Example sentences of "[vb past] a [noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another happy collaboration between the Sports Council 's Greater London and South East Region Movement and Dance Liaison Group and the Westminster City Council resulted in a superb participatory weekend of movement and dance held at the Seymour Leisure Centre , 24–25 October , at which the Medau Society provided a Teachers ' Workshop and a Recreational Class , both taught by Margaret Charlwood . |
| 2 | However , the only individual who appears to have a plan that will appeal to the developing world is Dr. Mustapha Tolba , head of the United Nations Enviroment Plan who proposed a users ' tax paid by the consumers of ozone depleting chemicals , to be collected by governments and used by developing countries both to modernise their production systems and to compensate the multi-nationals for the transfer of their most advanced energy effective technology . |
| 3 | He contributed time and money generously to Warrington : he was mayor in 1882 , alderman in 1885 , and freeman in 1891 ; he built a working-men 's mission , and supported schools , the library , the infirmary , and other institutions . |
| 4 | And they dismissed an inspectors ' report which doubted standards were being maintained . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ALLISON Fisher scored a women 's record break of 133 last night — but she still lost 5-4 to Irish champion Joe Swail at the £224,000 Dubai Duty Free Classic . |
| 7 | The bank , which also held its annual meeting yesterday , rejected a shareholders ' demand for it to sell its US-based fund management business , National Securities & Research . |
| 8 | At about 11.05 , Mr Maxwell 's solicitors handed a bankers ' draft , drawn on Midland Bank , to the liquidators ' solicitor Margaret Cole . |
| 9 | She had lived in Durban since February and obtained a residents ' permit two months ago . |
| 10 | A judge in another area declared a women 's entry : ‘ By far the best I have seen this week . ’ |
| 11 | At the conclusion of the business Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of five experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 12 | Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 13 | At the conclusion of the business Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of five experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 14 | Councillor Fraser chaired a Gardeners ' Roadshow when a panel of experts answered a series of questions submitted prior to the meeting . |
| 15 | The programme showed a children 's nightdress which is sold in the shops for £1.10 . |
| 16 | For quite other reasons she joined a women 's therapy group , and in the course of the work stumbled into the unrealized intensity of the pain her barrenness was causing . |
| 17 | They organized a boys ' camp in such a way that two deliberately-created groups were formed for the experiment . |
| 18 | In 1950 the Circuit organized a Veterans ' Tea , held in Thomas Street Lecture Hall on Thursday 26 October . |
| 19 | Then they faced an admen 's nightmare as one by one their heroes failed . |
| 20 | Over the years , the VMA gradually became a students ' association and at the first general meeting of its 45th session , on 19 October 1880 , John H. Steel , the secretary and librarian , announced ‘ the Veterinary Medical Association , while having wide sympathies with its members who have become qualified practitioners , is now the Students ’ Society of the largest British Veterinary School' . |
| 21 | However , after a short period in 1732 at the Dissenting Academy in Findern , Derbyshire , he became a justices ' clerk in Sheffield until 1737 and then commenced work as a carrier between Sheffield and Macclesfield . |
| 22 | In 1916 the 2nd Earl of Feversham was killed at the Battle of the Somme and the house became a girls ' school until 1895 . |
| 23 | The house became a girls ' school until 1980 when the grounds were developed for housing . |
| 24 | Before they were finished , the first charges went off and the place became a hornets ' nest . |
| 25 | At this stage the Dalek casing housed a children 's tricycle , seated on which the operator could steer and pedal his machine . |
| 26 | She led a battle to keep local nursery schools open ( and won ) , campaigned for a skateboarding bowl for neighbourhood children ( now up for a community award ) and produced a Parents ' Guide to Oxford Pubs . |
| 27 | In effect , the Bermuda talks produced a gentlemen 's agreement that neither country 's airlines would take unfair advantage of the market . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | According to Connor , Hampson threatened a players ' strike unless the travel ban was lifted but after a rebuke from Chapman acquiesced in the situation . |
| 30 | In the early 1960s the PFA , under Jimmy Hill 's leadership , threatened a players ' strike in support of the abolition of the maximum wage . |