Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks very much er , President er , to mark the occasion of the launching of the British er , Boxers ' Association we 'd like to make a little er , presentation to Barry , who 's the President of that Association and erm who you know , of course , is the Chairman of the Institute of Professional Sport and the Professional Boxers ' Association has got the honour of erm , immediately being part of that er , body and has the assistance , of course , of er , the many people involved there . |
| 2 | Targets would now be more specific , equipment more deadly , and the whole Combined Operations ' set-up run like a taut ship in the fashion of the destroyer HMS Kelly , which the CCO had sunk beneath him off Crete earlier that year . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Rather a dreary , grey looking place not very eye catching to me but that did n't matter the next eight hours ' driving did . |
| 5 | There was a confrontation on Oct. 24 over the Azerbaijani authorities ' decision to appoint Siavush Mustafayev as the new Interior Minister of the autonomous republic of Nakhichevan . |
| 6 | At a time when the company was obliged to draw on its total shareholders ' equity to pay its ( reduced ) dividend , the installation of a new mainframe computer system linked to New York ( and horribly slow to use according to London experts ) accounted for a sizeable percentage of last year 's $7 million auction operating costs . |
| 7 | The row over the Fayed brothers ' acquisition simmers on , thanks to the Bank of England 's embarrassment over Harrods Bank . |
| 8 | European nations ' telecoms continued to depend on a consensual grouping of a few powerful interests . |
| 9 | The swiftlets which produce what the Chinese consider the most desirable edible birds ' nests roost in caves beneath these cliffs . |
| 10 | UK PERSONAL COMPUTER DIRECT MARKETERS ' ASSOCIATION FORMED TO PROTECT CUSTOMERS — BUT THE US MAJORS STAY AWAY |
| 11 | Some employers ' organisations have put forward alternative suggestions . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Already huge controversy has been provoked by some researchers ' attempts to claim effective ownership of human genes through patenting and by a proposal to set up a UK national database of ‘ DNA fingerprints ’ to enable the rapid identification and capture of violent criminals . |
| 14 | Over time , the dominant influence on the nominal size of the government bond market will be the public authorities ' need to borrow and the means by which this need is met . |
| 15 | Miroslav Stepan , former Communist Party secretary in Prague , was sentenced on Oct. 22 to 30 months ' imprisonment following confirmation by an appeal court of his July conviction on charges of abuse of power connected with the suppression of a Prague demonstration on Oct. 28 , 1988 ; a second charge relating to a January 1989 demonstration was referred back to the Prosecutor 's Office [ for his conviction and initial sentence of four years ' imprisonment see p. 37737 ] . |
| 16 | He was not given the 30 months ' notice provided for by his contract . |
| 17 | Some branches ' totals appear better than they should ; Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion benefited from having the Youth Conference and National Eisteddfod in their areas so they received a disproportionate number of HQ recruits . |
| 18 | Some branches ' totals appear better than they should ; Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion benefited from having the Youth Conference and National Eisteddfod in their areas so they received a disproportionate number of HQ recruits . |
| 19 | This kids ' book has an electronic strip down the side which you touch to get 10 different sounds that go with the story . |
| 20 | Henley has always been popular with visitors and societies , and in 1935 the British Racing Drivers ' Club came , arranged by Henley Member J.A . |
| 21 | Rather than saying that £100 invested today at an annual rate of 10 per cent will yield £110 in 12 months ' time , we say that £1 10 due in 12 months ' time has a present value of £100 today . |
| 22 | He told his company that he proposed to join a rival newspaper , giving two months ' notice , rather than the 12 months ' notice required by his contract . |
| 23 | And though the yield of about 5 p.c. is historically high , British companies ' earnings cover is unusually thin and the growth prospects commensurately modest . |
| 24 | The British Bankers ' Association points to ‘ the impracticality of requiring auditors to obtain assurances on the willingness of a bank to continue its existing facilities in terms which are too demanding ’ . |
| 25 | A spokesman for the British Bankers ' Association said : ‘ It is a little premature for us to take a view on it . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The British Bankers ' Association has published a Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice on accounting for advances . |
| 28 | Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit . |
| 29 | With their teams of lawyers , accountants and company agents , and able to transfer money at the push of a computer button , the launderers dodge through the maze of the different countries ' jurisdictions creating a trail so complex that investigators , never mind the banks , find it almost impossible to spot what is going on . |
| 30 | It might seem obvious that all good design has to be ‘ editorially led ’ by a full understanding of the relative importance of different sections of the data , and by a full appreciation of the needs of the readers — but a critical look at some companies ' material makes it woefully apparent that things by no means always work like that . |