Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] workers ' [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must include stronger protection for workers ' health and safety , so that industrial modernisation is not pursued in ways which damage the working environment . |
| 2 | The red silk skirt with workers ' heads and a gold top that goes with it , both cut from silk bought in Soviet Central Asia , would cost about 1,000 roubles ( the average Soviet wage is 200 roubles a month ) or £700 in London . |
| 3 | Councillor Rodgers said , ‘ They are interfering with the democratic process in this by-election and seeking to buy political influence with what amounts to bribes ’ , and noted the offer was personally embarrassing for him as he negotiated as a union official with the companies over workers ' pay and conditions . |
| 4 | In addition , they control resources which can be withdrawn or redeployed at their discretion , and are of vital importance for workers ' livelihood and the revenue base of state expenditure . |
| 5 | Jordan , Egypt and Turkey had earned substantial revenues from workers ' remittances and trade with Iraq and Kuwait ; some middle-income countries such as India relied heavily on oil imports from Iraq and also benefited from sizeable remittance flows ; and for some low-income countries , including Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and the Philippines , the loss of remittances and the rising cost of oil imports were expected to slow growth rates to an average of around 1.5 per cent by 1991 and add some $3,000 million to annual Third-World debt interest payments . |
| 6 | From the 1880s thousands of activists began to establish direct contact with workers on the factory floor and acquired detailed knowledge of workers ' conditions and grievances . |
| 7 | As in 1926 , so in 1985 the old legend of the impact of workers ' solidarity and union power had been exploded . |
| 8 | Discussions on workers ' control and the general strike to stop war also showed that an important section of the trade unions had reacted against gradualism , at least in words , and was returning to the syndicalist notions fashionable some ten years before . |
| 9 | He said he would also like to see progress on workers ' safety and health , with the adoption of the directives on pregnant women and working time . |