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

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1 Certainly , it was the effects of such rising social tensions and widespread industrial conflict which motivated the giant Siemens company in the electrical engineering industry to join the metalworking employers ' association ( Homburg , 1983 ) .
2 ( Interestingly , in the car industry , although Ford has never belonged to an association in Britain nevertheless in Germany it is an active member of the metalworking employers ' association and follows the terms of its negotiated agreements . )
3 The strike by the staff of the School of Food and Consumer Studies will go ahead as planned tomorrow and the union , the University Lecturers ' Association , is drawing up proposals to spread the industrial action throughout the university .
4 Earlier this week the members of the University Lecturers ' Association at the school , where Mrs Falconer 's post as a senior textiles lecturer is being made compulsorily redundant , voted 19-2 for the one-day strike , with the threat of escalating their action next week .
5 SID TAVENDER / Labour Camp Survivors ' Association
6 Mr Bragge was applying for an injunction on behalf of French champagne producers Taittinger and the champagne growers ' association , to prevent Mr Woodall and his partner , Mr Ray Bevan , 39 , selling their product in bottles labelled ‘ champagne ’ .
7 The extent of British defence cuts is still anyone 's guess , even in Whitehall ; but the Defence Manufacturers ' Association reckons real annual spending will fall to about 75% of 1990 's figure within five years .
8 Brian Scott , secretary of the Processed Vegetable Growers ' Association , comments : ‘ It is n't easy and yields are very variable .
9 In the offices of the Stock Growers ' Association in Rapid City , South Dakota , Jack McCulloh , secretary , and Ed Anderson , local manager of the NorWest Bank , agree that the story is sadly typical .
10 Trevor Hicks , whose two daughters were among those who died , and Peter Jackson , the Liverpool solicitor who acted for the Football Supporters ' Association at the Hillsborough Inquiry , both condemn the FA for acting in haste .
11 Sheila Spiers , of the Football Supporters ' Association , said : ‘ This is a real kick in the teeth . ’
12 Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb will be guest of Teesside branch of the Football Supporters ' Association at the Marquis Hotel , Middlesbrough , on Thursday night .
13 And David Lee , spokesman for the Football Supporters ' Association said : ‘ We have asked the PFA to support the protest by asking their members to sit down for one minute on Saturday . ’
14 Two conferences of the Football Supporters ' Association have called for a re-think , but it seemed we were banging our heads against a brick wall .
15 THE Football Supporters ' Association is asking Liverpudlians their views on ‘ seating the Kop ’ .
16 Mr Stan Cardwell MBE , co-founder of the North-East ramblers ' association , said : ‘ His style was one of cooperation , not confrontation , and through this he made many friends , not least among the farming community , where he was regarded highly for his expertise on rights of way matters .
17 , a senior member of the British Insurance and Investment Brokers ' Association ( BIIAB ) , admitted the increased terrorist threat was causing the industry grave concern .
18 Robson , a contender for the Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award , has played in only two of United 's last five matches but his contribution has been significant .
19 ‘ Lots of managers have to be cheats and conmen , ’ he once told a Football Writers ' Association dinner .
20 FOOTBALL : Rangers and Scotland striker Ally McCoist celebrated his club 's fourth successive title yesterday by being named Player of the Year by the Scottish Football Writers ' Association .
21 N-E clubs honoured MIDDLESBROUGH and Sunderland received special presentations at the North-East Football Writers ' Association annual dinner at the Three Tuns , Durham , last night .
22 However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award .
23 When Charles Hennessy 's Adwatch column won a ‘ highly commended ’ gong in the Periodical Publishers ' Association annual awards in May , there were three options : sack him for not winning outright , pay him more , or promote him .
24 Since I was pipped at the post for the Periodical Publishers ' Association Columnist of the Year award by Maureen Lipman , star of stage and commercial , I thought I 'd better look up her column in She magazine to see how I might bring my stuff up to state-of-the-art standard .
25 She came second in the category ‘ feature writer of the year ’ on a non-business magazine in the annual Periodical Publishers ' Association awards .
26 In a tough speech to the Crime Reporters ' Association he said the IRA would cease their evil trade if they could see the level of public support given to the police — much of it from the Irish community .
27 On Jan. 24 , Hamas lost control of the Gaza Strip Engineers ' Association , when PLO-supported candidates won five of the nine seats .
28 It includes representatives of professional associations [ the London Criminal Courts Solicitors ' Association , the Criminal Law Solicitors ' Association , the Legal Aid Practitioners ' Group and the Institute of Legal Executives ] , the Legal Aid Board and academic institutions , [ the College of Law and the University of the West of England ] .
29 In 1985 , the government set up a Nitrate Coordination Group ( NCG ) including DoE , the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and food ( MAFF ) , the Fertiliser Manufacturers ' Association and the National Farmers ' Union , but excluding consumers , environment or health groups .
30 The parent teachers ' association of St John 's RC Comprehensive School in Bishop Auckland is to stage a fashion show at the school at 7.30pm on March 23 .
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