Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] ' [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Trust is not an anglers ' or owners ' association and takes no side in the arguments between the supporters or sporting and commercial fishing , but it does believe that salmon should be taken only in their rivers of origin or their estuaries so that the total level of fishing effort can be controlled in order to ensure that enough fish reach the spawning sites to maintain stocks naturally . |
| 2 | Before the 1939–45 War was over , many soldiers and marines wore the commando shoulder flashes or rangers ' badges but the green beret was not introduced until late in 1942 . |
| 3 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 4 | Differences in results over time may be due to errors which must be attached to judgements of mastery , whether test results or teachers ' judgements or both are used in making the judgement . |
| 5 | Net payments are then made direct by us to your employees ' or pensioners ' bank or building society accounts . |
| 6 | Dawyck Haig 's son Alexander was much the same age as Alastair and when the two were old enough we used to have fathers ' and sons ' tennis and golf matches . |
| 7 | However , HM Customs and Excise has ruled that VAT may , for example , be reclaimed on : removal expenses including storage charges , estate agents ' fees , legal and surveyors ' fees and hotel and restaurant bills . |
| 8 | Certain fossils have , for some inexplicable reason , taken root in the literature and palaeontologists ' subconscious and so been recorded everywhere . |
| 9 | The list of laws that have been amended , the treaties that have been ratified , and prisoners ' conditions that have been improved is a long one . |
| 10 | It is therefore wise to consider specifying in the Articles the extent of a nominee director 's duty and couple this with an acknowledgement in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement that the nominee has been appointed to represent the interests of a particular group of shareholders . |
| 11 | The principal documents relevant to the equity transaction are the subscription and shareholders ' agreement and the Articles of Association of Newco . |
| 12 | the relationship between debt and shareholders ' funds and between current assets and liabilities |
| 13 | " My aim was to secure collective bargaining between employees ' and employers ' representatives and for this both strong union and strong employer organisations were necessary . |
| 14 | The scheme , drawn up after pilot projects by a steering group under Duncan Graham , chairman of the National Curriculum Council , had the support of all the teachers ' and heads ' unions as well as the local authority employers . |
| 15 | The hotel features special family rooms with fabulous views of Freshwater Bay , high chairs and kids ' menus and there 's full access to a wonderful garden . |
| 16 | As well as providing a dry and secure home for your car , garages may also act as a store for ladders , lawnmowers and kids ' bikes and maybe even a workshop utility room |
| 17 | Some of them had a memory of metal , of bronze heads , and shields and tools : when they came upon the hulk of a wrecked ship on one of the cays of Oualie , they found rusted nails and coopers ' bands and knew that they had remembered right something the islands had never known . |
| 18 | It does not include such items of expenditure as income tax payments , life insurance premiums , doctors ' and dentists ' fees or trade union subscriptions : it can not , therefore , be regarded as a ‘ cost of living ’ index . |
| 19 | The implications of the Black and Tans ' behaviour and of the complicity of the Government in their reign of terror had been clear for some time , but Tubby 's experience had brought it all into sharp focus . |
| 20 | Unlike other publishers ' products , BBC magazines serve two masters : they must provide a public service enhancing viewers ' and listeners ' enjoyment and appreciation of programmes ; and , in line with the government 's exhortation , they must generate profit which feeds back into programme making , reducing pressure on licence fees . |
| 21 | Many other contemporary examples of both national as well as international institutional policy in which the market is seen as the only means to improve peasants ' and pastoralists ' incomes and to increase their contribution to the national exchequer can be found in Heyer , Roberts and Williams ( 1981 ) . |
| 22 | To one side of the street — a multi-level space which embraces many different activities — are more open patients ' and visitors ' rooms and opposite there are the cellular service rooms . |
| 23 | The same goes for medical reports and engineers ' reports and so on . |
| 24 | The governor 's thing is coming about quite useful tonight because we 've been talking about the law as regards governors and parents ' rights and what you 're supposed to ask parents |
| 25 | Children whose parents smoke are more likely to smoke themselves and parents ' approval or disapproval of the habit is an even more significant factor [ 1 ] . |
| 26 | In fact it is the growing popularity of used diesels in auctions and dealers ' showrooms that has made fleet managers think again about alternatives to the petrol car . |
| 27 | There may be ‘ flaws ’ in our study of which we are not aware but we can not accept Basko and co-workers ' statement that blood smears from day 0 to day 8 , in-vitro sensitivity , and concentration studies were not done . |
| 28 | Certainly , pet owners and expert ethologists alike can generally tell from cats ' and dogs ' expressions whether they are likely to attack or escape . |
| 29 | The meeting will discuss both researchers ' and industrialists ' views and will also consider the specific sectors of agricultural and bio-medical research . |
| 30 | He and James should have broached it early on , devised sanctions ( the withholding of rents ; the blocking of highways and sieging of the big houses ) , called for practical suggestions from among the crowds — all that tradesmen 's and farmers ' skill and nous and energy , coalesced for a moment into a great ball of force , then left to collapse under its own weight , to crumble again into its thousands of separated grains … |