Example sentences of "a [noun pl] [unc] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is to ensure that all services central to a solicitors ' practice are regulated by the Law society . |
| 2 | The county was divided into four areas in each of which , with commendable foresight , a Guardians ' Committee was brought in , thereby retaining the important element of voluntary service by local residents . |
| 3 | On the other side of the road at the front of the house a builders ' skip was full to the brim . |
| 4 | This means that instead of a Lions ' debut being guaranteed for the 10-times-capped Garryowen player against Canterbury in Christchurch on Wednesday week , he might miss the match . |
| 5 | On arriving at Cape Town we found that the rumours of a seamen 's strike were very real , and that several boats were delayed in Table Bay owing to the crews ' refusing to take the vessels to sea . |
| 6 | If a seamen 's canteen is certified as necessary by the Secretary of State , the licensing board may , and in certain circumstances ( see s.41(1) ) , must , grant a licence . |
| 7 | On 14 November 1979 a shareholders ' agreement was executed by the four executives but , although TBL was named as a party to the agreement , it never executed it . |
| 8 | If there is spare accommodation available during the school day then turning some space over to use as a parents ' room is well worth while . |
| 9 | Weeks before a parents ' evening is held the staff need to get together to discuss and plan the whole event . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Profits made by a parents ' association are liable to taxation , registration with the Charity Commissioners enables the association to escape tax liability . |
| 12 | In up-market Georgetown Park Mall , a retailers ' revolt is now under way against the management , appealing directly to Colonel Waters to send in his troops , bells and all . |
| 13 | Well I , well I 'm on a weeks ' holiday are n't I , at Easter ? |
| 14 | That much of the population could not see the superiority of their society did not deter them : a workers ' uprising was crushed , the Wall was built , travel was extremely limited , all criticism rigorously suppressed . |
| 15 | What is clearly a dealers ' market is often signalled by the invention of a brand name to group together a variety of material , perhaps rather disparate . |
| 16 | The last time that a scolds ' cage is recorded as being in use was when two Looe ladies , Hannah Wit and Bessy Niles , both being of ‘ fluent tongue ’ and having , over some dispute ‘ exerted their oratory on each other ’ , at last thought it prudent to leave the matter in dispute to be settled by the mayor . |
| 17 | If the noise is still unbearable a tenants ' refuge is available for residents . |
| 18 | I remember a tenants ' association was set up and they demanded that we meet them . |
| 19 | Farr-Jones said the whole notion of a players ' company was for all the players to be involved , not to feather the nests of a select upper echelon . |
| 20 | Of its own motion the court may decide to bring a private prosecution to the attention of the Crown Prosecution Service ; indeed a justices ' clerk is obliged to do so if a private prosecutor withdraws or fails to proceed in circumstances in which the reason given appears unsatisfactory . |
| 21 | Until a Teachers ' Council is established , teachers will continue to lack the organisational structure through which to control the entry , training and practice of the members of their ‘ profession ’ . |
| 22 | In her books this is to be found at its most extreme in Sara Crewe ( 1888 ) — expanded , following the stage version , as The Little Princess ( 1905 ) — a Cinderella story where a bullied little drudge at a girls ' school is restored to riches and esteem and the tyrannical headmistress humiliated . |
| 23 | Often the volume of urgent management business at a governors ' meeting is so great that the welfare of children in a caring environment can become a marginal issue . |
| 24 | The procedure in a debentureholders ' action is lamentably expensive and dilatory , since the receiver , as an officer of the court , will have to work under its closest supervision and constant applications will have to be made in chambers throughout the duration of the receivership , which may last years if a complicated realisation is involved . |
| 25 | His expertise as a children 's bookseller was highly valued by his colleagues , and he made a great contribution over a number of years to the work of the BA 's Children 's Executive , as a member and , more recently , as a vice-chairman . |
| 26 | The Act continues : ‘ Where a children 's hearing are satisfied in a case concerned with an offence mentioned in the Criminal Procedure ( Scotland ) Act of 1975 , that the attendance of a child is not necessary for the just hearing of that case , or in any case where they are satisfied that it would be detrimental to the interest of the child to be present at the hearing of his case , the case in whole or in part , may be considered in the absence of the child . ’ |
| 27 | It is clear from the Act that ‘ proceedings before a judicial authority ’ can be taken to include proceedings before a children 's hearing : a children 's hearing is a ‘ tribunal , body or person holding power ’ under statute ‘ to determine any question affecting the rights , privileges , obligations or liabilities of any person , or to receive evidence affecting or determining any such question ’ . |
| 28 | The University of Walkato , Hamilton , New Zealand reached its 25th Anniversary in 1989 and as part of the celebrations a Graduates ' Association was formed . |
| 29 | In Port Erin , where a women 's camp was set up , landladies were asked if they would accept internees at 3/ a day . |
| 30 | In Emma Hotels v. Secretary of State for the Environment [ 1980 ] 258 EG 64 ( QBD ) , it was held in identical circumstances that the operation of a non-residents ' bar was not a material change of use and did not require planning permission . |