Example sentences of "an [noun sg] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The role of the probation service became clear when the Home Office published , in 1988c , Tackling Offending — An Action Plan ' , a document setting out how these proposals could be put into practice . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Dundee United will take the view that there could be no more fitting postscript to the public dispute between themselves and the Ibrox club over Duncan Ferguson 's future than if the big striker was to score the goal at Tannadice today which brought to an end Rangers ' remarkable unbeaten run of 36 matches . |
| 6 | Hateley was one of several players banned from Ibrox until yesterday in the wake of last Saturday 's defeat from Celtic that brought to an end Rangers ' run of 44 games without loss . |
| 7 | The resumption followed an oil workers ' strike and the planned transfer of the trans-Andean oil pipeline from the United States company Texaco to the state-owned PETROECUADOR [ see pp. 36344 ; 37068 ] . |
| 8 | Er for example Claire 's on the er board as you know non Executive Director on er I 've just er become honorary treasurer of the I 'm , not quite sure whether that 's a plus or a minus at this point in time er and also volunteered to be Chairman of an Airport Supporters ' Group so please do n't tell anybody where I live |