Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [coord] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the census data and the voters ' register are available for each block in a particular city then electoral boundaries can be defined on the basis of equal voting populations per electoral district , and maps of these districts can be drawn . |
| 2 | Some of his oldest friends , who for years had been accustomed to seeing him , fat and genial , as the leading light of a pig-sticking expedition , were astonished to hear him now holding forth like a veritable Newton or Faraday and discussing the latest discoveries in medicine as fluently as if they were entries in the Bengal Club Cup or the Planters ' Handicap . |
| 3 | Working in conjunction with the British Mountaineering Council and the Ramblers ' Association , COLA plans to set up the British Uplands Footpath Trust . |
| 4 | In addition , it is responsible for formulating the policy for dealing with the various kinds of applications ( subject to the directions of the Bar Council and the Inns ' Council ) and for revising the Consolidated Regulations as and when necessary . |
| 5 | The main voice for the growing suspicions was Liz Cooper , a member both of the management team and the Founders ' Trust . |
| 6 | It has been noted elsewhere that there are many community level variables ( schools , adequacy of water supply , transportation , medical personnel and facilities , etc ) that affect child health and the parents ' ability to overcome health problems and hazards . |
| 7 | There is little to suggest which the mice prefer , and cages are chosen to suit the management system and the scientists ' preference . |
| 8 | The decision to wind up coincided with Millar 's retirement , but owed more to the competition from the TUC 's own education department and the Workers ' Educational Association . |
| 9 | The only surviving pieces of the Greek Street building , the Foundation Stone and the Goldsmiths ' Crest , now renovated by courtesy of the Company were preserved under the arch . |
| 10 | The Ministry of Finance has set aside funds to cover workers ' back pay and the mines ' debts . |
| 11 | The Vale of Glamorgan member said he came under fierce pressure from the constituency party and the Whips ' office . |
| 12 | The Building News and The Architects ' Journal and ‘ gentlemen who had devoted their lives to the study of architecture ’ favoured Scott 's design . |
| 13 | Well I 've now , er I 've now arranged a further meeting with Environment Health District Council and the residents ' association . |
| 14 | Most people train in private practice , but you can also train in local government , the Crown Prosecution Service and the Magistrates ' Courts Service . |
| 15 | We can look at the relationship between perceptions of paper bias and the electors ' own partisanship amongst ‘ readers of right-wing papers ’ , though it has to be remembered that different Voters are Evaluating different individual papers . |
| 16 | On Feb. 5 Prime Minister Theodor Stoloyan met representatives of the National Advisory Council of Trade Unions and the Employers ' Association to discuss a collective labour agreement , but a government spokesman described their talks ( which had begun in January ) as deadlocked ; the government claimed that a minimum monthly wage of 24,000 lei ( US$1.00=194.967 lei as at Feb. 3 , 1992 ) , as demanded by the trade unions , would lead to a rise in the number of unemployed from 700,000 to 2,550,000 . |
| 17 | Anyone who can separate the gains from the ‘ dynamics ’ of privatisation from those arising from capital investment or the companies ' success in manipulating the pricing formula will deserve free water for life . |
| 18 | Anyone who can separate the gains from the ‘ dynamics ’ of privatisation from those arising from capital investment or the companies ' success in manipulating the pricing formula will deserve free water for life . |
| 19 | The grading contest is sponsored by Easington Council , Durham County Council , the Northern Clubs Federation Breweries and the Musicians ' Union . |
| 20 | There was here a latent tension , perhaps most fully apparent in the contrast between socialist demands for State corporations and the Keynesians ' call for an anti-trust policy to oppose monopoly power . |
| 21 | Previously , picketing had taken the form of pushing and shoving on both sides , but the confiscation of union banners and the pickets ' public address system by the police led to the throwing of stones and bottles by strikers . |
| 22 | The report suggests that the time taken for decision-making and the quality of the decisions were largely unaffected by participation , but the utilisation of skills , the general feeling of empathy with the organisation , the working atmosphere and the employees ' acceptance of technology all improved in general . |
| 23 | Popular discontent subsequently resulted in the government 's loss of support in the October local government election results and the taxi-drivers ' strike at the end of the same month [ see p. 37791 ] . |
| 24 | Morley 's goal cancelled out Clive Mendonca 's 25-yarder and ended Grimsby 's run of three successive League wins and the Hammers ' recent slide , which has seen two consecutive defeats . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Arsenal outcast Paul Davis is back to face Norwich at Carrow Road tonight as manager George Graham tackles injury problems , a mounting fixture backlog and the Gunners ' dismal form in the Premier League . |
| 26 | Do not ask for or accept information , advice , or direction except from railway officials or the Travellers ' Aid . |
| 27 | In these circumstances the Local Government Superannuation Regulations or the Teachers ' Superannuation ( Scotland ) Regulations will be applied as appropriate in terms of the payment or otherwise of pension benefits . |
| 28 | G's business activities depended very much on his own personality and his personal relations with the relevant bank managers and the banks ' assessment of his business standing . |
| 29 | With floor sensors operating the automatic sliding doors between the end vestibules and the passengers ' saloons perpetually energised by standing passengers , travel in an overcrowded Mark 3 coach seems little better than its predecessors . |
| 30 | Our agency role and the directors ' responsibility should be clearly set out and the procedures relevant for the wider distribution of long form reports followed ( see CFM Chapter 5 , section 8.8 ) . |