Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] a [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | ANC officials called for police help during the weekend of April 13-14 when some 500 armed Inkatha supporters attacked a workers ' hostel near the Mandelas ' home in Soweto . |
2 | Whilst some schools have a teachers ' library the range of resources available seems poor . |
3 | Other amenities include a children 's restaurant and shop . |
4 | Top ticket price at Washington 's Uptown Theatre was £6,500 , the lowest £150 , while about 300 inner-city youngsters went free as proceeds boosted a children 's charity . |
5 | As far as the school was concerned , the fact that so many parents attended a parents ' evening was ‘ an indication of the kind of area we are dealing with … where parents are interested in their children 's education and want to play as full a part as possible . ’ |
6 | At about 11.05 , Mr Maxwell 's solicitors handed a bankers ' draft , drawn on Midland Bank , to the liquidators ' solicitor Margaret Cole . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Quigly , Willis and Frome — it would have formed a sufficiently high-sounding trio of names to grace a solicitors ' firm . |
9 | On 18 May 1989 , in Standing Committee B , I moved an amendment to the Children Bill , supported by my hon. Friend the Member for Monklands , West ( Mr. Clarke ) , which would have required all local authorities to appoint a children 's rights officer . |
10 | In the family proceedings court a justices ' clerk or a single justice may make , vary or revoke directions and may refer any matter to the full court for consideration . |
11 | Coventry manager Gould was advised by West Brom chairman Trevor Summers not to go because police feared a fans ' backlash after Gould 's sacking by the club last season . |
12 | In effect , the Bermuda talks produced a gentlemen 's agreement that neither country 's airlines would take unfair advantage of the market . |
13 | Future events include a children 's Easter party at the Dolphin Centre , Darlington , at which Tizer Ted is to be the star attraction . |