Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' and " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mary Whitehouse and the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association |
| 32 | The chapter takes as its focus the work of Mary Whitehouse and the organisation with which she is most closely associated , the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association ( NVALA ) . |
| 33 | THE NATIONAL VIEWERS ' AND LISTENERS ' ASSOCIATION |
| 34 | By November 1965 , the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association was being launched in London to the full glare of press publicity by James Dance , MP for Bromsgrove , by then another leading figure in the campaign . |
| 35 | The National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association is by no means the only ‘ moral entrepreneurial ’ group of this sort , although it is one of the most long-standing , and it has , through Mary Whitehouse , generally achieved a higher profile than many of the others . |
| 36 | National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association This organization monitors radio and television programmes with the aim of persuading programme planners to avoid excessive violence , sex and other issues which could be distasteful to family viewers . |
| 37 | Mary Whitehouse , founder of the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association , admitted to being ‘ 81.5 ’ . |
| 38 | The two were speaking as Mrs Mary Whitehouse , president of the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association , called for a clamp-down on screen violence . |
| 39 | Examples of more common warranties , customary purchasers ' and vendors ' arguments on each and , in some cases , possible compromises are given in detail at 1109.3 and should be consulted when reviewing warranties and assisting the client to plan tactics and strategy . |
| 40 | When we held activities at the school , the girls would always opt for the domestic tasks ' and it was difficult to persuade them to take on some other responsibility . |
| 41 | This analysis was carried out for mixed schools only ( there were four single-sex schools in the sample , three boys ' and one girls ' ) . |
| 42 | J.Havelock Wilson , Presidential Address , Annual Conference National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , September 1916 . |
| 43 | Ned Cathery , in his first report as general secretary of the new National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union of Great Britain and Ireland gave the date of its formation as 26 November 1894 at a gathering of the union 's most loyal supporters at the Wade Arms in Poplar . |
| 44 | The Southampton branch refused to send delegates to the Annual General Meeting at which its complaints were to be discussed and addressed a letter to the meeting in which the branch committee advised Southampton members to secede from the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union in order to establish a local and independent society . |
| 45 | On 28 September 1911 Hermann Jochade , secretary of the International Transport Workers ' Federation in a letter to its secretary Arthur Cannon expressed his surprise at the branch 's actions , and noted " I have myself investigated the workings of the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union , as I have done with other unions connected with the International Transport Workers ' Federation in Great Britain , and have pleasure in stating and testifying that the Seamen 's Union is one of the best organised and conducted of all unions I have made enquiries into . |
| 46 | Buxton was not a man to be deterred by the shipowners ' protestations that the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not only unrepresentative of seamen but would fail " to command support in the event of a decision of a conciliation board which did not secure the immediate approval of the persons affected " . |
| 47 | Within a week of the outbreak of war the co-operation of the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was sought over the manning of merchant vessels requisitioned or chartered by the Admiralty and an agreement arrived at jointly with the Board of Trade . |
| 48 | The union supported the idea of a national wage for seafarers , determined by and supervised by a National or London Joint Committee of the parties concerned and corresponding Local Joint Committees but proposed that labour should be supplied by the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union . |
| 49 | This has been shown as part of the Education Programme to all INROADS ' and Support Staff . |
| 50 | More importantly , their work still has considerable validity as a theoretical alternative to Formalism and structuralism , an alternative which may seem a great deal closer to many readers ' and critics ' feelings about literature and life . |
| 51 | Arguing that elements of both capitalism and Western culture were necessary to growth and prosperity , the article warned : " If we unanalytically fear " capitalist influences ' and return to the old road of the closed door , this could really shake the socialist foundation . " |
| 52 | Having complained for many years about blacklegs from the continent , Wilson and his colleagues found themselves , in the early 1900s faced by a reverse flow , foreign agents , assisted in some cases by the Shipping Federation , recruiting British workers to break dock strikes in Antwerp in 1906 and 1908 , a seamen 's strike in Hamburg in 1906 and a Swedish miners ' and dockers ' strike in Sweden in 1908 . |
| 53 | He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’ |
| 54 | As well as being responsible for all viewers ' and listeners ' complaints , the council will also monitor programmes from outside Britain but received here . |
| 55 | As well as being responsible for all viewers ' and listeners ' complaints , the council will also monitor programmes from outside the United Kingdom which can be received here , ‘ to ascertain how violence and sexual conduct are portrayed ’ . |
| 56 | There were active liberal or socialist-influenced tenants ' and farmers ' movements in the interwar period which sought to improve the farmers ' lot . |
| 57 | The others , particularly All Saints ' and St. Mary 's , were extensively rebuilt using the materials of the poorer churches . |
| 58 | Wondering what to wear when the weather gets hot in London is a big part of many girls ' and women 's daily life , my own included . |
| 59 | Ali , for example , in the same passage , speaks of " 40-akce medreses ' and medreses of less than 50 akce " ( whereas , of course , all medreses were at the 50-akce level ) . |
| 60 | It is , however , a project endorsed by good citizens ' and ‘ hard workers ’ and one threatened by a subordinated Second Nation . |