Example sentences of "[noun pl] ['s] [noun] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE WORTH VALLEY Autumn Enthusiasts ' weekend has become a perfect complement to their Spring event . |
| 2 | The British Bankers ' Association has published a Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice on accounting for advances . |
| 3 | Since the former All Blacks ' captain has seen a lot of Back , and still knows the New Zealand scene so well , that opinion , voiced sincerely , should surely not be lightly dismissed . |
| 4 | The Bakers , Food and Allied Workers ' Union had threatened a series of one-day strikes . |
| 5 | The Irish Bank Officials ' Association has had a claim outstanding since then and it has now reached the stage of the Labour Court . |
| 6 | From the evidence of a 10-country study , Gladstone ( 1984 ) notes that the activities , structure and functions of employers ' associations do show a good deal of inter country variation , often a reflection of distinctive historical experiences and a particular course of industrialisation with resultant differences in the environment in which a country 's industrial relations system has to operate . |
| 7 | There is no doubt that the growth and authority of employers ' associations has had a major influence both upon the development and the direction of collective bargaining in many countries . |
| 8 | The National Farmers ' Union has appointed a new secretary for the branches in Haswell , Trimdon , Sedgefield and Hartlepool . |
| 9 | In response to the challenge of YTS , the National Farmers ' Union has proposed a one-year Youth Training Scheme in Agriculture both to help reduce the effects of job shortages for young people and also to provide suitable first-year training for committed new entrants to the industry . |
| 10 | Other demands on officers ' time tend to impose a pattern on their behaviour which is difficult to break without substantial disruption to their schedule and mobility . |
| 11 | Each day they brought him cyclostyled sheets from their local agents , and the telephone numbers of friends ' relatives whose relatives ' friends had seen a board up somewhere . |
| 12 | But comparing rivals ' performances has become a discipline in its own right , and the consultants are out in force |
| 13 | A fourteen-year-old offender who 's had three holidays in Spain this year at tax payers ' expense has had a court case adjourned because he 's being interviewed by the police on other matters . |
| 14 | More than a quarter of the islands ' adults have signed a petition calling for a sheriff 's inquiry into the incident , claiming that the Department of Transport 's private marine accident investigation and Lord Donaldson 's general investigation do not go far enough . |
| 15 | The islands ' economy had received a setback from the effects of hurricane " Hugo " in September 1989 [ see p. 36891 ] , but the tourism and construction sectors recovered quickly . |
| 16 | ‘ The children 's home has made a mistake , ’ he said unhappily , ‘ and sent a girl , not a boy . ’ |
| 17 | In a bold and innovative move , Collins Children 's Books has forged a new and enhancing link with the Pre-School Playgroups Association . |
| 18 | Organisations within the parish have continued to flourish and Caroline Arnott 's new children 's page had provided a fillip for the parish magazine . |
| 19 | Even if men 's fashion has come a long way since the Sixties , the overwhelming inspiration , Cerruti concedes , is still the archetypal English businessman 's suit . |
| 20 | The Music Publishers ' Association has produced a Code of Fair Practice which offers helpful advice as to when church musicians may be permitted to copy without application to the publisher . |
| 21 | It was observed in the last chapter that the Prague School 's views on literature and literary study were substantially those of the Formalists , but the Formalists ' influence has owed a great deal to the shape that the Prague School gave to their theory , in particular to the Prague School 's use of the concepts of structure and function . |
| 22 | But a recent study of the Capetian kings ' household has traced a growing reliance on knights of lowly birth and clerks whose claim to prominence sprang solely from their usefulness . |
| 23 | With cries of joy , it has been announced that women need not depend upon men for companionship and understanding ; women 's groups have become a commonplace , and support and friendship between women re-evaluated . |
| 24 | MORE THAN 10,000 women who work for the Regional Council have received a cervical smear test since 1988 , and the Women 's Unit has played a major part in that achievement . |
| 25 | Only two years earlier , in 1923 , the National Labour Women 's Conference had rejected a resolution supporting the idea of cash family allowances . |
| 26 | Ellis believed that the women 's movement had taken a wrong turn in demanding equality with men in the public sphere and should rather have worked for the elevation of motherhood . |
| 27 | The contemporary women 's movement has constructed a list of seven demands : |
| 28 | The women 's movement has presented a major challenge to these assumptions , but the law , the media , the social services , education and many other facets of the state continue to reinforce this pervasive ideology . |
| 29 | This does not apply where a magistrates ' court declines to hear a case because it could be dealt with more conveniently in another court ( s94(2) ) . |
| 30 | FOOTBALL : Nearly 400 Wolves ' fans have signed a petition protesting at the design of a new kit to be worn by the club next season and launched at Saturday 's final home game against Middlesbrough . |