Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | This department will have responsibilities for the Office of Arts & Libraries ( OAL ) , in particular for the Arts Council and the national museums , adding to them the Home Office responsibilities for the broadcasting services ' legislative framework and the BBC in particular . |
2 | The reasons for the lorry drivers ' strike have already been given . |
3 | The Company is providing trophies for the village schools ' competition and a wayside seat for presentation to the winning hamlet . |
4 | Free multiparty elections held on June 8 , 1990 [ see p. 37542 ] , brought a clear majority for the twin citizens ' movements which had led the protests of late 1989 , Civic Forum in the Czech Lands and Public Against Violence in Slovakia . |
5 | SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD James Spreng , captain of Stewart's-Melville XI , and his brother , Gerald ( 15 ) , who plays in the same side , have been selected for the Under-18 and Under-16 Scotland squads respectively for the home schools ' internationals in Cork at the end of next month . |
6 | As I explain in more detail in a recent report for the Electricity Consumers ' Council ( Nuclear Power and the Economic Interests of Consumers ) the CEGB 's figures for nuclear fuel-cycle costs are extremely limited and contain internal inconsistencies . |
7 | Applications for the dance leaders ' course must be made this month to Durham City Arts , City Baths , Elvet Waterside , Durham . |
8 | Applications for the dance leaders ' course must be made this month to Durham City Arts , City Baths , Elvet Waterside , Durham . |
9 | As it happens , the Americans are partly responsible for the building firms ' good fortune . |
10 | THE TUC cleared the way yesterday for the rebel electricians ' union to return to the fold . |
11 | Bosnia and Serbia possessed rich forest resources , which were used to provide charcoal for the metal workers ' furnaces as well as timber for the construction of houses . |
12 | For the band members ' own ‘ salaries ’ , a Certificate of Tax Deposits can be purchased from the Inland Revenue . |
13 | Robson , a contender for the Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award , has played in only two of United 's last five matches but his contribution has been significant . |
14 | Trevor Hicks , whose two daughters were among those who died , and Peter Jackson , the Liverpool solicitor who acted for the Football Supporters ' Association at the Hillsborough Inquiry , both condemn the FA for acting in haste . |
15 | And David Lee , spokesman for the Football Supporters ' Association said : ‘ We have asked the PFA to support the protest by asking their members to sit down for one minute on Saturday . ’ |
16 | He had always thought the MP for Arden read little save for the Motor Traders ' Gazette . |
17 | The charter received a more cautious welcome from Ernie Preston , North-East spokesman for the transport users ' consultative committee . |
18 | proper training for the end users ' operators in the use of the Licensed Software |
19 | The high result for the Estate Agents ' text may be a reflection the commonality between Estate Agents ' literature and other genres contained in the LOB Corpus . |
20 | Although the specific dictionary out-performs the general dictionary for Banking text , for the Estate Agents ' text the general dictionary out-performs the domain dictionary . |
21 | However , it may transpire that the result for the Estate Agents ' text is somewhat unrepresentative . |
22 | Since I was pipped at the post for the Periodical Publishers ' Association Columnist of the Year award by Maureen Lipman , star of stage and commercial , I thought I 'd better look up her column in She magazine to see how I might bring my stuff up to state-of-the-art standard . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Balanced with a diet of the gospels , I would look on it as the church planters ' manual . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | The Danish Government emphasised the correlation which must exist between the member states ' quotas and the local fishing areas which the quotas were to benefit . |
27 | Operational efficiency within the ISE is reflected in the costs investors incur in carrying out transactions , the main ones being commission to brokers and the spread ( the difference between the market makers ' buying and selling prices ) . |
28 | Nor had Nigel yet heard anything about the agony aunts ' replies . |
29 | The press had already scented a story , and friends at Regent 's Park Zoo urged her to speak out about the zoo animals ' wretched living conditions , now she had seen them in their natural habitat . |
30 | Recent anxiety about the grammar schools ' perceived responsibility for reinforcing divisions between the middle and working classes , and about the wastage of talent which their continued existence perpetuated , has brought their traditional curriculum under severe attack . |