Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of a Cardiff ladies ' rowing club tried to pull her out of the mud , but found the current was too fast , and the bitch ( yes , she is called Eric ! ) , too heavy . |
| 2 | The girl who marked a Moscow Games ' baptism by placing sixth in a final at the age of 14 is coming for a Tuesday night clinic in which she will demonstrate her famous shrug-of-the-shoulders technique on breaststroke . |
| 3 | Hayling had introduced Casares-Roach to Walsh after meeting her at a Ford workers ' conference in Benidorm where she had been the translator . |
| 4 | ANCIENT feudal rights are blocking plans for a Paisley children 's nursery and the jobs it would provide , though the local district council has given the project planning permission . |
| 5 | He went out of his way to meet foreign visitors from all walks of life — politicians certainly , but also a delegation from a Nobel prizewinners ' congress , a group of doctors connected with the medical movement against nuclear war , the Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez , a group of writers including Arthur Miller and James Baldwin who were attending the Issyl-Kum forum in 1986 , and many others . |
| 6 | They bought a set of plans , hired space at a boat builders ' yard and set to work . |
| 7 | He intends to raise the top rate of tax from 31% to 36% and wants to apply a 10% millionaires ' surtax , leading to a top rate of approximately 40% . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't Cry For Me Argentina ’ is n't quite right for a Falklands Veterans ' meeting . |
| 9 | ‘ Lots of managers have to be cheats and conmen , ’ he once told a Football Writers ' Association dinner . |
| 10 | By the end of February he was on a second hours ' exercise , and Sister Cooney , who had watched his restless pacing and had seen that he was bored , found him some light work to do . |
| 11 | Head teachers decided to obstruct school performance league tables ; a second teachers ' union voted to boycott the national curriculum tests ; and Lord Skidelsky , a Tory member of the council which sets the tests , resigned . |
| 12 | Attended by observer from liberal parties from Europe and North America , a second Liberals ' Congress was held in Gdansk in November . |
| 13 | A FORMER head of a council children 's home was jailed for four years yesterday for indecency against young boys in his care which he committed almost 15 years ago . |
| 14 | The business , a specialist children 's educational and Christian bookseller , library and school supplier , will produce a special centenary brochure to be distributed to over 1,000 schools and 500 churches . |
| 15 | This recommended the creation of a specialist children 's service to replace the existing provision , which was fragmented among various departments , including public assistance . |
| 16 | Dr Nanayakkara said Liam 's death had caused him grave concern and he had been eager a specialist children 's pathologist should carry out the post-mortem examination . |
| 17 | AT the same time it is hoped to run a pilot scheme to introduce our work to those who already hold a dance teachers ' certificate and wish to learn more about our work . |
| 18 | There 's a £5 Children 's World voucher for every letter we print and a £10 voucher for the writer of our star letter each month . |
| 19 | The Prince of Wales opened a £750,000 visitors ' centre at Princetown , Dartmoor . |
| 20 | A manpower resources ' plan summarised the personnel requirements by skill category and headcount , together with the required training programme . |
| 21 | At a Tuxis Boys ' camp the year before we had coined the word MELACHUSETUCK as an ‘ Indian name ’ for the camp . |
| 22 | The focus came from lighted candles ( outside the War Office in 1991 , on a Prague students ' grave in 1991 , in every blacked-out Polish window in 1980 ) , rather than crosswires and scanners . |
| 23 | They were discharged by their employers and the dispute spread , the union alleging that its agreement with the Association of 19 August 1911 provided that only foremen were exempted from holding a Transport Workers ' Federation card , which the employers denied . |
| 24 | Mr Morozov , said when he sought comment from a security forces ' official at University Square he was taken through four police cordons and lines of tanks to ‘ a short , thick-set man in civilian clothes with a hard voice and authoritarian air . ’ |
| 25 | GROWTH WITH A DIFFERENCE Farmers ' incomes are at their lowest since the war , and many have decided they must diversify to survive |
| 26 | And although the proposal for a BPS women 's section was opposed by the women on the BPS Council , it had strong support among less powerful female psychologists , and students . |
| 27 | An idea of the costs involved were given in a Coventry officials ' confidential report to councillors and fellow officials in the seventies . |
| 28 | After a low-key opening day , the Aberdeen tournament burst into life on finals night when Alison Bowie beat Emma Donaldson in a five-game women 's final , and then Peter Nicol inflicted defeat on Mark Maclean in the men 's decider that also went the full distance . |
| 29 | On May 11 a UN Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) official said that up to 1,700,000 people were in danger of being infected by diarrhoeal diseases . |
| 30 | A UN Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) team led by Ezio Gianni Murzi , whose findings were reported on May 12 , concluded that although essential services and supplies , including medicines , were slowly being restored , assistance was still desperately needed [ see pp. 37986-87 ; 38082-83 ; 38164 ] . |