Example sentences of "' [noun] [coord] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thousands of miles of new hedgerows in the Midland countryside , when they came to full growth after a generation , added enormously to the bird population , especially with the extermination of the larger hawks and kites as pests , a process that is abundantly recorded in the church-wardens ' accounts or the field-reeves ' books of Midland villages . |
| 2 | This is convenient because it is now recognised that they are such an important aspect of the transaction ; and pension under-funding or , in recent times more likely , over-funding , can involve such large amounts of money that the arrangements will generally be negotiated separately from the rest of the agreement by specialist pension lawyers from the parties ' solicitors and the parties ' respective actuaries . |
| 3 | Organizations with a political outlook , such as the Workers ' Unity Bloc , the Progressive Workers ' Bloc and the Workers ' Youth Movement all became targets for harassment . |
| 4 | The government turns its head aside from government support — apart from words — and says that it is either the employers ' responsibility or the employees ' … |
| 5 | An area of the playground was allowed for this , though it was forbidden to slide on the pathways leading to the Boys ' Entrance and the Girls ' Entrance . |
| 6 | The Wootton and Widgery proposals came to hand at the right time ; there were pressures from bodies such as the Magistrates ' Association and the Justices ' Clerks ; while the prospect of legislation prompted a clearing out of the pigeon holes of Whitehall . |
| 7 | In 1872 , the CWS agreed to do so ; but in 1875 the employees ' right to a bonus was abrogated when delegates to a quarterly meeting of consumers ' societies ‘ swept away the entire bonus system after less than three years ’ trial , and at the same time abolished the United Employees ' Association and the privileges ' — that is , on the purchases of goods — ‘ attached to it , decreeing that employees should share and share alike with other members both as purchasers and as recipients of dividends on their purchases . ’ |
| 8 | The Wives ' Group and the Mothers ' Union had enjoyed varied programmes and both welcome new members at their monthly meetings . |
| 9 | They would work in groups to present the final plan , showing the patients ' needs and the nurses ' needs . |
| 10 | I wonder if I could have belonged to revolutionary movements , even if they were as just as — I find the panthers ' movement and the Palestinians ' movement to be very just — but this belonging , this sympathizing with them is at the same time dictated by the erotic charge which the Arab world in its totality or the black American world represents to me , to my sexuality . |
| 11 | In 1823 he was instrumental in establishing the Mechanics ' Magazine and the Mechanics ' Institute where , in 1825 , he delivered a course of lectures later published as Popular Political Economy ( 1827 ) . |
| 12 | Sir George Askwith , the Board of Trade 's Chief Industrial Commissioner , quickly persuaded Devonport to meet Harry Gosling and Harry Orbell , an influential official of the London Dockers , who were representative of both the executive of the Transport Workers ' Federation and the workers ' side of the Port of London Authority and to assure them that existing agreements would be maintained . |
| 13 | BROADCASTERS are warning that a deal struck between the BBC , the Musicians ' Union and the actors ' union , Equity , on the sale of video-recordings of TV programme mean an end to the release of minority interest programmes , like science documentaries , on video-tape or disc . |
| 14 | In mid-October the dormant Armed Communist Nuclei ( NCC ) re-emerged , planting bombs in premises belonging to the industrialists ' league and the employers ' organization Confindustria in protest at " collaboration " between the government , the trade unions and the employers . |
| 15 | There are organisations for the United Kingdom , the Pensioners ' Convention and the Pensioners ' Liaison Forum , which bring together other national groups such as Pensioners ' Voice , the British Pensioner and Trades Union Association and other retired members groups . |
| 16 | On the plaintiffs ' appeal and the defendants ' cross-appeal on the ground that the plaintiffs were not entitled to object to the amount of any costs in the accounts unless the court had deprived the defendants of the relevant costs : — |
| 17 | The coalition had been joined by the Peasants ' Party and the Peasants ' Alliance . |