Example sentences of "[art] officers [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Later he denied having ever attended committee meetings of the Officers ' Union , or indeed having done more than establish four branches for them at Glasgow , Leith , Liverpool and Hull before resigning in September 189I .
2 That first morning I was served a rudimentary breakfast in the Officers ' Home .
3 They are believed to have worked in the officers ' mess of a signals unit posted to Moortsel , a village near Tervuren , 10 miles east of Brussels , in September 1944 .
4 The Adjutant abandons the idea of a coffee and hurries towards the Officers ' Mess Where the Inspecting Officer is due to arrive shortly .
5 Brigadier Scott is taken to the Sergeants ' Mess to meet the Mess members , all of Whom have played vital parts either as instructors or in the administrative support of the recruits ' training , prior to lunching in the Officers ' Mess .
6 So until further notice from me , you are to consider yourself confined to the Battalion area — that means the Officers ' Mess and your company billet — except when on duty of course .
7 The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers .
8 ‘ I want a fifteen hundredweight truck to the Officers ' Mess immediately . ’
9 Charles tried not to look like the outcast he was feeling and quickened his pace to simulate important last minute business at the Officers ' Mess .
10 It informs and amuses as Dea/Jella , working her passage on the MV Minos , turns into a beer-swigging hearty in the officers ' mess .
11 After dark the men of the SAS crept in and obtained the necessary tentage and equipment to set themselves up , including even a piano for the officers ' mess .
12 Behrend who entertained us in the Officers ' Mess for an evening meal and breakfast .
13 Private Richard Downs , 19 , said he was serving as a bar steward in the officers ' mess of the First Battalion Duke of Wellington 's Regiment on election night — April 9 .
14 However , it is believed that due to remarks made about ‘ A ’ Flight 's flying capabilities in the Officers ' Mess on the night before the Air Officer Commanding 's ( AOC 'd ) Annual Inspection , this happened the next day .
15 We had worked in the kitchens , in the Officers ' mess and the clothing stores , and had spent afternoons and evenings discussing our futures together .
16 Two days after the two men returned from Germany , the SS officer pulled her aside in the officers ' mess .
17 Faced with a young man with two Engineering degrees and A-level German , they sent him to Germany to build and to test experimental airfields , to join the Officers ' Mess at Cologne , and to sample continental culture .
18 In the Officers ' Mess Bill made his first acquaintance of a kind of Senior Common Room .
19 Back at the Barracks Maxim had to wait until after midnight before he had the officers ' mess video machine to himself .
20 At the Luftwaffe base outside Warsaw , Asa walked towards the officers ' mess , feeling unaccountably depressed .
21 In the officers ' mess afterwards , Benson laughed at what he said had been Edward 's expression in the last moments of the interview — ‘ pained , old boy , quite pained .
22 Having arranged a guard on the aircraft we all went back to Shaibah , where we were entertained by the one lady passenger in the Officers ' Mess .
23 The setting of the officers ' mess on board HMS Plymouth has been chosen by the actors to give an authentic feel to the show .
24 And er my memories really go back to er the , probably the more pleasant things in the erm mission parties that we were invited to , the film shows in the Officers ' Mess , er going to a Glenn Miller dance erm which was held in the hangar up here erm , I do n't think we really , or I really appreciated them so much at the time as I do now .
25 No doubt there 'll be many reminiscences in the Officers ' Mess , but some parts of its history may never be told .
26 The officers ' overcoat was of an Ulster pattern in dark blue cloth , with a deep collar , and two side pockets just below the hips .
27 The company plans to dock the officers ' pay and is threatening disciplinary action .
28 In recent years the officers ' freedom to divorce professional judgement from political calculation has , in many authorities , diminished sharply , and today 's chief officers are increasingly coming ‘ to see their role as less than that of a neutral professional or technocrat and more that of a bureaucratic politician ’ ( Laffin and Young , 1985 , p. 51 ) .
29 The officers ' occupation was called off on Feb. 15 , with an agreement that the appointment of a civilian Defence Minister should be postponed until after the May general election .
30 The Labour councillors voted to overturn the officers ' recommendation and give permission for the works to be demolished .
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