Example sentences of "for the [noun prp] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 Nine Elms railway yard , next to the Thames in South London , was used as the location for the Battersea Bats ' headquarters , a disused crane .
2 Emma started work at the age of fourteen for the London Ladies ' Co-operative Guild , a group of professional women who designed and decorated glass tables .
3 Opposition parties in the Congress had adopted filibustering methods to delay approval for the US instructors ' arrival , arguing that it was unconstitutional .
4 Even with a new economic miracle somewhere ahead , it will take years for the East Germans ' standard of living to come close to that of their rich cousins .
5 Rehearsals begin in earnest for the Holybourne Players ' production of Bang , Bang , Beirut — a farce by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton , which opens on Friday , May 1st and continues on Saturday 2nd , Friday 8th and Saturday 9th May , beginning at 7.45 p.m .
6 Ed , — I am writing to express , through Link , my thanks for the marvellous gesture by general manager , who instigated a get-together lunch for the Kirkcaldy maltings ' pensioners on .
7 In January 1991 Özal antagonized conservative nationalist currents within the ANAP by easing restrictions on the use of the Kurdish language , hoping thereby to improve Turkey 's minority rights record and to undercut support for the Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) , which since 1984 had been waging a violent campaign in support of separatist demands .
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