Example sentences of "the [noun pl] ' association " in BNC.
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1 | Always the demand is for ‘ practical ’ skills , while academic analysis remains a despised pastime , so that even the Superintendents ' Association ( the equivalent of the Police Federation for the lower ranks ) has similarly denied any place for intellectualism for its members . |
2 | In a similar fashion , all the representative bodies of the police — ACPO , the Superintendents ' Association , and the Police Federation — were outraged at the creation of the Crown Prosecution Service in the Prosecution of Offences Act in the mid-1980s ; for one area of police power in the courts had been removed at one fell swoop and given to another arm of the executive . |
3 | Examples of special interest groups are Victim Support ( formerly known as the National Association for Victim Support Schemes ) , Parents of Murdered Children , the National Association of Prison Visitors , the National Association of Probation Officers , the National Association of Senior Probation Officers , the Association of Chief Officers of Probation , the Association of Chief Police Officers , the Superintendents ' Association , the Police Federation , the Prison Governors ' Association , and Prison Officers ' Association . |
4 | In 1903 it was deserted by the master stevedores , who formed their own association and in 1913 a new organization came into being , the Employers ' Association of the Port of Liverpool , which stood aloof from the National Maritime Board until it was reconstituted after the first world war . |
5 | At that stage the divisional officer may have taken it away from the domestic scene , and er put it through to Glasgow if it was the , if the employer was a member of the employers ' association , he would then take it to local conference . |
6 | Now local conference usually was held as quickly as possible erm but when you went to local conference as an official , you were then faced with obviously the employer who was concerned in the case , an independent chairman of the employers , but a battery of other members of the employers ' association who were unattached to the actual claim itself . |
7 | In mid-1989 , the Fiji Trade Union Council , derecognised by the government in 1986 because of its links with the Labour Party [ see p. 35251 ] , called for a general strike to force the government to lift the freeze on wages and revive the defunct wage guideline forum comprising the Fiji Trades Union Congress , the government and the employers ' association . |
8 | The employers ' association , the National Society of Industries ( SNI ) , said that the tax would lead to a further slowing of economic demand and would deepen the recession . |
9 | In an effort to meet its 1991 inflation target , the government in October 1990 concluded with the UGT ( General Workers ' Union ) and the Employers ' Association a pact for the following year : average wage increases would be below 13.4 per cent ; the working week would be reduced from 48 to 44 hours ; the minimum monthly wage for industrial and farm workers would rise by 15 per cent , as would most pension and social security payments ; labour disputes were to be resolved through negotiation rather than industrial action . |
10 | On Feb. 5 Prime Minister Theodor Stoloyan met representatives of the National Advisory Council of Trade Unions and the Employers ' Association to discuss a collective labour agreement , but a government spokesman described their talks ( which had begun in January ) as deadlocked ; the government claimed that a minimum monthly wage of 24,000 lei ( US$1.00=194.967 lei as at Feb. 3 , 1992 ) , as demanded by the trade unions , would lead to a rise in the number of unemployed from 700,000 to 2,550,000 . |
11 | The districts ' association will tell Mr Lang that a single council would be too big and remote . |
12 | Letters or articles advocating a switch to political pluralism ‘ would be an act against socialism , ’ according to Mr Tran Cong Man , Deputy Secretary General of the Journalists ' Association . |
13 | On April 10 , the Press Council declared that the proposed changes were reminiscent of the 1925 Takrir-e Sukun ( law of silence ) and " were in no way relevant to 1990s Turkey " , while on April 11 the Journalists ' Association accused the government of wanting to " destroy the right of reporting altogether " . |
14 | The hidden agenda , which has never been properly discussed , was an attempt by American superagent Mark McCormack to muscle into the world of FI via Didier Pironi , then president of the drivers ' association . |
15 | And the real ale enthusiasts chose The Tap and Barrel in Middlesbrough as their 1990–1 Pub of the Year the eight season that the supporters ' association has presented such an award . |
16 | The insurers ' association agrees that many of its members no longer cover properties with tenants on benefit . |
17 | Oh yes , it 's council do n't do it , er , they have to , the Trainers ' Association paid for that . |
18 | The Childminders ' Association is all in favour of ‘ hugs and cuddles ’ even when a youngster is behaving badly . |
19 | ‘ I agree with the Childminders ' Association on that . |
20 | He is also addressing the criticism that the Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain ( FRAC ) , funds to enable the regions to acquire contemporary works of art , represent more intervention of the centre by encouraging the funds ' association with local structures . |
21 | The blunt-talking Yorkshireman has been voted out as chairman of the Umpires ' Association by his fellow pros . |
22 | The Umpires ' Association had planned to table a motion giving an official vote of support for Lamb . |
23 | Other groups that have written in support of the Save the Cairngorms-led initiative include the Mountaineering Council for Scotland , the Ramblers ' Association , North East Mountain Trust , Friends of the Earth , RSPB and the World Wide Fund for Nature . |
24 | And despite the Ramblers ' Association suggestion of management etc , we have not made too good a job of protecting other wilderness areas open to the public . |
25 | Assert your right to walk on land to which access is denied by taking part in the Ramblers ' Association Forbidden Britain Day . |
26 | To find out more details about these and local events send a SAE to The Ramblers ' Association , 1/5 Wandsworth Road , London SW8 2XX or telephone 071 582 6878 . |
27 | Members of the Ramblers ' Association ( RA ) recently staged a symbolic trespass on Thurlstone Moor in the Peak District in a move which heralds a more militant approach to increasing access to some of Britain 's most beautiful countryside . |
28 | The Ramblers ' Association ( RA ) have condemned as ‘ shameful ’ the government 's approval of an army plan to take over for training 900 acres of common land at Holcombe near Bury , Manchester . |
29 | Available from The Ramblers ' Association , 1–5 Wandsworth Road , London SW8 2XX . |
30 | Some , like the Ramblers ' Association , are happy for the guides , which they describe as ‘ historic pieces of literature ’ , to be reprinted as they are . |