Example sentences of "of [art] [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Brian Scott , secretary of the Processed Vegetable Growers ' Association , comments : ‘ It is n't easy and yields are very variable . |
| 32 | Representatives of the United Mine Workers ' Union ( UMW ) reached an agreement on Jan. 1 with the Pittston Coal Company to end a nine-month strike by more than 2,000 miners . |
| 33 | The call went out from a meeting of the National Transport Workers ' Federation Executive on 10 June , Edmund Cathery , in Wilson 's continued absence , declaring that his union would not be bound by it . |
| 34 | ‘ The violence against street children is now far more barbarous than anything inflicted on political prisoners during the worst phase of the military dictatorship , ’ said Benedicto Rodrigues dos Santos , of the National Street Children 's Movement , a welfare organisation that has documented the violent deaths of 1,397 street children since 1984 . |
| 35 | Obviously if one does not start from this premise , then the point about the wider range of jobs is no longer relevant ; the belief that degrees are taken in order to get jobs is so much part of the physical science students ' taken-for-granted ideas about education that it remains implicit rather than explicit . |
| 36 | In the aftermath of the Orthodox Church leaders ' summit in Istanbul last month , when the assembled patriarchs spoke — as much in sorrow as in anger — of the proselytism addressed at their flock by what was carefully described as ‘ certain elements ’ in the Catholic Church , the mere presence of so benign a Catholic as Cardinal Hume in Moscow could well encourage local Catholics and Orthodox alike to reassess any confrontational attitudes to one another and to concentrate rather on their common ground , thus furthering mutual respect , concern and understanding . |
| 37 | Members of the secondary school teachers ' union ( LOME ) went on strike in July 1990 in support of a 15 per cent salary increase and improved training and conditions [ see also September 1990 strikes and July austerity measures p. 37721 ] . |
| 38 | The two resource persons are Dr Musimbi Kanyoro , Executive Secretary for Women in Church and Society with the Lutheran World Federation , and Dr Tobe Levin , founder of the Frankfurt-based group Women 's International Studies Europe . |
| 39 | Three of the Royal Academy Schools ' 1992 postgraduates will be showing at the Crane Gallery , Sloane Street , and donating part of the proceeds of any sales to their former institution . |
| 40 | Eddery , winner of the Royal Ascot jockeys ' title four times since 1986 , has a powerful book of rides for the four day showpiece meeting . |
| 41 | The scheme is said to have the backing of the Royal Warrant Holders ' Association and not to need permission from the Palace . |
| 42 | A long-serving member of the British Pottery Managers ' Association , Roy was President in 1984 and served on the executive committee for eight years . |
| 43 | Ipswich have applied to the management committee of the British Speedway Promoters ' Association to use the rider replacement facility for Parker until the Australian is fit — or until a signing is made . |
| 44 | This month we focus on the work of the British Carpet Manufacturers ' Association ( BCMA ) , which has some useful advice for d-i-y fitters . |
| 45 | He went as part of an influential industry delegation , all members of the British Carpet Manufacturers ' Association , of which he is Vice President . |
| 46 | Members of the High Coniscliffe Women 's Institute have chipped in with a £200 donation and the Darlington Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society raised £100 . |
| 47 | Although only halfway through her first effort ( based , oh dear , on a dream ) she already has an agent and has made the shortlist of a first-time fiction writers ' competition , the Ian St James Awards , for a story drawn from the book . |
| 48 | The re-opening of a nineteenth century cabbies ' shelter has upset some taxi-drivers . |
| 49 | And Books for Giving will be inserted in the November issue of a high circulation women 's magazine . |
| 50 | The head of a smart high-street men 's shop attempted to tell me why corduroys are superior to blue jeans . |
| 51 | This was provided in 1747 by the establishment of a national Merchant Seamen 's Fund , similarly supported by seamen 's contributions , and administered in practice port by port . |
| 52 | In a recent catalogue of a large funeral directors ' suppliers firm I counted 309 embalming preparations . |