Example sentences of "lady ' [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In Sweden , British species such as dog rose , cowslip and ladies ' bedstraw are thought to have been lost from polluted woods , where the nitrogen-loving nettle and acid-tolerant wood sorrel now occur .
2 The top right-hand corner was decorated with small rose leaves interspersed with some ladies ' bedstraw , on which I arranged some geums and cow parsley centres .
3 It 's the ladies ' turn — MO'G )
4 In 1009 the Standard is the only source of information until the Ladies ' Minutes commenced at the year end .
5 Over the years the Ladies ' Minutes , whilst complete , give no more than a glimpse of the main Club 's activity , but it can be deduced that clubhouse alterations were made in 1914 and again in 1920 at which period the course was also altered .
6 Solihull ladies ' guild , formed in 1964 , was made into a branch in October last year , thus admitting men through its hallowed portals for the first time !
7 Five years ago Hamish Fraser asked Lossiemouth ladies ' guild to supply him with a collecting box to take to work on oil rig MCP 01 in the North Sea .
8 A CHEQUE for £2,084.19 was presented to Newquay ladies ' guild by Newquay Pearl , the money being raised during the past year by the organisation of several specialist events in aid of the RNLI .
9 A CHEQUE for just over £117 has been presented to Bournemouth ladies ' guild by PIP Printing , Bournemouth .
10 AFTER an outstandingly successful year of fund raising in 1990 , totalling £13,000 , Broadstairs ladies ' guild were able to make use of an empty shop in Harbour Street which the owner allowed to be used free of charge .
11 THE West Wight ladies ' guild announced the very pleasing results of its fund raising efforts for 1990 with a total of £17,833 being forwarded to Headquarters .
12 Luncheon with a definitely fishy flavour was served by Rochdale Ladies ' guild recently .
13 A cheque was presented to the Abersoch branch of the South Caernarvonshire ladies ' guild .
14 A buffet lunch to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sutton-on- Sea and Trusthorpe ladies ' guild was held at the Enterprise Club in March , attended by 72 supporters .
15 A special luncheon to celebrate 25 years of fund raising was organised in March by Sutton Coldfield ladies ' guild and 90 guests , including several past members , travelled long distances for the occasion .
16 More than £500 was collected during the day and the Minehead Ladies ' guild was one of three charities to benefit from the collection .
17 The 100th anniversary of the start of the RNLI street collections was celebrated during the annual Shoreham Lifeboat Week , organised by the Shoreham and Lancing ladies ' guild and Shoreham Harbour lifeboat society .
18 One of the sellers was Nairn ladies ' guild , who had been given the plate to sell for the guild 's funds , and this was the one I bought at the Bradford Exchange price .
19 In addition to winning the Nomura Challenge Trophies , the Men 's and Ladies ' champions will win a luxurious weekend break , with guest , at the exclusive Chewton Glen Hotel in the New Forest .
20 Okra : Or ladies ' fingers .
21 Structure a conference social programme , including sporting programmes , evening entertainments , and ladies ' programmes , for delegates ' wives and husbands .
22 Outright winners on points of the Four Chamber Shield was Liphook who also won the netball , mixed badminton , ladies ' table tennis and ladies ' squash individual events .
23 Ladies ' smiles flash .
24 The following year saw a much improved performance when she beat Mandy to win the ladies ' event at the Holme Pierrepont Rodeo .
25 The catalyst to make her trust in her abilities and the improved results was there was no separate ladies ' event .
26 Generally she finds only support from male paddlers to her on the water though when there is a separate ladies ' event at a rodeo it is not always taken seriously .
27 It was still early when they went in to Gamages and headed for Ladies ' Gowns .
28 In 1921 the Young Ladies ' Sewing Group was granted the use of the schoolroom for one night a week .
29 He had invited her to join the ladies ' sewing circle , and even suggested that she might like to attend the Tuesday evening Bible readings which he ran — he was sure that ‘ dear Miss Mates ’ would release her for the hour and a half the readings usually took .
30 Matey might not work so hard as McAllister did , or perform such menial tasks , like scrubbing the kitchen floor and whitening the front doorstep — which was next on McAllister 's list of duties — but she did her share and was never idle , even in her spare time — hence her membership of the ladies ' sewing circle and her encouragement of her housemaid , McAllister , to accompany her to it .
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