Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before taking a decision on whether to take a case to a Children 's Hearing , the Reporter has to consider the reports from all the appropriate agencies . |
| 2 | Focusing on the ‘ ideological cracks ’ e.g. internal contradictions of the film text , they made a case for a women 's discourse where it was previously thought none could possibly exist . |
| 3 | Sounds a bit of a balls-up . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We had a bit of a knees-up last night . |
| 5 | He 's a bit of a ladies ' man , ’ he said , adding ‘ Nigella Lawson — she 's very tasty , nicer than in her picture . |
| 6 | ‘ He seems to have been a bit of a ladies ’ man — ’ |
| 7 | I 'm a bit of a clothes freak . |
| 8 | A bit like a jewellers ’ shop . ’ |
| 9 | On a preliminary issue as to whether the High Court had jurisdiction to hear an application for judicial review of a decision of a visitors to the Inns of Court : — |
| 10 | By contrast requiring a case to be stated , just like the appeal by way of case stated from a decision of a magistrates ' court or the Crown Court described in chapter 7 , obliges the tribunal to set out its decision and the reasons for it together with a formulation of the questions to be considered by the High Court . |
| 11 | MR JUSTICE MILLETT said that the particular question was whether a decision of a commons commissioner that certain land was not registrable as common land because it formed part of a highway was capable of giving rise to an estoppel per rem judicatam so as to preclude the landowner from afterwards asserting , in proceedings unconnected with the register , that the land in question did not form part of a highway . |
| 12 | Teesside licensing justices yesterday delayed a decision on a drinks licence for the £1.25m Anchor International project , planned for Clairville Common , Middlesbrough . |
| 13 | Years of moving from one home to another , having meals cooked for you , never having to think twice about leaving lights on or taps dripping is hardly the best preparation for surviving in a bedsit on a YTS wage of £29.50 a week ( trainees do n't qualify for income support ) . |
| 14 | Voluntary work was no longer seen as either a stepping stone to bigger and better things or as a part of a women ‘ s mission , but rather as the exclusive province of married women . |
| 15 | Following disturbances in Southall , London , in April 1979 , when Asian youths assembled to protest against a National Front political rally during the general election , and when a New Zealand demonstrator was killed , some alleged by a blow from a police officer , the Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law . |
| 16 | The plaintiff there was claiming damages for her son 's death brought about , she alleged , by a blow from a police truncheon . |
| 17 | Amendment thirty-one confirms that a chairman of a police authority will be elected by the authority itself , instead of being appointed by the Home Secretary As Noble Lord , Lord has already said . |
| 18 | Andrew , 38 , a buyer for a sports equipment company , said they were very surprised when they learned they had been entered . |
| 19 | One minute I was in Holland working as a clerk in a police station and the next I was zooming all around the world . |
| 20 | the Deputy Head ( Curriculum ) worked with the Head of Additional Studies Faculty to produce a framework for a study-skills course which would link with the work of all other departments ; |
| 21 | A salesman from a components supplier has just offered to provide the firm 's requirements for two components , the BC100 at £7.75 each and the BC200 at £2.00 each . |
| 22 | Eve , 23 , who plays a striker in a men 's team in a BBC drama , said the Chelsea and QPR fans were ‘ disgusting ’ . |
| 23 | Angela Kinsella , 28 , of High Northgate , Darlington , was sentenced to a month 's imprisonment yesterday for causing fear or provocation of violence , resisting a police constable and stealing a shirt from a clothes shop . |
| 24 | Criminal prosecutions are commenced either in the Magistrates ' Court if the matter is to be tried summarily or , following a committal before a Magistrates ' Court , in the Crown Court if the matter is to be tried upon an indictment . |
| 25 | Executives need to know how to lay on services that are outside normal agency routine : how to set up a direct marketing operation ; organize an effective exhibition ; or lay on a cabaret at a salesmen 's conference . |
| 26 | A MOTHER-of-three was killed instantly when her car was in a pile-up with a police Volvo answering a 999 call . |
| 27 | I mean you know what happened when , wh when th General Strike was on , there was er nothing entered unless it 'd got a permit from a Trades Council , and you know that do n't you ? |
| 28 | Question 13 Subject to this , do you agree that grants from the compensation fund should continue to be made without limitation to individual private clients who have lost money as a result of a solicitors dishonesty ? |
| 29 | ‘ The seven children are in care as a result of a children 's panel decision . |
| 30 | Last week I gave a talk to a parents ' committee in one of our schools on how to make a constitution — I felt I was contributing to the growth of grass roots democracy in South Africa . |