Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour opposes discrimination against lesbian mothers and has Annual Conference policy in support of lesbian mothers ' custody rights , but this is quite separate from winning elections — which is what matters most . |
| 2 | How state governments approach the budget deficits now facing them will determine whether the coming year sees a further round of downgrading of public authorities ' credit ratings . |
| 3 | Perhaps the observation of particular teachers over a prolonged period combined with the charting of individual pupils ' learning experiences — including visits to the library — and the ways in which they did or did not use project-purchased resources would achieve this end , but there are clearly practical and methodological objections to such activities . |
| 4 | Recently one bank , Mitsui Taiyo Kobe International , warned it might not satisfy the Bank of International Settlements ' capital requirements . |
| 5 | I commend the programme of the development of elderly persons ' resource centres in those cities . |
| 6 | The research will compare the development of Prime Ministers ' press offices in three ‘ Westminster systems'--London , Ottawa and Canberra--and the President 's press office in the White House . |
| 7 | Having worked as an agent , I always take care of Dire straits ' concert bookings and I have made that sort of mistake with them . |
| 8 | At a recent meeting of the North West London Dermatology Audit Group we examined the diagnostic accuracy of general practitioners ' referral letters to one dermatological department in a London teaching hospital . |
| 9 | The fact that employers were organised by industry had a feedback effect on the structure of manual workers ' trade unions . |
| 10 | In 1975 the Council agreed to the award of the degree of Master of Education , on condition that it was not taken as a precedent for a variety of other masters ' degree titles . |
| 11 | These , referred to in his diary , may just have been to illustrate special copies of other authors ' guide books . |
| 12 | The demonstration was sponsored by some 70 organizations , including SOS-Racisme , the League of Human Rights , the Federation of Immigrant Workers ' Solidarity Organizations ( FASTI ) and the Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples ( MRAP ) , as well as left-wing political parties and trade unions . |
| 13 | Labour Party plans for a national minimum wage were criticised by the AEU engineering union , which fears an erosion of skilled workers ' pay differentials . |
| 14 | But despite the fact that he has been ‘ steadily critical ’ of successive governments ' housing policies , Prof Greve does see some hope for the future — and even for some of the tower blocks . |
| 15 | It was also noted that a series of young analysts ' talk shops had been arranged to take place during the ‘ Laboratory ’ exhibition in November 1991 . |
| 16 | The administration and financing of 842 Magistrates ' courts , presided over by about 18,500 lay justices of the peace , assisted by clerks who were mostly full-time and salaried , was in the hands of local Magistrates ' courts committees , with the aid of a grant from the Home Office . |
| 17 | Introduction of local authorities ' performance indicators under the Citizen 's Charter |
| 18 | In 1947 the NUT conducted a survey of local authorities ' selection procedures . |