Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] ' [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a tough speech to the Crime Reporters ' Association he said the IRA would cease their evil trade if they could see the level of public support given to the police — much of it from the Irish community . |
| 2 | Mr Smith renewed his demand for publication of Government law officers ' advice which suggests ministers may ignore whatever the Commons votes on the social chapter . |
| 3 | Yes , of course — how silly of me , they 'd gone up market now , and it was funeral directors ' suppliers I needed . |
| 4 | On his return he made common cause with Ben Tillett and others to establish a National Transport Workers ' Federation which had its first conference on 1 June 1911 . |
| 5 | The other explanation put forward for Allende 's defeat was the role of the ‘ privileged ’ , the ‘ bosses ’ and the ruling elite — the transport workers ' strikes which inflicted serious damage on the economy and are referred to as the ‘ bosses ’ strikes ' . |
| 6 | Cutting auditors ' noses off to spite clients ' faces There are no cogent arguments for radically extending the regulation of auditors ' independence |
| 7 | The Annan Committee disliked this arrangement , for even the local newspaper publishers ' association itself did not think the amount of advertising likely to go to ILR was great enough to be a threat . |
| 8 | THE MEXICAN National Commission of Human Rights also replied to AI members ' letters which expressed concern about the use of torture in Mexico . |
| 9 | I mean , what I was going to say , from what I 've picked up from some of the comments from some of the district , district councils ' consultation it makes me wonder if they 're capable of actually taking on the role of social services in joint commissioning . |
| 10 | The one aspect of minority groups ' change which is at present unavailable to deaf people is the adoption of spoken language : that is , unlike other groups , they do not acquire a substitute mother tongue for their own language . |
| 11 | Eileen Sessions , former head teacher at Smestow School , Stafford , whose introduction of Golf Foundation lessons to her school curriculum 1971 led to the establishment of a Staffordshire County Schools ' Association which now incorporates 60 schools , is the first winner of the Sir Henry Cotton Award for Meritorious Service to Junior Golf . |
| 12 | But the Cup finalists ' plight they are one point above a relegation spot means acting manager Malcolm Crosby is considering plunging Bracewell into his side 's battle against relegation . |
| 13 | As a Radio Rentals ' customer you really can enjoy freedom of choice and total flexibility . |
| 14 | Setchfield runs The Badge Collectors ' Circle which publishes newsletters and organises swap sessions . |
| 15 | But , in the Hallowe'en Novices ' Chase he might need to eat a whole mine , to beat Dusty Miller , another Festival scorer . |
| 16 | It will argue that because of the nature of primary school teachers ' role they have quite specific training requirements and that the current climate of change may well be catalytic . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp warns that earnings per share for the third quarter to March 27 will be ‘ significantly below ’ consensus analysts ' expectations which have been in a range of $0.20 to $0.26 a share , as a direct result of severe price declines in the 3.5″ hard disk drive business : the company says it does not see a significant decline in unit demand and that demand from its key OEM customers is getting stronger and says it is comfortable with revised analyst estimates , in the $0.05 to $0.10 per share range ; ‘ To the best of our ability we will not participate ’ in the price wars , it said . |
| 19 | However , I use Guitarist Readers ' Ads myself , as do most of the staff here , so we know just how successful they can be ; of course that also means we can see where the service can be improved and we will endeavour to see that it does … |
| 20 | Police claimed that the 48 , many of whom were students , had formed an organization called the Revolutionary Working Class Fighters ' Federation which aimed at the establishment of a socialist state . |
| 21 | Billy Kelly , the power workers ' leader who had then been instrumental in halting industry , promised that the electricity workers would again bring the province to a halt . |
| 22 | In the form of application in relation to the house buyers ' report it is stated : |
| 23 | But they were still two remarkable performances , particularly his top-20 finish at the Forte Seniors ' Championship which included a last round 73 against a very tough par of 71 . |
| 24 | There were many in the Screen Actors ' Guild who would have agreed with him . |