Example sentences of "by a [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Jockey Club believes that in the long term Sunday racing without cash betting is impractical and it is resigned to trying to bring about a change in the legislation by a private members ' bill . |
| 2 | Tritsis 's career as a stormy petrel continued when he was given the education portfolio in 1987 — he was unshipped the next year by a protracted teachers ' strike . |
| 3 | The individual trials lasted no more than five minutes each followed by a few minutes ' deliberation . |
| 4 | THE controversial Liverpool manager , Graeme Souness , was yesterday advised to keep calm by a top referees ' representative . |
| 5 | This was followed by a semi-independent girls ' hostel . |
| 6 | However , in Brimelow v. Casson , persuasion of theatre proprietors by a theatrical performers ' protection society to break their contracts with a theatrical manager was justified on the grounds that the wage paid by the manager to chorus girls was so low that they were obliged to supplement it by resort to prostitution . |
| 7 | During the latter half of 1990 intercommunal and linguistic tensions were again raised by a long-running teachers ' strike which from September severely disrupted both state and private schools in French-speaking Wallonia , where teachers were demanding pay increases in line with those paid in ( more prosperous ) Flanders . |
| 8 | The scheme should therefore be drafted on terms that it can be implemented with any modifications required by the court without the need for approval by a further shareholders ' resolution . |