Example sentences of "and [noun pl] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the same day the first indication that such dialogue was already under way came with the announcement that evacuation of Armenian and Russian refugees and servicemen 's families from Baku had been suspended after the Popular Front had agreed to guarantee their safety ( more than 30,000 people , including most of Baku 's Armenian community , having already been evacuated in the previous 10 days ) . |
| 2 | In Kipling 's verse , especially The Barrack-Room Ballads , Buchanan argued that the British army was portrayed as ‘ a wild carnival of drunken , bragging , boasting Hooligans in red coats and seamen 's jackets , shrieking to the sound of the banjo and applauding the English flag ’ . |
| 3 | Of these there were the International Federation of Stewards , Seamen and Firemen ( 1890- ? ) , the National Independent Seamen 's and Firemen 's Association in Liverpool ( 1892–1895 ) , the National Seamen 's Protection and Benefit Society of Great Britain and Ireland in Cardiff ( 1903–1905 ) and the National Boarding Masters ' and Seamen 's Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1904–1907 ) . |
| 4 | There are hundreds of small hideous terrace houses in livid brick , a few chapels and railwaymen 's clubs , humped in the flat countryside around the railway workshops and one of the most dangerous bridges in the country . |
| 5 | Housed in a former granary and cowshed , the displays show 19th and early 20th century material from the homes , farms , offices and craftsmen 's workshops of North Oxfordshire . |
| 6 | Here ( at track level ) will be ladies ' and gentlemen 's toilets and showers , a changing room , a messroom for those in working clothes and a kitchen and lounge . |
| 7 | The ‘ establishment ’ , which consists of those members of society with the highest social statuses , is based around the Conservative Party , the Church of England , Oxford and Cambridge Universities , the Guards regiments and gentlemen 's clubs , as well as the public schools . |
| 8 | Make sure potential clients appreciate the range of our services for both the ladies ' and gentlemen 's facilities . |
| 9 | The BBC reissue contained very poor transfers , but I 'm delighted to say that thanks to good engineering work by David Lennick on Music and Arts 's new disc we can now enjoy these 1935 performances in acceptable sound . |
| 10 | More than 30 traction and showmen 's engines , plus road rollers ; historic commercial vehicles ; stationary engines ; fire engines ; vintage cars and motor bikes ; sales and ephemera stands ; old tractors and farm machinery and a real ale beer tent , are some of the many attractions on offer . |
| 11 | The two cases also show that change is a possibility , but that it has mainly been in the past through change in the hierarchy 's and clergy 's attitudes as well . |
| 12 | He just had to adjust to the wide outside and Bones 's new top gear , hitherto unsuspected . |
| 13 | ‘ She must 've gone away , ’ said Scarlet , gratified to hear of the dead plants and Barbs 's dereliction of duty , for she had been rather hurt not to be asked to mind Eliot . |
| 14 | Government spending is determined by government policy and investment depends to some extent on the rate of interest ( which for now does not appear in the model ) and businessmen 's expectations . |
| 15 | We have already indicated that investment depends to some extent on the rate of interest and businessmen 's expectations , government spending depends on government policy and exports depend largely on incomes overseas . |
| 16 | Once income has begun to fall and businessmen 's expectations become pessimistic , persistent unemployment may be created , far worse than the initial disturbance might have suggested . |
| 17 | Profits declined and salesmen 's commission dropped . |
| 18 | When we are asked for assistance we call in the Services ’ social services people , the SSAFA ( Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association ) , who decide what help is needed , and we provide it . ’ |
| 19 | For them , there does not have to be the agonising choice of warmth or food , because SSAFA , the Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association , exists to provide help for service and ex-service people , their widows , families and dependents in any crisis . |
| 20 | What consideration is my hon. Friend giving to the scheme put forward by the services charity , SSAFA — the Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association — to deal with redundant housing stock ? |
| 21 | A number of proposals are being worked on by housing associations , by voluntary housing bodies , by the Royal British Legion and by the Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association , which are working with the Confederation of British Industry , the Institute of Directors and the Department of Employment on a whole range of opportunities . |
| 22 | BUTCHER , BAKER , SOLDIER , SAILOR THE SOLDIERS ' SAILORS ' AND AIRMEN 'S FAMILIES ASSOCIATION |
| 23 | THE ARTIST 'S AND ILLUSTRATORS 'S MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 1992 ISSUE 74 £1.95 Covering New Zealand landscapes — with gouache ! |
| 24 | Fashion : Fable , cable and fishermen 's yarns : Vinny Lee on warm and woolly traditional chunky sweaters |
| 25 | The Greenland Hunters and Fishermen 's Organisation will be paid US$400,000 for each of the 1993 and 1994 fishing seasons to surrender its right to net 213 tons of salmon a year . |
| 26 | Lesbian and Gay-Men 's Sub-Committees were set up in such a way as to give a high level of representation to people from outside the council 's structure , and to ensure that their voices could be heard . |
| 27 | Will he reassure representatives of women 's institutes and townswomen 's guilds and other voluntary workers that the implementation of the Act is not designed to target their fund-raising activities in the preparation of food in village halls and elsewhere ? |
| 28 | And Shanks 's pony . |
| 29 | He became Channel 4 's first Commissioning Editor for Sport when the channel opened in November 1982 and went on to become Senior Commissioning Editor with responsibility for a wide range of programmes including documentaries and children 's . |
| 30 | Movingly he admitted that the divorce of his own parents — actor Terence Donovan and children 's TV presenter Sue McIntosh had left deep scars . |