Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] ['s] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | When we held activities at the school , the girls would always opt for the domestic tasks ' and it was difficult to persuade them to take on some other responsibility . |
2 | William Graffunder , an expatriate German and the promoter of an organisation in Cardiff which he registered as the Amalgamated Seamen 's and Tradesmen 's Union of Great Britain and Ireland in September 1890 , likewise made no bones about its connection with the Shipping Federation in the supply of " free labour " , though he denied being its official . |
3 | Whereas the men 's and women 's toilets in large American stations usually led off the separate men 's and women 's waiting-rooms , no such delicacy prevailed for the Blacks . |
4 | Although the North Korean government officially denied it , representatives of the Taiwanese Importers ' and Exporters ' Association claimed that arrangements for a planned visit in April 1990 had already been confirmed by North Korea . |
5 | Mr Peter Smith , general secretary of the Assistant Masters ' and Mistresses ' Association , said the union was already dealing with 500 cases of possible redundancy among its members . |
6 | YESTERDAY 'S endorsement of grant-maintained schools by Peter Smith , the General Secretary of the Assistant Masters ' and Mistresses ' Association , marked a significant change in his union 's attitude towards the Government 's education reforms . |
7 | He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’ |
8 | The brief history of the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association in the following chapter suggests that this is , however , an incomplete conceptualisation . |
9 | The following chapter on the role of the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association ( NVALA ) in the 1960s , and the following case studies , will consider evidence which casts doubt on this order of priority . |
10 | Mary Whitehouse , founder of the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association , admitted to being ‘ 81.5 ’ . |
11 | The two were speaking as Mrs Mary Whitehouse , president of the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association , called for a clamp-down on screen violence . |
12 | On 28 September 1911 Hermann Jochade , secretary of the International Transport Workers ' Federation in a letter to its secretary Arthur Cannon expressed his surprise at the branch 's actions , and noted " I have myself investigated the workings of the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , as I have done with other unions connected with the International Transport Workers ' Federation in Great Britain , and have pleasure in stating and testifying that the Seamen 's Union is one of the best organised and conducted of all unions I have made enquiries into . |
13 | Within a week of the outbreak of war the co-operation of the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was sought over the manning of merchant vessels requisitioned or chartered by the Admiralty and an agreement arrived at jointly with the Board of Trade . |
14 | In 1894 , the year of the reconstituted Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , monthly rates for ABs on steam vessels were lower than at any time since 1888 . |
15 | Do n't entirely rule out the ultimate staging of a joint men 's and women 's event . |
16 | Some , like the Scottish Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , of which only a single item of evidence remains , appears to have had friendly relations with the National Sailors and Firemen . |
17 | It had been planned as a separate men 's and women 's race , with the latter being sent off 20 minutes earlier , but only Dorre managed to stick to the plan , winning in 2hr 29min 38sec . |
18 | He almost immediately led a breakaway of members into a Scottish Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union at a wage of £pound2 a week and made common cause with Alderman " Tommy " Lewis , who had already led a similar breakaway in Southampton to form the British Seafarers ' Union with which Shinwell 's union merged . |
19 | The Southampton branch refused to send delegates to the Annual General Meeting at which its complaints were to be discussed and addressed a letter to the meeting in which the branch committee advised Southampton members to secede from the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union in order to establish a local and independent society . |
20 | The union supported the idea of a national wage for seafarers , determined by and supervised by a National or London Joint Committee of the parties concerned and corresponding Local Joint Committees but proposed that labour should be supplied by the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union . |