Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 , at a particularly lively , contentious and near-violent writers ' conference in Budapest , Angela and I listened one quiet afternoon to the omnipresent Susan Sontag as she revealed that she had devoured ( her cliche ) the great classics of English literature soon after discarding her diapers . |
| 2 | If your biography says we are a 3 piece rock group from Lancashire , we play soft pop and melodic songs ' , it does n't show much initiative . |
| 3 | The Minister for Relief and Displaced Persons ' Affairs , Peter Orat Ador , a non-Moslem , was also dropped from the Cabinet , but no replacement was named . |
| 4 | DIARY TODAY Meeting of European Agriculture Council , Luxembourg and European Farmers ' Day … |
| 5 | And the man whose glory days at Goodison included League championship , FA Cup and European Cup-Winners ' Cup medals insisted : ‘ This situation is even bigger than my experience at Everton . |
| 6 | Local trade associations ' and professional bodies ' directories . |
| 7 | Resource allocations fail to emphasise adequately key elements of the innovation process , and cultural perceptions affect the way in which business and the sources of research see their own and each others ' roles and contributions to the innovation partnership . |
| 8 | These changes in teaching approach have developed through teachers coming together to question and challenge their own and each others ' assumptions about mathematics learning and teaching . |
| 9 | Not all radical campesino and rural workers ' unions have specifically addressed the question of women 's rights or even equal pay , but there is a growing recognition of the need to do so . |
| 10 | The membership remained largely moribund until the First World War , although the title of the union had been somewhat pretentiously changed to the National Agricultural Labourers ' and Rural Workers ' Union ( N A L R W U ) in 1912 . |
| 11 | The whips agree to give a certain amount of time for private members ' bills and private members ' motions , but they then encourage all their own backbenchers to ballot for these opportunities . |
| 12 | But it had no relevance , and its guardians remained mute ten years ago , when bombs , with the United States ' and allied governments ' blessing , fell like rain on women and children in Cambodia ( Shawcross 1979 ) , or when the same governments aid and support other political/military regimes exercising mass terror and partial genocide against a subjugated people ( Chomsky and Herman 1979a , 1979b ) . |
| 13 | The Bakers , Food and Allied Workers ' Union had threatened a series of one-day strikes . |
| 14 | Later that month , railway workers belonging to the Swaziland Transport and Allied Workers ' Union struck for two days over union recognition . |
| 15 | In addition , there are some industrially based transnational union organizations , for example the International Metalworkers Federation , and the International Union of Food and Allied Workers ' Associations , and these have been involved in genuine transnational labour struggles , and have gained some short term victories . |
| 16 | Unattended and unrepresented claimants ' appeals did not appear to be tested as carefully as those of attended and represented claimants . |
| 17 | The Civil and Public Servants ' Association opposes the move , which it said will mean pay cuts of up to £2,000 a year . |
| 18 | Out of pocket issue fees , including legal , printing and fiscal agents ' fees , tend to be small ; in extreme cases differences in them can sway deals , but in general the yield , commission cost and cost of the swap ( if included ) remain primary factors . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not sure that there are many things suitable for men , though , ’ she added , looking helplessly at the aprons , bed jackets and hand-knitted babies ' woollens . |
| 20 | There were some books on a desk , and some sea-birds ' eggs on a table . |
| 21 | For financial information , all keep annual accounts and some brokers ' reports in hard copy . |
| 22 | This truly pleasant pensione is personally supervised by the resident owner , Professor Triscari , and boasts many antiques and interesting collectors ' items . |
| 23 | Or else if you 're driving up to Stranraer it 's a , it 's a good three and half hours ' drive plus your petrol . |
| 24 | The recession has taken its toll of lorries , dump trucks and commercial reps ' company cars . |
| 25 | On the other hand , the lowest incidence of prematurity was found among managerial , professional and clerical workers ' children , among whom the mothers could probably provide a higher quality of prenatal care . |
| 26 | There are so many paths and old miners ' tracks around this area of Swaledale that you could spend years walking them and exploring the old workings and still not cover them all . |
| 27 | A process so hedged about with medical mystery and old wives ' tales that no man was allowed to share in it now became an experience he must not miss for the world . |
| 28 | This wily trio dispense the sherry and old wives ' tales with an impeccably manipulative air as ancient servants creak round in turbans and white gloves . |
| 29 | The maypole committee , of which Amos was president , had been looking for ways of raising funds for the May weekend and old folks ' treat ( of which more later ) , the most important weekend in the lives of the villagers . |
| 30 | It could give a whole new meaning to DROP-in centres and old folks ' CLUBS and mean that for once the social workers wo n't be criticised for making a balls-up … or down . |