Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] the workers [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Congress , this legislation is th yet another attack on the workers ' rights , wages and ability to organize . |
| 2 | Strong words were exchanged with the latter band by the organisers , who demanded a quick piece of historical rewriting to expunge this accidental slur on the workers ' state . |
| 3 | With hindsight , it is clear that at the time we did not fully grasp the real significance of the workers ' position . |
| 4 | The collapse of the Second International under the impact of the First World War , which dealt a severe blow to socialist illusions , demonstrated the need for an alternative solution to the workers ' plight . |
| 5 | The run-off results were as follows : Acre was won by Edumundo Pinto ( Social Democratic Party — PDS ) , Amapá by Annibal Barcellos ( Liberal Front Party — PFL ) , Maranhao by Edison Lobao ( PFL ) , Mato Grosso do sul by Jaime Campos ( PFL ) , Minas Gerais by Helio Garcia ( Social Reform Party — PRS ) , Paraíba by Ronaldo Cunha Linha ( Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement — PMDB ) , Parana by Roberto Requiao ( PMDB ) , Pernambuco by Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti ( PFL ) , Piauí by Feitas Neto ( PFL ) , Rio Grande do Norte by Agripino Maia ( PFL ) , Rio Grande do Sul by Alceu Colarres ( Democratic Labour Party — PDT ) , Rondônia by Osvaldo Pianna ( from one branch of the Workers ' Party ( PT ) identified as the PTR ) , Roraima by Otomar Pinto ( Brazilian Labour Party — PTB ) , Sao Paulo by Luis Antonio Fleury ( PMDB ) , and Tocantins by Moises Avelino ( PMDB ) . |
| 6 | It looks like any high street sweatshop except for the light streaming through the huge windows looking across Paris , the dummies bearing the names an exact shapes of various famous models and customers , and the quiet pride in the workers ' faces as they attach elaborately-tooled gold leather to a bustier , hand-embroidered velvet details to a pocket flap , a mink trim to an underskirt . |
| 7 | F. W. Moorman , Professor of English Language at Leeds and an active supporter of the Workers ' Educational Association , told the annual conference in 1914 that the main purpose of the teaching of English literature was not to impart knowledge , or to " equip students for the conquest of the world " ; indeed , the object was not to " teach " at all but to " delight " and , " for some , to sweeten leisure " . |