Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] [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 | Nine Elms railway yard , next to the Thames in South London , was used as the location for the Battersea Bats ' headquarters , a disused crane . |
| 10 | Emma started work at the age of fourteen for the London Ladies ' Co-operative Guild , a group of professional women who designed and decorated glass tables . |
| 11 | Opposition parties in the Congress had adopted filibustering methods to delay approval for the US instructors ' arrival , arguing that it was unconstitutional . |
| 12 | As it happens , the Americans are partly responsible for the building firms ' good fortune . |
| 13 | Even with a new economic miracle somewhere ahead , it will take years for the East Germans ' standard of living to come close to that of their rich cousins . |
| 14 | Rehearsals begin in earnest for the Holybourne Players ' production of Bang , Bang , Beirut — a farce by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton , which opens on Friday , May 1st and continues on Saturday 2nd , Friday 8th and Saturday 9th May , beginning at 7.45 p.m . |
| 15 | THE TUC cleared the way yesterday for the rebel electricians ' union to return to the fold . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | For the band members ' own ‘ salaries ’ , a Certificate of Tax Deposits can be purchased from the Inland Revenue . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | He had always thought the MP for Arden read little save for the Motor Traders ' Gazette . |
| 22 | Ed , — I am writing to express , through Link , my thanks for the marvellous gesture by general manager , who instigated a get-together lunch for the Kirkcaldy maltings ' pensioners on . |
| 23 | The charter received a more cautious welcome from Ernie Preston , North-East spokesman for the transport users ' consultative committee . |
| 24 | proper training for the end users ' operators in the use of the Licensed Software |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | However , it may transpire that the result for the Estate Agents ' text is somewhat unrepresentative . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | In January 1991 Özal antagonized conservative nationalist currents within the ANAP by easing restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language , hoping thereby to improve Turkey 's minority rights record and to undercut support for the Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) , which since 1984 had been waging a violent campaign in support of separatist demands . |
| 30 | 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 . |