Example sentences of "the [noun] boys " in BNC.
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| 1 | The societies of the Apprentice Boys , the Black Preceptory , and the Orange order , in conjunction with protestant paramilitary groups , could still form the basis for protestant political power if Britain withdrew from Ulster . |
| 2 | They may be talking about membership of Ulster 's protestant secret societies , particularly the Orange order , the Royal Black Preceptory , and the Apprentice Boys ' Club ; or about religion — being saved , being a church member , or even a non-practising protestant ; or what appear to them to be key ethical issues such as drink , tobacco , and money ; or they may simply be describing in ordinary everyday language life in the family , on the farm , and in the village . |
| 3 | One can recognize here , with Lévi-Strauss ( 1968 ) , the importance of ambiguous mediators in relating the opposites within one 's cultural universe and one can add the Apprentice Boys to Lévi-Strauss 's shortlist of tricksters and twins in this role . |
| 4 | Farrell uses the fact that O'Neill joined the Apprentice Boys of Derry and the Royal Black Preceptory ( two Protestant fraternal organizations similar to the Orange Order ) to portray him as a ‘ closet ’ die-hard unionist but in so doing misses the glaring point that O'Neill had to join these organizations because he was not already a member . |
| 5 | Ten ministers are known to be members of the Apprentice Boys of Derry . |
| 6 | For example , in 1977 the Revd Ken Elliott , the Free Presbyterian minister of Portadown , offended many Apprentice Boys by refusing to take a collection for the restoration of the St Columb 's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Londonderry , which is regarded by the Apprentice Boys as their spiritual home . |
| 7 | The ban was imposed by Minister of Home Affairs William Craig after the Apprentice Boys of Derry had announced a procession at the same time and over the same route as the civil rights march . |
| 8 | After Craig had announced on Thursday 3 October that the Apprentice Boys march was to be banned and that the civil rights march would not be permitted to take place within the walled city or in the Waterside ward , an emergency meeting of the NICRA executive committee was called . |
| 9 | This is not proof , of course , that there was no reasonable expectation of trouble ; the late announcement of the ban , however , gave credence to the assumption that it had only been prompted by the Apprentice Boys march , and that the Government , as in Dungannon , was allowing a loyalist organisation to manipulate the situation so that an opposition demonstration would be banned . |
| 10 | NICRA had been concerned about the potential for violence which arose when the Apprentice Boys of Derry gave notice of their intention to stage an ‘ Annual Initiation Ceremony ’ to coincide with the demonstration . |
| 11 | Things came to a head at the Apprentice Boys ' parade in Derry on 12 August . |
| 12 | THE Orange Order , the Royal Black Institution and the Apprentice Boys of Derry last night presented gifts to Canon Dr Michael Dewar to mark his 50 years as an Orangeman , at a meeting of Mount Ida LOL 26A in Magherally Parish Church Hall , outside Banbridge . |
| 13 | The apprentice boys whom Grimes mistreats are attendant angels of his fallen state . |
| 14 | Flavia stuck to her guns and when she turned up next morning was told by the Loulou boys that she did n't know one wind from the other . |
| 15 | Although it was late , the Loulou boys were still hopping about . |
| 16 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 17 | For the first two minutes Charlie defended himself well , using the ropes and the corner as he ducked and dived , remembering every skill he had learned at the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 18 | I was interested in the anonymous neighbour 's comment on Ifor that ‘ all the Jenkins boys had trouble with their bones ’ . |
| 19 | The heart boys doublecheck on my detailed specifications . |
| 20 | Three of the debut boys , England 's Barry Lane , Constantina Rocca — the first Italian to make the Ryder Cup — and former Walker Cup golfer Peter Baker of England , made it through the automatic channel . |
| 21 | Now the Newry boys are back on the Hogan Cup trail preparing to face to St Pats , Navan in next months semi-final , but without four of their MacRory Cup winning side , Charlie Pat McCartan , Declan Toner , Michael McVerry and Tony Fearon . |
| 22 | Before long youngsters fell under the influence of older men , forming into ‘ gangs ’ like the Redskins , the Black Hand , the South Side Stickers , the San Toi , the Parlour Boys , or the Beehive Gang . |
| 23 | Of the film 's religious imagery , he says : ‘ We talked about the Fifty-First psalm ( which is sung by one of the kitchen boys ) ; it does n't give you many clues , but I was reading it again this morning and it started making more sense . |
| 24 | The thought of the Marlborough boys ‘ discovering ’ him gave him obvious pleasure ; and whether or not he believed that the curriculum should include modern literature ( as Auden was later to say that it should not ) , he certainly believed , with his own youthful experience in mind , that the young should be enabled to explore new fields in the arts for themselves . |
| 25 | Brian McRandal , another European youth championship traveller joins Ryan Glass as the final nominations for the BHS most improved junior award , but Dominic McGreevy is assured of honours on Friday when he will be jointly awarded the Crystal Trophy with Wai Sun Chan for gaining maximum Grand Prix points over the season , Dominic 's success coming in the cadet boys and Wai Sun dominating the under-21 event . |
| 26 | The championships start with the cadet boys ' singles at 9am on Saturday with the under 11 , cadet and junior finals being played on Saturday evening . |
| 27 | But the Foley boys were n't pampered either ; their mother had seen to that . |
| 28 | When breakfast was finished the Foley boys placed their plates and cutlery neatly on the hatch into the kitchen before going to the big room where all their coats , boots , shoes , school bags and often rugby gear had to be left . |
| 29 | Sukey had done everyone proud , and the Lombard boys , who were labradors when it came to food , were soon wolfing smoked salmon quiche , marinated breast of chicken , mozzarella in brown rolls , ratatouille and potato salad made with real mayonnaise . |
| 30 | But of them all , Joan and Ted McDermott believe the most likely is that the killing was connected to the Kincora Boys Home homosexual scandal . |