Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] ' association " in BNC.

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1 Also , in Germany firms such as Siemens originally joined employers ' associations yet never fully relied on them as a collective means of defending managerial prerogatives and curtailing union activities in the workplace .
2 These latter had fallen out of traditional summer grazing use during the present century and official encouragement ( mainly through SAFER — Societe d'Amenagement Foncie et d'Etablissement Rural ) has been given to establishing farmers ' associations for their re-use by cattle .
3 At the August meeting John White said that the DHAC intended to organise tenants ' associations .
4 A wide range of people were interviewed , everyone from mothers to children , the local police and the recently formed tenants ' association .
5 This was thought by trade unionists to be inconsistent with the leading decision of ten years before which had protected employers ' associations from conspiracy on the ground that the acts had been done ‘ with the lawful object of protecting and extending their trade and increasing their profits ’ without employing unlawful means , although the consequence had been to injure their competitors .
6 SADDLE MEWS RESIDENTS ' ASSOCIATION
7 Saltburn Residents ' Association is pressing on alone to take part in Britain in Bloom .
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