Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buxton was not a man to be deterred by the shipowners ' protestations that the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not only unrepresentative of seamen but would fail " to command support in the event of a decision of a conciliation board which did not secure the immediate approval of the persons affected " . |
| 2 | They will also visit Brussels next week for discussions with MEPs and the European Metalworkers ' Federation . |
| 3 | The Women 's Fellowship organized various 1- and 2-day shops and the Old Boys ' Choir gave a concert . |
| 4 | Yesterday William Weatherspoon , the conference chairman , and former Inverness headmaster , said this year 's conference had provided hopeful signs that the various churches ' positions could be harmonised . |
| 5 | It is within United 's reach to complete a most remarkable two years between May 1990 and May 1992 by landing all three domestic trophies and the European Cup-Winners ' Cup . |
| 6 | Its chairman , vice-chairman and secretary were appointed by the Controller of Shipping and each group of men sailors and firemen , engineers , deck officers and cooks and stewards — represented by their appropriate organisations , with the exception of local organisations and the British Seafarers ' Union , though the latter was given a " due proportion " of representatives on the passenger line panels of the Southampton and Glasgow District Boards . |
| 7 | But also in the years since the Liberal Democrats ' inception , I 've been chairman of the Metropolitan Stockport Liberal Democrats . |
| 8 | They felt that there were some fundamental problems within the education system on the islands , problems that the official teachers ' union were failing to redress . |
| 9 | Two contentious issues are the cost of training to managers and the same managers ' grasp of systems ( or the lack of it ) . |
| 10 | On the contrary it is complementary to them in the sense that its comparative advantage rests with analyses of secular economic developments whereas the existing models ' comparative advantage rests with the short-term developments . |
| 11 | I hardly feel , sir , that erm erm you do n't have some influence on your salaries and the other directors ' salaries , I 've heard a lot of directors and chairmen say that they have no influence on their own salaries . |
| 12 | In particular those earning between £20,000 and £30,000 will feel the impact of the freezing of tax allowances and the married couples ' allowance , the reduction of MIRAS relief to 20p in the pound and the increased tax on dividend income . |
| 13 | The AI representatives met government and security officials , including ministers and the armed forces ' Chief of General Staff , and interviewed victims of torture and other abuses , as well as other witnesses and human rights activists . |
| 14 | The aim of the research project is to examine changing demand for skills in the chemical , construction , engineering and food processing industries and the major unions ' perceptions of its effects on their members ' jobs and their own spheres of influence in the work place and in national trade-union politics . |
| 15 | Expanding supermarket chains preferred the white breeds because the plucked birds ' sin was clean and white , as opposed to the speckled skin of bronze- or black-feathered turkeys . |
| 16 | The debate revealed again the traditional animosity between the right-wing engineers and electricians unions and the left-wing miners ' union . |
| 17 | Thus black achievement has nothing to do with their struggles and the white boys ' failure is dissociated from any implication of personal inadequacy . |