Example sentences of "a [noun pl] ' [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not the purpose of this or the following chapter to present a comprehensive guide to the administration of a solicitors ' practice or to advise as to the ways in which its profitability can be increased . |
| 2 | On Wednesdays Karen will be at Suffolk College , Ipswich with a beginners ' class and the full day course , again on the ribber , is to be on Fridays at Thorpe High School , Clacton . |
| 3 | the expert sailers say its not a beginners ' boat but will give an exciting performance … they think it will be a good test of skill … and it 's a great boat to sail … it 's fantastic … just the craft to be in |
| 4 | Take very careful measurements before buying your replacement through a builders ' merchant or fireplace specialist . |
| 5 | A spokesman for Ferranti said Sir Derek had no reason to fear a shareholders ' revolt and there were no indications that there would be one . |
| 6 | When ‘ King John ’ Houlding , a self-made brewer and prominent local Tory , tried to use his position on the Everton board to jack up the rent paid to him by The club , There was a shareholders ' revolt and Houlding eventually left the club to form Liverpool FC . |
| 7 | Chevron also introduced new measures — popularly known as shark repellants — to prevent an unwanted takeover , introduced a new rule which would prevent Pennzoil from calling a shareholders ' meeting and asked the courts to approve its actions . |
| 8 | Subsection ( 7 ) deals with cases where a deposit has been made out of a clients ' account or the like . |
| 9 | For example , there is no need to reset hard copy since the typesetting department can download text straight from a clients ' word-processing or desk top publishing discs . |
| 10 | ‘ Hopefully , within the next couple of weeks , I will attend a supporters ' meeting and put the full side of the story . ’ |
| 11 | The Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park , consisting of 1000 acres of land given over to ( amongst other things ) a working dairy farm , wildlife , a pets ' corner and an aviary for tropical birds , is only ten minutes ' drive away . |
| 12 | Weekly highlights at the Girasole include a toboggan race , a slalom race , a kids ' disco and a torchlight descent . |
| 13 | Inside , the walls of the packed Pontllanfraith leisure centre were hung with a miners ' banner and posters from the 1987 campaign : outside the speech was broadcast via a video link to hundreds more standing spellbound in a field . |
| 14 | They asked , appropriately enough , for a visitors ' book and this is still in use in the vestibule of the church . |
| 15 | A carload of friends and relations drive up to his premises , sign a visitors ' book and ring for service . |
| 16 | I asked children to think of a witches ' stew and this is what they suggested to put on a sign on the wall : |
| 17 | Er , by all means , go , go through all this stuff in a weeks ' time and throw out th , those things you do n't need . |
| 18 | It 's always been a workers ' day and I hope it will remain so . |
| 19 | The Royal Oak pub is popular for families as there is a childrens ' room and large gardens outside , with tables and chairs in summer . |
| 20 | They will have to find the right balance between rule by unwieldy committee and by a chosen few ( or fewer , as at Clifford Chance , which has a partners ' council but where power , in practice , largely rests with the managing partner ) . |
| 21 | The validity of decisions taken by the partners may depend upon all of them having at least received notice of a partners ' meeting or upon one or more of them having been duly informed of action to be taken against them by their co-partners . |
| 22 | Seven of the previous eight labour-contract renegotiations have involved either a players ' strike or a lockout . |
| 23 | Incidentally , McMillan has called a meeting of all curlers at Perth on 27 February , when a players ' group or association will come a step nearer reality . |
| 24 | They know I 'm a players ' manager and will look after them . |
| 25 | Rugby has long prided itself on its image as a players ' game and any ‘ play to entertain ’ push could only accelerate the drift towards professionalism . |
| 26 | In the family proceedings court a justices ' clerk or a single justice may make , vary or revoke directions and may refer any matter to the full court for consideration . |
| 27 | There can be no doubt that this sort of help is most valuable for teachers , and where it can not be provided from a curriculum development project itself might in less ambitious form be offered from a teachers ' centre or from a schools library service , although in the latter case the advice on sub-themes and topics would necessarily be tentative rather than prescriptive . |
| 28 | The Namutamba Rural Education Project started in 1967 , is based on a teachers ' college and involves fifteen primary schools near the town of Mityana , some fifty miles from Kampala . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Sondra Locke never would have made a Forces ' pin-up but that did n't deter Clint Eastwood from turning her into a star with lotsa spunk — and they were off-screen lovers — although he could have had his pick of ‘ beautiful broads ’ . |