ministries on March 31 to April 1 had prepared proposals for the Foreign Ministers ' meeting . |
| 34 | Tax representatives are jointly responsible for the overseas businesses ' tax liabilities , although it is the overseas business , rather than the tax representative , which is seen to be registered for UK VAT . |
| 35 | He spent most of his free time working for the Overseas Workers ' Union , a clandestine anti-colonial organisation chiefly recruited from Indians and Chinese . |
| 36 | However , combined results disguised a collapse of support for the Independent Smallholders ' Party , the other government coalition partner . |
| 37 | A survey for the Welsh Consumers ' Council shows that 40pc of shoppers had never heard of the Government 's citizens ' charter despite publicity costing £350,000 . |
| 38 | Even when the miraculous promise of steadily falling costs has faltered at the point of delivery , a further cast-iron prediction has been installed , and the search for the nuclear philosophers ' stone has continued with a renewed and fiery zeal . |
| 39 | Bibb atoned for his error at the start of the second half , when after Castleford lost the ball in front of their own posts he pounced quickly and beat three tacklers for the third Rovers ' try , Knapper adding his first goal . |
| 40 | A spokesman for the British Bankers ' Association said : ‘ It is a little premature for us to take a view on it . |
| 41 | Even now he says he was surprised by the appointment , which caused him to make himself unavailable for the British Lions ' tour of South Africa . |
| 42 | I came to England — Ipswich — to study for the social workers ' qualification , a CQSW in Community Work , believing that I could work with women in the ways I wanted , provided I had the necessary qualifications . |
| 43 | Although both sides became frustrated , it says much for the social workers ' determination that they turned up to meetings and attempted to understand me . |
| 44 | Whichever side has the story right , the CBoT is , for now , excluded from one of the most important co-operative developments afoot , one with long-term implications for the American markets ' competitiveness against newer , faster-growing derivatives markets in Europe . |
| 45 | Rising star Andrew Thornton is within one of last season 's 10 winner total as he continues to set a blistering pace in the battle for the amateur riders ' championship . |
| 46 | A small table might be set out for the three bears ' breakfast with three sizes of chair , bowl and so on , together with three sizes of bear for the children to play with . |
| 47 | So how much money will you get for the three days ' work you 've done ? |
| 48 | The badges of honour he sports on his veteran 's beret when he goes dining for the old soldiers ' vote gave his plea a sort of authority . |
| 49 | Married kid , torn stump of a ticket for the local Oddfellows ' hop , letter in her bag threatening her if she does n't leave another bloke alone . |
| 50 | READERS ’ PAGE : Entries for the next Readers ' Page must be in by June 1 . |
| 51 | Sherif Xemgin , for the Kurdish Workers ' Association — a group to which Mr Tyiven belonged — said the death showed the fear that gripped refugees . |
| 52 | TURKEY says it will ‘ seriously consider ’ attacking Kurdish guerrilla training camps in the Bekaa Valley unless Syria takes immediate and effective action to end its support for the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 53 | These included the Foreign Office ( allegedly too pro-EEC and generally too prone to make diplomatic concessions at the cost of British interests ) , the Civil Service Department ( too accommodating during the civil servants ' pay strike in 1981 ) , the Department of Employment ( allegedly too ‘ soft ’ under Mr Prior ) , and Education ( allegedly too sympathetic to the education lobbies ) . |
| 54 | A limited poisoning campaign is being used against rats , especially during the Hawaiian petrels ' breeding season , when the birds are particularly vulnerable . |
| 55 | Leaving the Lobkovic Palace , walk on down the hill to the American Embassy ( 15/365 ) formerly the Schönborn Palace ( 15/365 ) whose original owners , the Colloredo , were important militarily during the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 56 | There is also a copy here of the Black Madonna of St Foy , brought from Belgium during the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 57 | But he also showed a striking interest in international developments , particularly the progress of the Protestant cause in France and Germany during the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 58 | It was Gwynne who in 1696 proposed the introduction of a loyal association , in response to revelations about the assassination plot , and who in 1698 led the inquiry into clandestine trade with France during the nine years ' war . |
| 59 | Who tried to hide during the 1984–85 miners ' strike by wearing a bag over his head ? |
| 60 | During the fifth Premiers ' talks there were strong rumours that arrangements had been discussed for a summit meeting between President Roh and his veteran North Korean counterpart , Kim Il Sung , early in 1992 . |