Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The row over the Fayed brothers ' acquisition simmers on , thanks to the Bank of England 's embarrassment over Harrods Bank . |
| 32 | Here , Tiny Rowland concludes his version of events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser with a first-hand account of the situation in question against the background of his personal experience in business . |
| 33 | In the following example from the Foreword to A Hero from Zero , Tiny Rowland presents a summary of the events leading up to the Fayed brothers ' acquisition of the House of Fraser . |
| 34 | New dialect acquisition is a more attractive explanation of the London Creole speakers ' behaviour than second language acquisition for several reasons . |
| 35 | As he told little aphorisms from Rumi or the anecdotes of Ferdowsi 's Shah Nama — the Mughal Emperors ' favourite storybook-his gentle voice soothed away the irritations of modern Delhi . |
| 36 | AS THE political parties ' election campaigns grind into their final week , many peoples ' thoughts are turning to Easter holidays and plans to get away from it all-assuming they can still afford it , that is . |
| 37 | A summary of the Echo 's series was distributed to all political parties ' autumn conferences and indeed mentioned in Parliament . |
| 38 | In the matter of the ultimate composition of the 30-strong Lions ' squad , those games could still be important . |
| 39 | ‘ I am not scared of walking down Bondgate with my checked trousers and apron on , ’ says the owner of the Smythe confectionery chain , now part-way through a two-year stint as chairman of the British Confectioners ' Association . |
| 40 | Bawden lived in that house for 30 years , and no one who went there could forget its atmosphere , partly created by its English artists ' eccentricity of decor . |
| 41 | It looks like scratchings from an old birds ' nest . |
| 42 | UK PERSONAL COMPUTER DIRECT MARKETERS ' ASSOCIATION FORMED TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS — BUT THE US MAJORS STAY AWAY |
| 43 | The Personal Computer Direct Marketers ' Association , PCDMA , is the brainchild of sales and marketing consultant Keith Warburton , and includes not only companies that sell hardware direct to the corporate or business user , but also ‘ off-the-page ’ systems integrators , value-added resellers and dealers . |
| 44 | The PC Direct Marketers ' Association ( PCDMA ) will be officially launched by the time you read this , and consists of Dan , Mesh , Viglen , Kamco , Evesham Micros , Hi-Grade , Centerprise International and the Granville Group , which owns Time Computers and Colussus . |
| 45 | The so-called deputies ' science and technology working group was asked to nominate people within their agencies to serve on panels that will develop policies for 15 topics ranging from specific issues such as medical technology to basic research itself . |
| 46 | Davide Pittagora had been born in Rupe , ancient Rubi , a great centre of vase-painting , not quite as cosmopolitan as Taranto on the coast , for the Ionian port could attend a wealthier class of customer , but a distinguished artists ' colony , up in the fresher air of the hills , away from the hot sandpaper winds that blew the trade into Riba and her sister harbours , Dolmetta , Tirrani , and , further south , Brindisi . |
| 47 | The British Employers ' Confederation , for example , had no strong views on the matter , the NFOAPA vaguely opposed compulsory retirement , and only the Fabian Society had given it much thought : they proposed an interesting ‘ double-decker ’ scheme , involving payment of 10s 0d per week as in the existing system , and ‘ adequate ’ pensions on retirement . |
| 48 | The memorandum ( endorsed by the National Joint Advisory Council representing the British Employers ' Confederation , the TUC , and the nationalized industries ) identified as the essential problem the provision of a place in society for the ever-growing proportion of elderly persons and suggested that : ‘ Age sixty-five for men and sixty for women ought no longer to be regarded as ‘ normal retiring age ’ ' . |
| 49 | We have said that immigration and asylum cases are unique in that the Government and the United Nations fund a free , professional legal advice and representation service in the shape of UKIAS and the Government fund free solicitors ' advice through the green form . |
| 50 | The Securities and Investments Board has welcomed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ' decision that its members should be authorised via membership of the Securities and Futures Authority , rather than the RICS seeking recognition in its own right . |
| 51 | NORTH ‘ We 've seen an increase in activity but people are reluctant to commit themselves , ’ says Newcastle-based Peter Miller , Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ' housing spokesman . |
| 52 | The Teddy Bear 's weekend on July 18 and 19 will be a favourite with the children while on September 5 and 6 the railway will host the popular Modellers ' meet . |
| 53 | However , in Brimelow v. Casson , persuasion of theatre proprietors by a theatrical performers ' protection society to break their contracts with a theatrical manager was justified on the grounds that the wage paid by the manager to chorus girls was so low that they were obliged to supplement it by resort to prostitution . |
| 54 | Scottish solicitors ' monopoly over conveyancing fees to be ended |
| 55 | SCOTTISH solicitors ' monopoly over charging fees for conveyancing is to be ended and their rights of audience extended to Scotland 's supreme courts , the High Court and Court of Session . |
| 56 | Minister visits endangered birds ' sanctuary |
| 57 | A confederated employers ' organisation was set up in 1919 at the behest of the state which wanted a partner for the application of the new law on collective wage agreements . |
| 58 | He almost immediately led a breakaway of members into a Scottish Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union at a wage of £pound2 a week and made common cause with Alderman " Tommy " Lewis , who had already led a similar breakaway in Southampton to form the British Seafarers ' Union with which Shinwell 's union merged . |
| 59 | To Abbott and Hornsby were added the names of Captain Lawrence , with whom Wilson had been associated in the formation of the Certificated Officers ' Union , Maurice Darby , the originator of the first Glasgow branch who was alleged to have gone over to the Shipping Federation in 1890 , Robert Pleasance , former secretary of the Tower Hill branch who had been expelled from the union in the same year , and a Thomas Carey , an official of the NSFU discharged for unsatisfactory conduct in 1911 who , Wilson claimed , immediately became involved with the Federation and , while still in its pay , assisted Lewis in setting up the British Seafarers ' Union . |
| 60 | Its chairman , vice-chairman and secretary were appointed by the Controller of Shipping and each group of men sailors and firemen , engineers , deck officers and cooks and stewards — represented by their appropriate organisations , with the exception of local organisations and the British Seafarers ' Union , though the latter was given a " due proportion " of representatives on the passenger line panels of the Southampton and Glasgow District Boards . |