Example sentences of "a [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 24 , a quadrilateral Foreign Ministers ' meeting during the Lisbon summit [ see p. 38923 ] issued a statement on measures to calm the situation . |
| 2 | Thus the immediate practical relief offered was two days of day care at a progressive old peoples ' home , where Stanley was encouraged in his piano playing to make a lively contribution . |
| 3 | There was wild thyme growing up here too , and as she lay back for a few blissful moments ' rest its delicate perfume assailed Robbie 's nostrils — another sensory memory to be stored away , she thought wistfully . |
| 4 | Coached by Place , representatives of the Loyal Standard and a few other workmen 's organisations , were instructed how to claim attendance at the Committee and to present the reasonable face of trade unionism . |
| 5 | There can be little doubt that a Labour Minister for Women would be hard put to right all our wrongs ; none the less , it is likely that she will save a few battered women 's refuge centres from closure , open the odd nursery school , and raise the tax status of child-minders to that of company cars . |
| 6 | There are also a few special sailors ' clinics in ports , but even so two-thirds of patients will be seen and treated by private practitioners . |
| 7 | Destroyed a few 17-year olds ' ambitions for a while , I can tell you . ’ |
| 8 | Destroyed a few 17-year olds ' ambitions for a while , I can tell you . ’ |
| 9 | Fempress , a Latin American women 's communication network , has recently celebrated its tenth anniversary . |
| 10 | A second independent miners ' congress , held in Donetsk ( Ukraine ) , ended with a declaration on Oct. 26 that it had been the founding congress of an independent miners ' trade union . |
| 11 | In February 1974 , there was a second national miners ' strike . |
| 12 | The first attempt to form a future national women 's organization was the Unified Committee of Salvadorean Women ( CUMS ) , founded in 1982 , but internal problems and communication difficulties blocked progress . |
| 13 | The government , however , attempted to avert a threatened national teachers ' strike , by claiming that the emergency tax plan had raised enough revenues to increase their wages . |
| 14 | More than a dozen other candidates ' names — some frivolous , others serious — have been bandied about , particularly since Lord Wilson 's departure was brutally disclosed four months early by his elevation to the peerage at New Year . |
| 15 | Further east , in the Luberon , in a small family restaurant I recently had a dozen delicious snails a la . |
| 16 | Their decision follows crowd trouble by supporters in a previous European Champions ' League match at Marseille last December , for which their punishment by UEFA was to play their home game against Rangers on 3 March in an empty stadium . |
| 17 | The designers designed a terrific pirate galleon and a thrilling Lost Boys ' hideout . |
| 18 | Yelverton is a long lost lepers ' bell , a simple reminder that all is n't well beyond Game Boy . |
| 19 | Even in the case of the large church with a regular new members ' class , this may need to be supplemented by a sponsorship scheme in which the converts are matched with church members of the same sex and similar age and background , to help them find their feet and be introduced to the family . |
| 20 | There is a dining room ( with a beautiful Italian monks ' table dating from the early 18th century which interestingly has been lowered a few inches — the monks ate standing up ) , three bedrooms individually decorated , a comfortable study-cum-television room with a log-burning stove — and for bookworms , over 3,000 books . |
| 21 | The idea of a duty solicitor scheme to operate in a busy metropolitan magistrates ' court may seem to many to be a natural consequence of all the other paraphernalia of a socially conscious profession . |
| 22 | A Peterlee pensioner has been chosen to represent the Durham constituency at a forthcoming European pensioners ' parliament . |
| 23 | Floored Masterpieces made Boyd 's reputation as a gifted young children 's book illustrator . |
| 24 | Floored Masterpieces made Boyd 's reputation as a gifted young children 's book illustrator . |
| 25 | Campsfield House , a former young offenders ' institution has been refurbished for the Immigration Service . |
| 26 | The ‘ community ’ or comprehensive-type schools which are beginning to replace vocational and local church schools have a more religious flavour , as they may include the interests of a former convent , which the new school is in part replacing , a former vocational school , and possibly a former diocesan boys ' school as well . |
| 27 | PAUL PAGE , a former English boys ' strokeplay champion and boy and youth international , won the Berkhamsted Trophy on Saturday after a sudden-death play-off with Matt Maguire . |
| 28 | The 50-acre Eirias Park , with entrances from the Promenade and Abergele Road , features a superb modern children 's playground , and all the new equipment and the surfaced area meet safety requirements . |
| 29 | A successful Potential Teachers ' day took place in London on 14 November last year . |
| 30 | AS PART of the Scottish women 's squad training , a Bulgarian national ladies ' team is visiting Scotland this week . |