Example sentences of "an [noun] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bride-to-be , in smart turquoise suit and carrying a posy of white flowers , flew north from Heathrow yesterday on an RAF Queen 's Flight . |
| 2 | In the following days , the opposition Conservative Party and the Democratic Party , joined by sections of the press , called on de Klerk to dismiss Defence Minister Gen. Magnus Malan over the findings of an Auditor General 's report on the CCB 's finances . |
| 3 | Sad claims , but nothing compared to an NME reviewer 's view that the band Flowered Up should n't be allowed to play in clubs , because black music has always been the mainstay there , and Flowered Up have their roots in rock . |
| 4 | AN AMBULANCE workers ' union leader yesterday accused Kenneth Clarke , the Secretary of State for Health , of intransigence , as union officials prepared for today 's meeting at Acas . |
| 5 | A BEER festival is back on after the council overturned an arts centre 's refusal to hold it . |
| 6 | Section 4 considers the auditor 's role in relation to an investment business 's compliance with the rules governing its conduct . |
| 7 | The second of the new areas covered provides guidance on the extent of auditors ' responsibilities in relation to an investment business 's compliance with those rules and regulations , for the conduct of investment business , which are not the subject of specific regular reporting by auditors . |
| 8 | Two US diplomats ( out of a total of 55 ) had been expelled from Nicaragua on May 25 for allegedly inciting an opposition teachers ' trade union to public disturbances , and in retaliation two ( higher ranking ) Nicaraguans ( out of a total of only 15 ) were expelled from the USA on May 31 . |
| 9 | One person died and several were wounded in fighting at an opposition party 's rally in Lubumbashi , Shaba region , on April 14 . |
| 10 | The scrap-heap at an aircraft breaker 's yard is unique . |
| 11 | AN Ayrshire schoolboy 's shock at conditions in an East African secondary school has sparked off a remarkable effort to help the pupils . |
| 12 | SOUTH Western Region has developed a statistical model which will calculate the probability of an infill project 's success or failure . |
| 13 | ‘ We did n't see why a company should be deprived of the use of an auditing firm 's consultancy and other services , ’ said . |
| 14 | An expert surveyor 's valuation of development land was alleged to contain fundamental errors in Campbell and Palmer v Crest Homes ( Wessex ) Ltd ( 1989 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 13 November . |
| 15 | If you work with logistics issues , you know the value of an expert outsider 's perspective , which is one of the service we offer you . |
| 16 | A case of child sex abuse that wo n't go away Tom Morton reports on a mystery group behind an Orkney mother 's fight for her children |
| 17 | Health Secretary William Waldegrave told an NHS managers ' conference in London that in January long term waiting lists had been cut by thirty percent . |
| 18 | Chemists are paid for the costs of the drugs they dispense on an NHS doctor 's prescription . |
| 19 | Rick 's method of dealing with these conflicting images was to hold an evening parents ' workshop in which he outlined the rationale and aims of the new mathematics curriculum for the intake year . |
| 20 | The combination of helicopters , the North Sea and often very bad weather constitutes an accident investigator 's nightmare , though the remarkably low casualty rate of people engaged in the North Sea oil operation is a tribute to the skill , care and money devoted to their safety . |
| 21 | The easiest way into a flat with aluminium frame windows is to use the little flap window at the top — the ventilator , only big enough for an organ grinder 's monkey , but easily opened with a knife , slipped underneath to prise up the catch . |
| 22 | It is not necessary to go to the lengths of the British Airways new Four Corners shops , where the travel element can hardly be distinguished through an Ali Baba 's cave of irrelevant merchandise , but only to set up efficient systems run by people who know what they 're talking about and who can make time to understand what their travellers want , like Trailfinders with their honest bucket-shop approach , or the STA chain with its expertise in student travel . |
| 23 | Sue Hastings , of the Trade Union Research Unit at Ruskin College in Oxford , recently warned delegates at an RCN stewards ' conference that clinical nurses — especially those in high-tech areas and with teaching roles — would lose out through job evaluation , She argues that existing job evaluation schemes are too often management-biased , with the danger that clinical specialists who did well out of clinical grading might find themselves downgraded . |
| 24 | Storage and viewing were very important aspects of an art dealer 's business . |
| 25 | In such an environment London 's share of eurobond business has grown in a self-sustaining manner , as by the mid-1980s the origination activities of all the leading firms had become centralised in London . |
| 26 | They are ( more or less ) specific to an amino acid 's hand as well as to its chemical formula . |
| 27 | ‘ Paradise ’ is how the American soprano Kristine Ciesinski characterises an opera singer 's life in Europe . |
| 28 | And that 's for an engineering department 's head of engineering , so you I I doubt whether a careers officers |
| 29 | To some extent they were able to rely upon the generality of an engineering craftsman 's training . |
| 30 | At present , the bulk of an LEA adviser 's work involves helping teachers in a variety of ways , and , although this requires them to observe teaching , the act of inspection creates some tensions . |