Example sentences of "to a [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | If you are allowing yourself a daily ration of alcohol , allow these calories in addition to a minimum calories ' worth of food and milk from the F-Plan menus . |
2 | A 16-year-old girl from Bermondsey , south London , was sent to a young persons ' institution for four months yesterday after being found guilty at Seymour Place juvenile court of causing grievous bodily harm to Francis Ruth Waite , 24 , daughter of Terry Waite , held hostage in Lebanon . |
3 | He was sent to a young offenders ' institution for three years . |
4 | Paul Dart , 18 , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for four years when he admitted crimes including armed robbery . |
5 | Yesterday , Hill , of Gosport , Hants , who admitted manslaughter , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for 2½ years . |
6 | Let me quote from last Saturday 's Oxford Mail : ’ A teenager whose night of joyriding ended in the death of a lorry driver , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for two years . |
7 | A man who gave the drug LSD to a teenager who later died of an overdose has been sent to a young offenders ' institution for three years . |
8 | O ’ Neil was sent to a Young Offenders ' Institute for four years after admitting aggravated burglary and grievous bodily harm . |
9 | Stevenson , 20 , of Grendon Walk , Park End , Middlesbrough , was sent to a young offenders ' institution for a total of 21 months and banned from driving for two years . |
10 | After his or her 18th birthday , the young person would be transferred to a young offenders ' institution before moving to an adult prison aged 21 . |
11 | Oh , and I belong to a Young Wives ' group , we meet once a fortnight , and I see people from that quite often . |
12 | My task , after having been subjected to a six months ' course to learn Russian , was to supervise the packing up of the Wilhelmshaven dockyard , and arrange its shipment back to the Soviet Union as part reparation for the enormous damage that had been done to that country by Nazi Germany . |
13 | PRINCESS Diana has sent a secret cash gift to a battered wives ' refuge that the Mirror has been campaigning to save . |
14 | All finalists will be invited to a spectacular winners ' reception in London in September . |
15 | They have made it their business to gain real knowledge in the political sphere , because they belong to a great consumers ' organisation with the definite purpose in view of production for use rather than for profit , and of the development of a higher and nobler system of society . |
16 | I told my boyfriend who was horrorstruck and took myself off to a lesbian students ' conference . |
17 | And although she 'd been sad to be leaving her family behind , she had been looking forward to a few weeks ' holiday and then — a new job , a new life . |
18 | " I too shall be attending the ceremonies prior to a few days ' relaxation at the hill station of Dalat . " |
19 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
20 | He went on to a few years ' stint as assistant , ‘ doing stuff from watches to bedrooms ’ , interspersed with occasional bouts of travel abroad , a period which proved ‘ a lot of learning and finding out about me . ’ |
21 | A party of girls who went on an outing to a local Guides ' camp were surprised to find that the accommodation there was even more primitive than that at Great Engeham . |
22 | Social workers who want to give serious attention to an elderly couples ' relationship which is causing unhappiness might find it helpful to find a colleague with whom to talk through their feelings about doing marital work , including the discussion of sexuality with an elderly couple . |
23 | And maybe because I went to an all girls ' school , it 's not so obvious , you do n't see girls and boys walking hand in hand in the playground . |