Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ['s] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Sweden , for instance , a strong employers ' confederation enforced managerial prerogatives from the early years of the present century , prerogatives which were also supported by the legal framework until the law was changed in 1977 ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 2 | Rather a dreary , grey looking place not very eye catching to me but that did n't matter the next eight hours ' driving did . |
| 3 | European nations ' telecoms continued to depend on a consensual grouping of a few powerful interests . |
| 4 | UK PERSONAL COMPUTER DIRECT MARKETERS ' ASSOCIATION FORMED TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS — BUT THE US MAJORS STAY AWAY |
| 5 | At about 7.30 p.m. , after two and a half hours ' sleep curled up on the floor of the trench , I made my way out of the orchard and on to the road . |
| 6 | Henley has always been popular with visitors and societies , and in 1935 the British Racing Drivers ' Club came , arranged by Henley Member J.A . |
| 7 | A spokesman for the British Bankers ' Association said : ‘ It is a little premature for us to take a view on it . |
| 8 | Consumers repaid a substantial amount of debt and the amount of consumer credit outstanding from UK banks was actually less than a year ago , Lord Inchyra , the director-general of the British Bankers ' Association said yesterday . |
| 9 | English fishermen 's leaders gave warning that militant action could result from the failure of the council to aid the catchers . |
| 10 | SCOTTISH fishermen 's leaders warned yesterday that Britain 's North Sea haddock quota will be exhausted within three weeks , leading to crisis in the industry and large-scale dumping at sea . |
| 11 | In the year to December Japanese workers received a wage increase of 6.3% , equivalent to a real rise of 2.4% ; British workers ' pay rose by 9.8% , a real increase of only 0.5% . |
| 12 | Nick Musgrave , secretary and chief executive of the Thoroughbred Breeders ' Association said : ‘ This is a very positive move in the right direction . ’ |
| 13 | I collected the mats from Relum Ltd of Saxmundham , Suffolk , on Friday the 15th along with 400 pre-packed campers ' meals made available by Relum free of charge . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This practitioners ' society functioned until 1835 , when it was dissolved because of poor attendance by its members , while the College 's society continued to exist . |
| 16 | SCOTTISH lawyers ' leaders made a blistering attack on changes to the civil legal aid system yesterday , declaring that access to justice for about 250,000 people will be severely restricted . |
| 17 | Even the teenage mothers ' infants had good chances of surviving the first year of life , if their fathers were 25–29 years old . |
| 18 | In reply to an enquiry by the Commission , the Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers ' Associations sent a questionnaire to its member associations , in order to gauge the involvement of former cathedral choristers in the life of the Church . |
| 19 | GOVERNMENT must act on quotas for suckler cows and breeding ewes which threaten the future of the landlord tenant system , the Scottish Landowners ' Federation claimed yesterday . |
| 20 | Solid , castellated , and colonnaded for much of its length , it suddenly takes off into a free-flowing fantasy of spires and spirelets , as if two different architects ' designs had got mixed up on the drawing-board . |
| 21 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had been trying for many years to raise sufficient money to build the Pavilion , and indeed had sold the Harrison Towns field some three years previously for this very reason . |
| 22 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had decided to use some of the proceeds from its sale of the Harrison-Towns field to build squash-courts , and the Parents ' Association was about to launch an Appeal to raise money for a swimming pool , the lack of which had been bemoaned since the move to Buxton Road . |
| 23 | To commemorate the event in more permanent fashion , the Old Stopfordians ' Association presented one hundred guineas to buy an organ . |
| 24 | We are still languishing in the Edwardian era , when our great British Women 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore long flannels … when the bulk of entrants at Wimbledon were British because it took six weeks to cross the Atlantic , and another six to reach Australia ! |
| 25 | We are still languishing in the Edwardian era , when our great British Women 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore corsets under their tennis dresses and our great British men 's champions wore long flannels … when the bulk of entrants at Wimbledon were British because it took six weeks to cross the Atlantic , and another six to reach Australia ! |
| 26 | Some members of Orkney 's twelve-strong Children 's Panel threatened to resign if she was re-instated . |
| 27 | Her parents Robert and Carol joined in the hunt , which ended on Boxing Day when a man walking his dog in a nearby lovers ' lane found Johanna 's black trainers in a hedge . |
| 28 | Certainly my mother 's successful campaign to have the nearby men 's urinal closed was vigorous and rewarding . |
| 29 | The Women 's Fellowship organized various 1- and 2-day shops and the Old Boys ' Choir gave a concert . |
| 30 | By the end of the year numbers had risen still further to 109 , and an Old Boys ' Association had been formed . |