Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal considered whether an adjudicator 's decision in a construction contract ( see 6.8.5 ) was enforceable as an arbitration award , and decided that it was not , but their judgment was based on the interim nature of the adjudicator 's decision pending arbitration to which the decision would be subject , and not on any of the usual characteristics of experts ' decisions : the interim nature of adjudicators ' decisions is itself untypical of experts ' decisions . |
| 2 | The vehicles will be given to the National Association of Boys ' Clubs and will tour run-down inner-city areas . |
| 3 | Now , by a quirk of history , the machinery for carrying out such schemes of training in drama was not to be found in normal educational administration , but in the huge network of social services administered by the National Council of Social Services , a voluntary body financed by Carnegie Trust which since 1919 had co-ordinated the work of various national organisations such as the Village Drama Society , County Rural Community Councils , British Drama League , the Federation of Women 's Institutes , the National Association of Boys ' Clubs , Townswomen 's Guilds , the Workers ' Educational Association , County Youth Committees , the Standing Conference of Drama Associations and Hull University 's Extra-Mural Department , the only university to take interest in Community Drama . |
| 4 | The institutes which began to open in London in the late 1850s appear to have recruited from among the lower-middle class , though Waldo McGillicuddy Eagar , a young Edwardian club worker ( later to be a leading figure in the National Association of Boys ' Clubs ) claimed that ‘ as anxiety about the working classes was intensified , some Youths ’ Institutes reached down from the middle classes to the poor , and increasingly diluted their formal educational programmes with recreational activities . |
| 5 | Johnnie buried himself in his work for Northamptonshire County Council , the National Association of Boys ' Clubs and his cattle farm . |
| 6 | OVER 200 of the North-East 's best young athletes will be battling it out in the Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs cross country championships at Aykley Heads , Durham , tomorrow writes FRANK JOHNSON . |
| 7 | MIDDLESBROUGH and Cleveland Harriers stole the show with all four individual winners and two team gold medals in yesterday 's Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs cross country championships at Aykley Heads , Durham . |
| 8 | The National Association of Boys ' Clubs refutes the allegations attributed to Miles Atkinson , the vice-chairman of the Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs , contained in the article . |
| 9 | The National Association of Boys ' Clubs refutes the allegations attributed to Miles Atkinson , the vice-chairman of the Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs , contained in the article . |
| 10 | I believe the statements alleged to have been made by Mr Atkinson do not reflect the views of the Durham Association of Boys ' Clubs . |
| 11 | As I hear the summons , I feel almost human , thinking of dentists ' offices , tumbrils , guillotines . |
| 12 | THE two branches of the legal profession last night remained split over the abolition of the barristers ' monopoly in the higher courts as the Government published its Courts and Legal Services Bill , overturning centuries of lawyers ' traditions . |
| 13 | it encourages the perception of pupils ' attainments as being at one of a number of discrete ‘ levels ’ . |
| 14 | In the orchestration of this criticism , and in the curbing of local aristocrats who were quite unrestrained by royal power , no single factor was more important than the veneration of saints ' shrines at a local monastery . |
| 15 | The FASB rule applies only to assets held for trading ; the bulk of insurers ' assets are long-term investments , and so will continue to be shown at their historic value . |
| 16 | The reality is that we are conservative in our appreciation of others ' abilities and we are reticent and uncertain about our own . |
| 17 | Dependency on standardised routines and rough and ready indicators of patients ' needs , such as their level of mobility , is essential ( Proctor 1990 ) . |
| 18 | From his vantage point in Worcester House he became involved in the speculative buying of soldiers ' bills , with which he made fifteen purchases of Crown land , mostly on behalf of other men . |
| 19 | Does the same exclusion of teachers apply to the Act 's seventh and final change , namely the enhancement of governors ' powers ? |
| 20 | Librarians see advantages in tel ms of increased use of resources , increased interest and involvement of pupils and teachers in the library , a chance to identify accurately information needs and an enhancement of pupils ' abilities to locate and use pertinent information sources . |
| 21 | Indeed , in its Manifesto to Members , the Institute omits any mention of members ' interests . |
| 22 | NARAL is asking readers of the New York Times to see a loss of women 's rights as a loss of Americans ' rights , thus implying that this is a novel way to look at the matter . |
| 23 | Letter to the Editor : Unfair loss of composers ' fees |
| 24 | Economic consequences were particularly severe for countries which were forced to bear the costs of accommodating large numbers of refugees , such as Jordan [ see p. 37639 ] and Turkey [ see p. 37641 ] , or suffer the loss of workers ' remittances , such as Egypt , Pakistan , India , Bangladesh and the Philippines . |
| 25 | A report in Le Monde of Sept. 20 disclosed that India faced the loss of workers ' remittances from Iraq and Kuwait totalling $400 million , and would lose exports to Iraq and Kuwait worth around $185 million , while an oil price increase of $3.00 per barrel would add $1,700 million to its oil import bill . |
| 26 | They were the big surprise at Phillips ' auction of collectors ' items in Oxford , they were only expected to get about fifty pounds . |
| 27 | She 's a lawyer , an advocate of childrens ' rights , a former member of several corporate and public interest boards . |
| 28 | No doubt some of these productions were the result of friends ' efforts to re-establish Smart in a condition of solvency . |
| 29 | Net borrowings at the December 1991 year-end totalled £824m with gearing increased to 78 p.c. of shareholders ' funds , against 54 p.c. for 1990 , reflecting both capital expenditure and the fall in the value of group properties . |
| 30 | directors ( number of directors , alternate directors , powers of directors , delegation of directors ' powers , appointment and retirement of directors , disqualification and removal of directors , remuneration and expenses of directors , directors ' appointments and interests , directors ' gratuities and pensions , proceedings of directors ' meetings ( including board meetings ) ) ; |