Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The reasons for the lorry drivers ' strike have already been given . |
2 | The Company is providing trophies for the village schools ' competition and a wayside seat for presentation to the winning hamlet . |
3 | Free multiparty elections held on June 8 , 1990 [ see p. 37542 ] , brought a clear majority for the twin citizens ' movements which had led the protests of late 1989 , Civic Forum in the Czech Lands and Public Against Violence in Slovakia . |
4 | SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD James Spreng , captain of Stewart's-Melville XI , and his brother , Gerald ( 15 ) , who plays in the same side , have been selected for the Under-18 and Under-16 Scotland squads respectively for the home schools ' internationals in Cork at the end of next month . |
5 | As I explain in more detail in a recent report for the Electricity Consumers ' Council ( Nuclear Power and the Economic Interests of Consumers ) the CEGB 's figures for nuclear fuel-cycle costs are extremely limited and contain internal inconsistencies . |
6 | Applications for the dance leaders ' course must be made this month to Durham City Arts , City Baths , Elvet Waterside , Durham . |
7 | Applications for the dance leaders ' course must be made this month to Durham City Arts , City Baths , Elvet Waterside , Durham . |
8 | THE TUC cleared the way yesterday for the rebel electricians ' union to return to the fold . |
9 | Bosnia and Serbia possessed rich forest resources , which were used to provide charcoal for the metal workers ' furnaces as well as timber for the construction of houses . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . ’ |
13 | He had always thought the MP for Arden read little save for the Motor Traders ' Gazette . |
14 | proper training for the end users ' operators in the use of the Licensed Software |
15 | The high result for the Estate Agents ' text may be a reflection the commonality between Estate Agents ' literature and other genres contained in the LOB Corpus . |
16 | Although the specific dictionary out-performs the general dictionary for Banking text , for the Estate Agents ' text the general dictionary out-performs the domain dictionary . |
17 | However , it may transpire that the result for the Estate Agents ' text is somewhat unrepresentative . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | The final straw for the Prison Officers ' Association came when two officers were kicked , beaten and punched in a fracas earlier this week — one went to hospital , the other 's on sick leave . |
20 | Balanced with a diet of the gospels , I would look on it as the church planters ' manual . |
21 | The Danish Government emphasised the correlation which must exist between the member states ' quotas and the local fishing areas which the quotas were to benefit . |
22 | Operational efficiency within the ISE is reflected in the costs investors incur in carrying out transactions , the main ones being commission to brokers and the spread ( the difference between the market makers ' buying and selling prices ) . |
23 | Nor had Nigel yet heard anything about the agony aunts ' replies . |
24 | Their views trickled down through the student nurses ' years and were apt to be accepted as gospel , since that saved the students the bother of forming opinions for themselves , and also it was not often a student in her first couple of years , if not longer , had the opportunity to form any opinion on our men . |
25 | Having sifted through the estate agents ' details , arrange appointments to view as many properties as possible . |
26 | If this was done , the reformers argued , it would give the sections of the public concerned with these areas of policy a chance to react , and it would once again be worth the pressure groups ' while to explain their points to the Commons before the precise details of forthcoming legislation were settled . |
27 | For how many years have we been told it 's tax payers ' money do you remember Maggie and the tax payers ' money , it 's like this animal somewhere called the tax payer but it came out of the wall as if we were n't one of them and that we had to look after the tax payers ' money . |
28 | The trophies were displayed on a prize cloth , designed and embroidered by Marjorie McCree and ladies of the church embroiderers ' guild . |
29 | In 1981 he was chairman of the Computer Retailers ' Association , and he stood as a local government candidate for Rother Valley in the 1987 General Election . |
30 | The efforts of the home unions ' committee appear to have worked — for now at least . |