Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The imposing historic Seamen 's Hospital in Whitby 's Church Street , which dates back to 1670 , is to undergo a renovation scheme . |
| 2 | Only last week we saw a collision in the Channel at a real cost , eight seamen 's lives . |
| 3 | Scandinavian seamen 's unions called for an end to the use of flags of convenience in Scandinavian waters ( ships ' safety precautions being the responsibility of the country with which they were registered ) . |
| 4 | Hopkins refers to a German seamen 's manifesto of March 1917 , " with its impudent assertion that , apart from a few " isolated mistakes " U-boat warfare had been conducted with respect for human and humane principles " . |
| 5 | The Scottish Seamen 's Union , originally claimed to have 1,000 members , lost support so rapidly that it survived for no more than two months . |
| 6 | Roy Palmer has replaced John Holder who has been rested from the panel of umpires for this summers 's Tests and One-Day Internationals against Pakistan . |
| 7 | William Graffunder , an expatriate German and the promoter of an organisation in Cardiff which he registered as the Amalgamated Seamen 's and Tradesmen 's Union of Great Britain and Ireland in September 1890 , likewise made no bones about its connection with the Shipping Federation in the supply of " free labour " , though he denied being its official . |
| 8 | An opinion poll in the Sunday Times showed that 80% of the population backed Britain 's military involvement , and 60% thought it was worth the loss of British servicemen 's lives to regain Kuwait . |
| 9 | Some forms of the second genus were apparently more difficult for the trade union movement to identify , one of these being that created in 1872 by William Paterson Lind , Superintendent Registrar for the Port of London , as the London Seamen 's Mutual Protection Society , later known as the Amalgamate British Seamen 's Protection Society . |
| 10 | To those ladies who were responsible for dealing with this charitable effort , she would offer as much as five shillings for a bundle of what appeared to them as less attractive articles , especially if they were food-stained , as some old gentlemen 's coats often were . |
| 11 | Karr smiled , returning the old gentlemen 's bows before allowing one of the waiters to pull a chair out for him . |
| 12 | The conference was attended by 60 people ; over half the delegates being Napier University staff and the reminder being representatives from other Scottish HEI 's and community organisations . |
| 13 | At a recent meeting with the ADSW , the Scottish Offices 's Social Work Services Group had tables an extensive agenda . |
| 14 | Not sons and fathers and grandfathers , but brothers every one — all the fruit of old Amos 's seed . |
| 15 | Old Slains stands even more perilously close to the North Sea cliffs , and in high weather the waves climb and spray the windows of the people who live in the houses under the shadow of Old Slains 's remaining high wall . |
| 16 | English fishermen 's leaders gave warning that militant action could result from the failure of the council to aid the catchers . |
| 17 | SCOTTISH fishermen 's leaders warned yesterday that Britain 's North Sea haddock quota will be exhausted within three weeks , leading to crisis in the industry and large-scale dumping at sea . |
| 18 | AN AGREEMENT on fishing quotas reached by EC ministers yesterday could push half of Scotland 's fleet to bankruptcy , Scottish Fishermen 's Federation chief executive , Mr Bob Allan , said . |
| 19 | An agreement by European Community ministers on fishing quotas could push half of Scotland 's fleet to bankruptcy , the Scottish Fishermen 's Federation has said . |
| 20 | My noble Friend the Scottish Fisheries Minister will meet the Scottish Fishermen 's Federation on 18 November . |
| 21 | Scottish fishermen 's representatives are opposing an all-out ban and are calling for a series of restrictions on imports until there is a balanced supply at the markets . |
| 22 | Officials of the Scottish Fishermen 's Federation plan to lobby today 's crucial talks . |
| 23 | Scottish fishermen 's leaders sought to distance themselves from the threat of direct action . |
| 24 | Bob Allan , chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen 's Federation , said he was bitterly disappointed at the outcome of the talks , which had failed to tackle the heart of the crisis facing the industry . |
| 25 | This weeks 's crackdown , codenamed Screwdriver . |
| 26 | It was , of course , by far a situation too good to last and in time , gazing down the glen , a solitary figure was spied struggling up the brae — without a kit-bag — the WAAFs identified their squadron officer ( known as Belladonna ) apparently about to make her first call on her troops in the wild , I was never able at first hand to witness this airmen 's paradise but it is a story that passed the rounds at Kinloss . |
| 27 | The outline syllabus for Standard Grade Modern Studies states that " the most appropriate knowledge to be taught ( will be the ) understanding of a group of interrelated concepts 's and in creating the datafiles for Modem Studies , this statement has formed the basis of keyword access and the learning of information skills for retrieving information using the microcomputer system . |
| 28 | Former Auxilliary Territorial Service girls , now all pensioners , enlisted the sponsorship of 22 ex-servicemen 's organisations and the five civic heads of Cleveland to commission their own flag . |
| 29 | Saddened Blackeyes 's last line this time was : ‘ Jesus , why were n't you a woman ? ’ |
| 30 | Linda Wolfe is , apart from being a trained children 's nurse and midwife , a mother of three young children and two older step-children . |