Example sentences of "[noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid-1980s it became part of the electricians ' union the EEPTU . |
| 2 | After six months ' trial the commissioners appointed Mitchell general inspector and superintendent of the Highland roads and bridges , a post he held for almost forty years . |
| 3 | In two months ' time the slopes would be a vista of hazy blue . |
| 4 | Since the termination of the defendants ' employment a company in the same group as the plaintiffs had opened a number of Bureaux de Change in Paris . |
| 5 | Both the defendants and the Bank of England , while not expressly acknowledging the link , invite the court to proceed for present purposes on the assumption that without the defendants ' breach the Bank of England would not have issued the section 39 notice in its present form . |
| 6 | Becky had been admitted to hospital earlier with a stomach upset and died at her parents ' home the night she was discharged . |
| 7 | On the parents ' separation the mother initially left the four children of the marriage with the father in the former matrimonial home but on her subsequently removing one of the children the father applied ex parte for orders , including a residence order , a prohibited steps order and a specific issue order pursuant to section 8 of the Children Act 1989 requiring her to return the child and directing her not to remove any of the children from the father 's care and control . |
| 8 | In the parents ' absence the child-minder teaches the children to play strip poker . |
| 9 | In scenes reminiscent of the miners ' strike a decade ago , one policewoman was injured and 14 people were arrested . |
| 10 | And during the bitter 1984 miners ' strike the cranes were kept busy unloading imports of Australian coal for power stations . |
| 11 | AN AMOROUS owl has been breaking into a nature park visitors ' centre every night after falling in love — with a wooden model . |
| 12 | This section , describing in accurate seamen 's language a voyage past The Dry Salvages in a fishing boat loaded with ‘ canned baked beans ’ combined Eliot 's own sea knowledge with that of the Gloucester dory fishermen , and bound these up with the ‘ well-told seaman 's yarn ’ of Dante 's Ulysses and with Tennyson 's Ulysses ( who may be related to Gerontion ) . |
| 13 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 14 | We have innumerable paths that need constant work but due to financial pressures the lucky ones might only receive around six weeks ' work a year . |
| 15 | As always , we would welcome other volunteers prepared to devote a couple of weeks ' work a year , unpaid and unthanked , to help make this competition the fairest and best of its kind — particularly for those who read the correspondence . |
| 16 | After two weeks ' work the catapult was finally ready . |
| 17 | For example , many people have four weeks ' holiday a year , but not many people can take that four weeks all in one go , there are usually restrictions that you can only take maybe a maximum of two weeks . |
| 18 | In four weeks ' time the regiment moves from peacekeeping with the United Nations to peacekeeping by deterrent in West Germany . |
| 19 | In the long history of workers ' education the role of the RBs has an important place : from the early days of University Extension , through the founding of the WEA , and the development of Trade Union education , the idea of ‘ education for citizenship ’ to enable a genuinely participative and egalitarian democracy to emerge , has been central . |
| 20 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 21 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 22 | The two-year job as a member of South Glamorgan Health Authority is worth £5,000 a year , for two days ' work a month . |
| 23 | In a few days ' time the President of the Society for the Protection of the Selva Sur , David Ricalde , would tell me , ‘ Some of these naturalists , it 's not their fault but they do n't know their stuff . |
| 24 | After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud . |
| 25 | The AFRC also reduced to 10 years ' imprisonment the life sentences of three others . |
| 26 | Thus in 5 years ' time a benefit of £80,000 will have increased to £102,102.52 . |
| 27 | In ten years ' time the Esquire piece will be required reading for any journalist or student researching one of the few creative talents in the cinema today . |
| 28 | I said tentatively , ‘ Suppose in two years ' time the situation was different ? ’ |
| 29 | It was outlined in the Housing Act ( 1980 ) , which gave council tenants with three years ' residence the right to buy their properties at a substantial discount . |
| 30 | After a couple of years ' use the charger 's output may fall slightly . |