Example sentences of "officer ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above the rank of inspector , promotion is a matter of performance and most tellingly , other senior ( male ) officers ' assessment . |
| 2 | In the vote on the NUM motion three factors helped to tip the balance in favour of the Labour leadership : the NUM lacked the support it commanded last month at Blackpool from Nalgo , the local government officers ' union , since the latter is not affiliated to the party ; the pro-nuclear EETPU , absent from Blackpool since its expulsion from the TUC , cast its votes in favour of the leadership 's stance ; and Ucatt , the construction union , previously in favour of the 15-year deadline , has recently withdrawn its opposition to the policy review plan . |
| 3 | The Duchess of Gloucester , Colonel-in-Chief , Royal Army Educational Corps , attends the Officers ' Annual Dinner at Eltham Palace , London SE9 . |
| 4 | David Owen , Chief Constable of North Wales , who also heads a senior crime committee , told the Association of Chief Police Officers ' conference in Lancashire yesterday that there was genuine concern about the use of crack . |
| 5 | 6 October : The Duchess of Gloucester , Colonel-in-Chief , The Royal Army Educational Corps , this evening attended the Officers ' Annual Dinner at Eltham Palace , London SE9 . |
| 6 | His release is a victory for those elements in the armed forces who reject even their fellow officers ' professional criticism of the Falklands campaign and argue that General Galtieri deserved a statue , not a prison sentence , for his actions . |
| 7 | They are believed to have worked in the officers ' mess of a signals unit posted to Moortsel , a village near Tervuren , 10 miles east of Brussels , in September 1944 . |
| 8 | The Adjutant abandons the idea of a coffee and hurries towards the Officers ' Mess Where the Inspecting Officer is due to arrive shortly . |
| 9 | Brigadier Scott is taken to the Sergeants ' Mess to meet the Mess members , all of Whom have played vital parts either as instructors or in the administrative support of the recruits ' training , prior to lunching in the Officers ' Mess . |
| 10 | While the recruits and their visitors enjoy the day , the staff and students of the Warrant Officers ' and Non-Commissioned Officers ' Wing continue their work . |
| 11 | While the recruits and their visitors enjoy the day , the staff and students of the Warrant Officers ' and Non-Commissioned Officers ' Wing continue their work . |
| 12 | Elsewhere , in the Warrant Officers ' and Non-Commissioned Officers ' Wing accommodation , there is another end-of-course party in full swing . |
| 13 | Elsewhere , in the Warrant Officers ' and Non-Commissioned Officers ' Wing accommodation , there is another end-of-course party in full swing . |
| 14 | In this business , as soon as one meal is complete there is a need to start on the next , and the ACC chefs of the battalion , lunch behind them , had now to prepare for the functions to be held that evening in the Officers ' , and Warrant Officers ' and Sergeants ' Messes for 180 and 350 people respectively . |
| 15 | In this business , as soon as one meal is complete there is a need to start on the next , and the ACC chefs of the battalion , lunch behind them , had now to prepare for the functions to be held that evening in the Officers ' , and Warrant Officers ' and Sergeants ' Messes for 180 and 350 people respectively . |
| 16 | The team aims to provide an educational training package based on the syllabus used for the Institution of Environmental Health Officers ' course . |
| 17 | Its co-sponsor is none other than the Police Federation , the junior officers ' staff association , traditionally the organisation most wary of reform . |
| 18 | Suddenly my eyes opened wide : I saw that my faded garment was being hung in the closet next to four well-tailored officers ' overcoats , gold stars shining on pale blue epaulets , the insignia of the AVO , the state security police . |
| 19 | So until further notice from me , you are to consider yourself confined to the Battalion area — that means the Officers ' Mess and your company billet — except when on duty of course . |
| 20 | The officers ' wives are being affronted . ’ |
| 21 | The driver of the truck sent to meet Charles and his baggage at the railhead south of Arras , had told him that Lord Christopher — Charles did n't ask the surname — was waiting for him in the Officers ' Mess of 2nd Grenadiers . |
| 22 | ‘ I want a fifteen hundredweight truck to the Officers ' Mess immediately . ’ |
| 23 | Charles tried not to look like the outcast he was feeling and quickened his pace to simulate important last minute business at the Officers ' Mess . |
| 24 | William Whitelaw 's brother officers in the Scots Guards included , for example , a future Archbishop of Canterbury , a future Lord Chamberlain , the man who would become Moderator of the Church of Scotland , the future chairman of United Biscuits and five lord lieutenants as well as the Home Secretary : not bad for a single officers ' mess . |
| 25 | Poindexter kept in his study a poster with the words ‘ Blessed are the Peacemakers ’ though possibly it had been put there by his minister-wife ; North was a member of an officers ' prayer group that prayed regularly for peace , particularly in the Gulf . |
| 26 | Although there were famous instances of resistance to individual officers ' claims , some people who protested suffered reprisals . |
| 27 | This officers ' group lasted for the duration of the occupation , which is to say , for six years , though most of its leaders were caught and executed in the course of the war . |
| 28 | He kept in touch with General Nečas , leader of the officers ' group , by radio . |
| 29 | The camp guards had allowed the baby six months ' life and then , when Elisabeth was selected for the officers ' brothel and her breasts required for purposes other than those of nourishing a Jewish infant , a non-commissioned officer , having polished his boots , drawn up the mess accounts , written an affectionate note to his wife and son and relieved his bladder , took Elisabeth Danziger 's baby from her arms and dashed out its brains against the stone wall outside his office . |
| 30 | It informs and amuses as Dea/Jella , working her passage on the MV Minos , turns into a beer-swigging hearty in the officers ' mess . |