Example sentences of "farmers ' [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole concept of quotas should be abandoned because of the economic damage that they cause by preventing the proper and flexible use of farmers ' resources and assets and by preventing technological innovation . |
| 2 | Where work was available near home it was rural based and by choice farmers ' sons and part-time farmers sought to be self-employed to allow a greater flexibility for the farm work . |
| 3 | The Young Farmers movement was a sort of matrimonial agency for many farmers ' sons and daughters . |
| 4 | The initial study compared the landscapes of 1945 and 1972 and examined farmers ' motives and attitudes to landscape change in seven ‘ type ’ areas : intensive arable ; extensive arable ( 2 ) ; dairying ; mixed ; general cropping ; and livestock rearing , dairying and mixed . |
| 5 | E. The climate , the soil and the land are all natural inputs , which affect the size of farmers ' crops or the amount of milk , beef or wool they can produce . |
| 6 | Initially , the system worked well : Federconsorzi used its national clout to bid up the price of farmers ' crops and bargain down the cost of their supplies . |
| 7 | Something has been stealing the farmers ' chickens and carrying off the young sheep from the hills . |
| 8 | They used to do good turns when t' dalesfolk was fast asleep in their beds — cleanin' out t' farmers ' churns an' scrubbin' t' dairy floors an' suchlike chores . |
| 9 | Farmers ' groups and FMC claim that the proposed restrictions are the most stringent in the country , but Virginia 's environmental groups and the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries are seeking a complete ban on the pesticide , which is responsible for the deaths of more than two million birds a year , including bald eagles who feed on smaller dead birds which have been poisoned . |
| 10 | Past a small shop where there were farmers ' boots and garden forks and rakes stacked outside despite the rain , and stickers in the window for frozen foods . |
| 11 | This project is looking at the way in which plant-breeding at public sector institutes in Scotland , Wales and England has been influenced by various interest groups : government ( via the Agricultural Research Council ) , the private sector ( including farmers ' organisations and seed companies ) , and the academic community . |
| 12 | If I was of a mind to stop washing and shaving and go live in a bus and drive around the country shitting in farmers ' fields and killing their sheep and being hassled by the pigs and pilloried by the Daily Star and generally being ‘ free ’ , this is the record I would choose to do it to . |
| 13 | Yes , for the farmers ' daughters and |