Example sentences of "a [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Legion was able to raise funds for the erection of a Servicemen 's Memorial Club in Bourne Place , just off the Chiswick High Road , between Dukes Avenue and Duke Road . |
| 2 | On arriving at Cape Town we found that the rumours of a seamen 's strike were very real , and that several boats were delayed in Table Bay owing to the crews ' refusing to take the vessels to sea . |
| 3 | Having complained for many years about blacklegs from the continent , Wilson and his colleagues found themselves , in the early 1900s faced by a reverse flow , foreign agents , assisted in some cases by the Shipping Federation , recruiting British workers to break dock strikes in Antwerp in 1906 and 1908 , a seamen 's strike in Hamburg in 1906 and a Swedish miners ' and dockers ' strike in Sweden in 1908 . |
| 4 | Commenting that no one is likely to be better informed than a seamen 's union as to the terms on which vessels sailing under flags of convenience were employed , Lord Diplock adopted the words of the Master of the Rolls in the court below : |
| 5 | ( 1 ) " licence " means any licence granted under the Act other than a seamen 's canteen licence ( see 5.139(1) ) . |
| 6 | other than the holder of a seamen 's canteen , refreshment or entertainment licence.In the case of an application by a licence-holder the occasional licence allows the sale of liquor " in the course of catering for an event taking place outwith the licensed premises " ( subs . |
| 7 | ( I ) " licence " does not include a seamen 's canteen licence ( see 5.139(1) ) , nor a refreshment licence or an entertainment licence ( see subs . |
| 8 | " licensed premise " does not include the premises of a seamen 's canteen ( s. 139(1) ) . |
| 9 | ( 1 ) " licence " is defined in s.139(1) as being any licence granted under the Act other than a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 10 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 11 | If a seamen 's canteen is certified as necessary by the Secretary of State , the licensing board may , and in certain circumstances ( see s.41(1) ) , must , grant a licence . |
| 12 | A seamen 's canteen licence only permits the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption in the canteen , and it is an offence to supply in or take from a seamen 's canteen liquor for consumption off the premises ( see s.96 ) . |
| 13 | ( 5 ) A licence under this Part of this Act may , in a case where it is proposed to construct or convert premises for a seamen 's canteen , be a provisional licence to be made final after the proposal has been carried out ; and Part II of the said Schedule 2 shall have effect as respects such licences . |
| 14 | The discretion of the licensing board to refuse to grant a seamen 's canteen licence is limited by this section . |
| 15 | ( 5 ) , Sched. 2 , Part I. For the period of currency of a seamen 's canteen licence , see s.42 . |
| 16 | ( 1 ) This subsection specifies the only grounds upon which a seamen 's canteen licence may be refused . |
| 17 | The power to renew a seamen 's canteen licence is exercisable at the quarterly meeting three years after the meeting at which the licence was first granted ( subs . |
| 18 | It will be noted that failure to comply with a direction regarding structural alterations to a seamen 's canteen may result in a refusal to renew the licence It the next application , and not to a fine as under s.36 . |
| 19 | Transfer of a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 20 | Appeals against the decision of a licensing board in an application relating to a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 21 | 5.41(I) enables a licensing board to specify the types of liquor which may be sold under a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 22 | In effect , the Bermuda talks produced a gentlemen 's agreement that neither country 's airlines would take unfair advantage of the market . |
| 23 | It was becoming difficult to put together a Gentlemen 's eleven worthy of the name . |
| 24 | In that final quarter , though , Wooderson had a lot of people to pass — on the inside , of course , for this was a gentlemen 's race — and he zipped smoothly from one to the next to the finish line . |
| 25 | He was a contented , if not an ambitious man ; he took pride in his shop , which he looked upon as more of a gentlemen 's club . |
| 26 | With all the confidence of youth , he had handbills printed that T. Sparks would be opening a Gentlemen 's Hairdressing Saloon at Number so and so North Street . |
| 27 | To view them as members of a gentlemen 's club , whose rules are predicated upon principles of service and public interest is to ignore the power structure of which they are a part . |
| 28 | And football 's a gentlemen 's game played hoo hooligans . |
| 29 | Lying across your knees like a maharani 's scarf . |
| 30 | Executives need to know how to lay on services that are outside normal agency routine : how to set up a direct marketing operation ; organize an effective exhibition ; or lay on a cabaret at a salesmen 's conference . |