Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | NORTH ‘ We 've seen an increase in activity but people are reluctant to commit themselves , ’ says Newcastle-based Peter Miller , Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ' housing spokesman . |
| 32 | In a list of favourite boys ' books compiled by Edward Salmon in 1888 , Kingston came second to Dickens , and Salmon observed , ‘ Mr Kingston is Captain Marryat transformed from a novelist into a juvenile romanticist ’ . |
| 33 | It cites 33 examples of un-named organisations ' policies by industry group and size of company . |
| 34 | Labour opposes discrimination against lesbian mothers and has Annual Conference policy in support of lesbian mothers ' custody rights , but this is quite separate from winning elections — which is what matters most . |
| 35 | These leys were the remnants of Neolithic traders ' routes , Watkins surmised , which had ranged across the countryside and were marked with standing stones and mounds of earth or cairns . |
| 36 | They had talked of spontaneous workers ' movements , of activity from below , and suddenly there it was . |
| 37 | Yet earlier in the article he mentions that car workers ' wages have risen from 40 per cent to 69 per cent of German workers ' wages . |
| 38 | Dendrov branched every which way , a forest of tangled stags ' horns . |
| 39 | By this time his fantasies took on the air of medieval barons ' wars . |
| 40 | The ‘ Grey ’ movement , in the shape of organised pensioners ' groups , is becoming stronger . |
| 41 | He had a marvellous collection of carved whales ' teeth and Ian and I believed every word he said . |
| 42 | SI is calling for the UK to ban the importation of cheap coal produced at the expense of tribal peoples ' lives and livelihoods . |
| 43 | The remaining Assembly seats went to the Democratic Community of Vojvodina Hungarians ( eight ) , independents ( eight ) , the Democratic Party ( seven ) , the Party of Democratic Action ( three ) , the Alliance of Reform Forces of Vojvodina ( two ) , the Party of Serbian Peasants ' Union ( two ) , and to seven other parties taking one seat each . |
| 44 | The Chair is obviously referring to the fact recently in the courts , there was consideration of the closure of old persons ' homes , and you know that you are under a legal requirement to consult in respect of those otherwise any decision , to close without consultation can held to be invalid , and that has impinged on some authorities who were going down that route , so there is a duty there . |
| 45 | It is the day when gossip is exchanged , slander is perpetuated , goods are bought and sold , refrigerators , deep freezes and wine cellars are replenished , bubblegum stuck to the more inviting parts of old ladies ' dresses , and money transferred from the coffers of the DHSS to the tills of the Red Lion in joyous cacophony . |
| 46 | Some dismiss these as myth in the sense of old wives ' tales . |
| 47 | In terms of products , technology and markets , Mr Aimetti is right , but human differences of culture and language remain , and the requirements of different countries ' laws still lag far behind what the pan-European company needs . |
| 48 | This affects trends over time , and allows averaging of different periods ' results . |
| 49 | Teacher and pupil in interaction ( awareness of different professionals ' reactions to particular difficulties and behaviour patterns ; their potential effect on pupils ) |
| 50 | Coupon techniques may be used by one producer or supplier as a promotion for its goods or services , or the plan may include a number of different producers ' products under one name . |
| 51 | It believes that the effect of the judgment would result in considerable disparity in the treatment of different Names ' recoveries . |
| 52 | How state governments approach the budget deficits now facing them will determine whether the coming year sees a further round of downgrading of public authorities ' credit ratings . |
| 53 | Stuart Barber , the National Union of Public Employees ' ambulance official for London , said : ‘ The work-to-rule has exposed the chronic staffing problems in the London Ambulance Service where there are over 160 vacancies . ’ |
| 54 | There is no requirement for the Director of Public Prosecutions ' consent for section 51 . |
| 55 | Meanwhile , with our ideas and work dismissed , heterosexual women colleagues are welcomed as the ones who can provide the model of acceptable girls ' work . |
| 56 | However , as a matter of principle it annoys Hon. Members to think that Welsh Members should adopt such an attitude , because millions of pounds of English taxpayers ' money are directed towards Wales . |
| 57 | It is when you get on to the more high tech aspects of English Hops ' work that small and muted alarm bells begin to ring . |
| 58 | At the end of August an indefinite freeze was placed on the repatriation of foreign companies ' profits and dividends ; however , in September the rules were relaxed to allow transfer of normal profits after 60 days , and in November it was reported that the freeze was to be lifted under pressure from international corporations . |
| 59 | This joint initiative did not preclude individual mediation efforts by GCC member states : in 1985 Saudi Arabia promoted an exchange of foreign ministers ' visits with Iran and made other efforts to overcome the estrangement between the two countries resulting from the Eagle-Phantom air battle and Iran 's resentment of Saudi and other GCC support for Iraq . |
| 60 | In the Act the objective of EMU was stated ; the Regional Fund was defined ; the legal scope of the EC was extended to such areas as environment , technological co-operation and social policy ; the system of foreign ministers ' meetings , held since 1970 , was formally drawn under the EC umbrella ; the use of majority votes was extended ( although the vexed issue of the Luxembourg Compromise was not tackled ) ; and most importantly , under pressure from the Commission , it was decided to achieve a genuine ‘ common market ’ in 1992 with the free movement of people , goods and capital throughout the EC . |