Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The paring of hooker and tight-head going for the opponents ' ball is a great skill which will serve them well in the adult game .
2 The complications caused by injuries to Goram , Gough , Steven , Ferguson , Huistra and Robertson preclude team selection and tactical planning for the Belgians ' visit and place a considerable burden on Walter Smith 's shoulders .
3 They voted the local taxes for the governors ' salaries which might be as high as £2,000 a year ( a hundred times a labourer 's wage , and 40 per cent of the prime Minister 's salary ) , and sometimes they felt governors should earn their salaries by letting the assembly have its own way .
4 It was , in a sense , poor reward for the selectors ' enterprise in choosing Devon Malcolm for his extra pace , despite his unspectacular form this summer , and Ian Salisbury , the 22-year-old Northampton-born Sussex legspinner .
5 Perhaps the jumble of wood , cloth , metal and coal were even items of importance for the ghost-bottlers ' art .
6 It is a remarkable turnaround for the ex-Blues ' star , who never dreamed he would be offered such a lucrative post , having suffered so much frustration in the domestic game .
7 Mr Davis has spent thousands of pounds fighting in court for the gypsies ' rights to stay .
8 So I I would erm you know , quite often get bags of clothes , and s we sorted them out , and give them to people with erm quite large families and erm we used to also get some for the tenants ' association for the jumble sales .
9 A disgruntled father whose two sons have been on several skiing fortnights feels school trips are run primarily for the teachers ' convenience .
10 The present-day National Union of Seamen was founded on the north east coast , which was also a major centre for the Seamen 's Reform Movement which recaptured the union for the rank-and-file in the mid-1960s .
11 Carry out duties and responsibilities conscientiously and with proper regard for the employers ' interests .
12 Contrary to expectations Mr Lamont did not change the rates for NIC , although the upper and lower earnings limits and thresholds of the bands for the employers ' contribution will again be indexed for 1993/94 .
13 Aggressive tactics by management and state support are not the only explanation for the employers ' victory .
14 It was a moonlight night and from 11pm Ted was waiting for the platelayers ' arrival as their company would liven his long shift .
15 As for the investors ' representatives , businessman John Dyer and his committee at BCIG and Antony Gold and David Pine at Alexander Tatham yesterday represented almost the end of a daily nightmare .
16 The little neutrino could cause big problems for the physicists ' picture of the universe
17 Her husband died in 1909 but Mary Sumner continued to write and speak for the Mothers ' Union , taking a keen interest in all that was being done .
18 In 19992/93 , our local office handled nearly 13 , enquiries , ’ said Richard Stones , appeals co-ordinator for the Citizens ' Advice Bureau .
19 We should have a visit by the head of the Notts County Council Highways , for the footpaths ' scheme .
20 But I have some sympathy for the institutions ' view that their duty is to their policyholders and they can not be expected to double up as company regulators .
21 The £500 deposit would hardly pay for the barristers ' lunches at the public inquiry , whereas my standing for Parliament will concentrate the other candidates ' minds solidly on the issue and emphasise the public 's outrage at National Grid plc 's proposals .
22 Aficionados of art and antiques will make a bee-line for the towns ' museums and art galleries .
23 But what has been said so far , that the flipping and the circumstance including it were required for the wipers ' starting to work , is consistent with the cause existing without that effect .
24 The reasons for the algae 's growth are complex .
25 The UNHCR noted that the international community had so far provided only US$31,000,000 of the US$180,000,000 needed for the refugees ' repatriation .
26 Yet in France , even as early as the Janaury draw for the challengers ' trials , the event was screened nationally — and special television walls were installed in Tokyo stations to carry pictures in Japan .
27 ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen .
28 The Stewards yesterday reshaped the qualification requirements for the Ladies ' Plate , Thames Cup and the corresponding challenge cups for four-oared crews .
29 The local authority appealed and the clerk to the justices subsequently sent to the court extended reasons for the justices ' decision .
30 It relates to the reasons given for the justices ' decision .
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