Example sentences of "[coord] the [noun pl] ' association " in BNC.
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1 | If you 're planning to leave the lot to one person , or do n't have a lot to leave , buy a DIY will-pack from WH Smith or the Consumers ' Association . |
2 | Only three cantons ( Zürich , Basel City and Graubünden ) voted in favour of the reforms , which were backed by the four government parties , the trade unions , and the bankers ' associations . |
3 | Sancito Caro Brito [ named as Coco Brito on p. 37708 ] ; Jacqueline Mercedes Malagón was later appointed Education Minister in place of Pedro Gil Iturbes , who had been appointed earlier in the year but had resigned after Belaguer publicly accused him of jeopardizing an agreement between the government and the teachers ' association . |
4 | In mid-1989 , the Fiji Trade Union Council , derecognised by the government in 1986 because of its links with the Labour Party [ see p. 35251 ] , called for a general strike to force the government to lift the freeze on wages and revive the defunct wage guideline forum comprising the Fiji Trades Union Congress , the government and the employers ' association . |
5 | In an effort to meet its 1991 inflation target , the government in October 1990 concluded with the UGT ( General Workers ' Union ) and the Employers ' Association a pact for the following year : average wage increases would be below 13.4 per cent ; the working week would be reduced from 48 to 44 hours ; the minimum monthly wage for industrial and farm workers would rise by 15 per cent , as would most pension and social security payments ; labour disputes were to be resolved through negotiation rather than industrial action . |
6 | On Feb. 5 Prime Minister Theodor Stoloyan met representatives of the National Advisory Council of Trade Unions and the Employers ' Association to discuss a collective labour agreement , but a government spokesman described their talks ( which had begun in January ) as deadlocked ; the government claimed that a minimum monthly wage of 24,000 lei ( US$1.00=194.967 lei as at Feb. 3 , 1992 ) , as demanded by the trade unions , would lead to a rise in the number of unemployed from 700,000 to 2,550,000 . |
7 | For anyone wishing to walk off the excesses of the festive season , the National Trust and the Ramblers ' Association are once again organising a Week of Christmas Walks . |
8 | The walks will take place all over England and Wales between Boxing Day and New Year 's Day , and each will be led by representatives of the Trust and the Ramblers ' Association . |
9 | Working in conjunction with the British Mountaineering Council and the Ramblers ' Association , COLA plans to set up the British Uplands Footpath Trust . |
10 | Well I 've now , er I 've now arranged a further meeting with Environment Health District Council and the residents ' association . |
11 | Councillors were told that a pilot scheme was to start in the Northfield-Coalgate area of Tranent in the spring with the support of Tranent Community Council , the police , Scottish Homes and the residents ' association . |
12 | This change was much resented , and the Magistrates ' Association , ‘ by now a powerful body , and far removed from the fledgling organization founded by Margery Fry almost half a century before , campaigned ceaselessly until the law was subsequently amended … ‘ . |
13 | The Old Stopfordians ' Association had decided to use some of the proceeds from its sale of the Harrison-Towns field to build squash-courts , and the Parents ' Association was about to launch an Appeal to raise money for a swimming pool , the lack of which had been bemoaned since the move to Buxton Road . |
14 | But trading standards officers and the Consumers ' Association are warning customers to scrutinise the small print . |
15 | activities of voluntary bodies such as the British Standards Institution and the Consumers ' Association . |
16 | The nurses will be joined by Age Concern , Mencap and the Carers ' Association . |
17 | There were any number of flogging editorials in response to the Hooligan outrages — in The Daily Mail , for example , the News of the World and even the medical journal The Lancet — and the Ratepayers ' Association manifesto was widely reported in the press as evidence of public support for flogging . |
18 | There was thus some political pressure from Conservative Ministers to ensure that Boards allocated overheads to their contracting activities properly and secured an economic profit , but the contractors ' association director was so politically inept in following this up that Citrine had no difficulty in exposing him to Whitehall as a biased anti-nationaliser who was unwilling to accept a reasonable accommodation . |
19 | But the Consumers ' Association wants tougher action on food hygiene , to fully protect consumers from the risk of food poisoning . |