Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal sought to balance German preference for a politically independent Eurofed , committed in its statutes to an anti-inflation policy , with French and other countries ' preference for greater government control . |
| 2 | Withdrawals can be made penalty free if 90 days ' notice is given ; instant access means 90 days ' loss of interest . |
| 3 | From 1980 onwards I went on to become involved in the Black Workers ' Group , unions — NALGO and ACTTS — and more recently , the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group in our workplace . |
| 4 | This feels wholesome and gives me the confidence to take up issues of racism and sexism in the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group and issues of sexism and heterosexism in the Black Workers ' Group , within the organization we work for . |
| 5 | There was a greater flow of information , more exciting debates internally , and with the formation of the Black Workers ' Group and later on the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group , more politically aware people began to organize around issues of their own oppression . |
| 6 | Setting up the Lesbian and Gay Workers ' Group was very different . |
| 7 | Above left : ‘ Cecil ’ Leitch , the British , French , Canadian and English Ladies ' Champion and President of Henley Ladies 1920–25 . |
| 8 | The Civil and Public Servants ' Association opposes the move , which it said will mean pay cuts of up to £2,000 a year . |
| 9 | You should develop your own reliable method of recording the names of people and places ; college buildings and their quaint room-numbering systems ; opening and closing hours of libraries , college and faculty offices ; student-welfare and advisory-staff offices ' telephone numbers . |
| 10 | SARAH GOURLEY , of Prestwick , the Scottish indoor and outdoor singles ' champion , took her first step to securing a world championship double for her country in Guernsey last night . |
| 11 | The maximum penalty for water pollution offences is an unlimited fine and/or two years ' imprisonment . |
| 12 | The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons ' Act ( 1970 ) , offers permissive powers to assist those of any age with a disability . |
| 13 | The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons ' Act ( 1970 ) and the Disabled Persons ' ( Services Advice and Representation ) Act ( 1986 ) also apply to Scotland . |
| 14 | The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons ' Act 1970 provided the basis for much that comes under the heading of community care . |
| 15 | Under the new law electors found guilty of malpractice faced fines of up to 5,000 naira ( US$1=18.45 naira as at Sept. 7 , 1992 ) and two years ' imprisonment , while anyone who was banned from participating in the political process but who was found guilty of supporting or sponsoring a candidate was liable to a 10,000 naira fine and five years ' imprisonment . |
| 16 | A large and excellent doctors ' practice in Axminster , which is within my constituency , with Drs . |
| 17 | Guild women have fully recognized what useful and important citizens ' work can and should be done by working women . |
| 18 | Investors in People , a TEC initiative , requires employers to comply with 24 performance indicators relating to existing and new employees ' development and training . |
| 19 | It is 0300 hours in Munster , and the Workshop Duty Officer 's phone rings at 6 Armoured Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ' base in West Germany . |
| 20 | In 1988 , at a particularly lively , contentious and near-violent writers ' conference in Budapest , Angela and I listened one quiet afternoon to the omnipresent Susan Sontag as she revealed that she had devoured ( her cliche ) the great classics of English literature soon after discarding her diapers . |
| 21 | Any payment you have made is non-returnable unless 14 days ' notice is given or there are exceptional circumstances to be taken into account . |
| 22 | They conclude that these difficulties are less important than Foucauldian analyses ' ability to address psychology in new ways . |
| 23 | There is a desultory and demoralised tenants ' association on the estate , burdened by the council 's unresponsiveness and its own lack of any effective sanctions . |
| 24 | The same critics also claimed that the Kenyan Medical Association and the Medical and Dental Practitioners ' Board ( the licensing authority ) had been insufficiently consulted about the programme at its inception . |
| 25 | Note that the killer was a Euro-convertible , brilliantly conceived by the company 's advisers : it proved as fatal as another financiers ' wheeze , the repurchase of 40% of IBC , which helped greatly to destroy virtually the entire value of that company 's equity . |
| 26 | 1–3–1859 The Convener read the following letter from Claud McFie Esquire with reference to a donation of £400 which he had given to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund and a like sum to the Supplementary Sustentation Fund and in reference to which he reserved power to demand the interest during his life ; that he was anxious to promote the prosperity of the new Church of Bowmore in Islay , and now desired to appropriate the interest of the latter sum for five years , for that charge , and on this being complied with he gave up for that period his claim for the interest of the former sum , viz £400 , to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund . |
| 27 | 1–3–1859 The Convener read the following letter from Claud McFie Esquire with reference to a donation of £400 which he had given to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund and a like sum to the Supplementary Sustentation Fund and in reference to which he reserved power to demand the interest during his life ; that he was anxious to promote the prosperity of the new Church of Bowmore in Islay , and now desired to appropriate the interest of the latter sum for five years , for that charge , and on this being complied with he gave up for that period his claim for the interest of the former sum , viz £400 , to the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund . |
| 28 | 11–2–1903 The Moderator intimated that owing to the state of his health he was no longer able to perform all his duties and resolved to ask the General Assembly for a grant from the Aged and Infirm Ministers ' Fund to aid in securing the services of an unordained assistant . |
| 29 | Listening once to him on the Bench I recalled an occasion when the aged and formidable boys ' maid who looked after our rooms had stood with arms akimbo accusing him of some peccadillo , and ended her tirade : " Mr Phillimore , do n't you stand there lying like Ananias ! " |
| 30 | While in the United States in the 1890s he had been heavily influenced by the Populist and Democratic Parties ' assault on the Gold Standard . |