Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] officers ' " in BNC.

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1 The final straw for the Prison Officers ' Association came when two officers were kicked , beaten and punched in a fracas earlier this week — one went to hospital , the other 's on sick leave .
2 The Government 's latest position on the Maastricht Bill debacle , presented with patrician brazenness by Douglas Hurd yesterday as the law officers ' latest position , is that it matters not a whit whether MPs approve Labour 's amendment on the social chapter .
3 The accounts provided in this chapter of the development officers ' work will have shown already the breadth of activities in which they were involved : assessing , visiting and supporting clients and their families ; recruiting , training and supervising support workers ; negotiating with other service-providers .
4 Perhaps the extreme examples are the offenders who must make use of the probation officers ' services .
5 John Bartell , chairman of the Prison Officers ' Association , has warned that any remand prisoner suffering a condition that requires constant nursing care , or carrying the HIV virus , would not be sent to the Wolds because of the possible cost .
6 At a conference of the Prison Officers ' Association , their leader , John Bartell has called for a halt on the Government 's privatisation of the prison service .
7 Similar escapes in the past — there 've been 16 in 2 years — have prompted officials of the Prison Officers ' Association to suggest video camera surveillance of the blind spot .
8 David Evans , general secretary of the Prison Officers ' Association in England and Wales , mounted a fierce attack on ‘ the threat of contracting-out or privatisation . ’
9 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 .
10 The NUCPS also warned if the move to Glasgow went ahead , staff who were expert in dealing with the army officers ' pay system would leave .
11 A crisis of inmate unrest , with recurrent rooftop protests or rioting ; a staff crisis , with the Prison Officers ' Union forcing thousands of prisoners to be held in police cells ; above all , a numbers crisis , with successive Home Secretaries announcing , at various times , that the breaking point of the system would be reached when the prison population passed the 40,000 , or the 44,000 , or the 50,000 mark .
12 Elsewhere , in the Warrant Officers ' and Non-Commissioned Officers ' Wing accommodation , there is another end-of-course party in full swing .
13 In the early stages after sentencing , supervision would be strict , and because of this would have an effect upon the probation officers ' traditional , caring function , emphasising instead a more custodial role .
14 According to the development officers ' monthly reports to their supervisor the distribution of their work could be broken down into roughly three or four elements ( though the amount of time spent on each changed somewhat as the project progressed ) .
15 One view is that it is the result of government parsimony towards prison staff ; the other is that such staff shortages as occur are due to the arcane system of rigid restrictive practices developed by the Prison Officers ' Association ( POA ) .
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