Example sentences of "national [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these there were the International Federation of Stewards , Seamen and Firemen ( 1890- ? ) , the National Independent Seamen 's and Firemen 's Association in Liverpool ( 1892–1895 ) , the National Seamen 's Protection and Benefit Society of Great Britain and Ireland in Cardiff ( 1903–1905 ) and the National Boarding Masters ' and Seamen 's Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1904–1907 ) . |
| 2 | From them and from a local solicitor , Thomas Watson Brown , he learned much about trade union administration and the drafting of trade union rules ; they also , he claimed , fed his ambition to lead a national seamen 's union , initially at the cost of some domestic disharmony , his wife and his mother-in-law accusing him of neglecting his own restaurant business and resenting the time he spent with his own visitors , particularly " old long-faced Brown " the lawyer . |
| 3 | The pagination Table ( 6.4 ) gives a rough indication of national dailies ' increase in size ( new type faces and better ink eventually meant more words per page ) . |
| 4 | The CTC and the National Cyclists ' Union held their own conventions and cycling was not immune from fashions and crazes . |
| 5 | The proposed scheme has been welcomed by the Scottish Rights of Way Society and Britain 's national cyclists ' association . |
| 6 | A number of support groups were involved : Radical Alternatives to Prison ; National Prisoners ' Movement ( PROP ) ; Women in Prison ; Inquest and the Prison Reform Trust . |
| 7 | He has been the national drivers ' champion , the first national driver to exceed a hundred miles an hour with a five hundred C C hydroplane on Lake Windermere , won the B class championships seven times , the C class champion six times , the D class three times and the F class once . |
| 8 | It was confirmed on Aug. 14 that the small right-wing National Smallholders ' Party led by Imre Boross had reached agreement with the Independent Smallholders ' Party — from which it had split in December 1989 [ see p. 37739 ] — and would reunite with it at an unspecified date in the future . |
| 9 | Racing Editor Henry Rix consolidated his lead at the top of the national tipsters ' table with 7-1 nap Cheeky Pot , and the same horse rewarded Top Shot followers with a 14 point profit . |
| 10 | The class winner , the National Trusts ' Wimpole Home Farm , objected , but the judges decision to award the breed championship to Mr & Mrs R E Munn 's & Miss L Bottura 's cow Whitegates Cindy was upheld by the show stewards . |
| 11 | Union leader Arthur Scargill 's dream of political victory crumbled with the collapse of the national miners ' strike . |
| 12 | The NMA leadership and many rank-and-file members became increasingly disenchanted with MFGB strategy during the 1920 national miners ' strike and the 1921 lockout , and less than a third of Nottinghamshire miners bothered to vote in a 1921 ballot on whether to accept the offered settlement or continue the dispute ( Griffin , 1962 , p.91 , p.102 ) . |
| 13 | In February 1974 , there was a second national miners ' strike . |
| 14 | A national miners ' strike , involving also miners from the privately owned Southern Peru Copper Corporation , nevertheless remained in prospect for mid-October . |
| 15 | The Party 's most important trade unionist , Arthur Horner of the South Wales Miners ' Federation , was repeatedly criticized for " trade union legalism " , and their most important supporter , A. J. Cook , national Miners ' Federation Secretary , broke with them completely over their support for Red Unions " . |
| 16 | Cosep also refused to recognize an agreement signed by the government and the Sandinista National Workers ' Federation ( FNT ) on Oct. 26 during a resumption of " national dialogue " talks . |
| 17 | An agreement signed by the government of President Violeta Chamorro and by the National Workers ' Front ( FNT ) on July 12 ended a 15-day general strike by an estimated 100,000 workers in public , private and agricultural sectors which had paralysed the country and brought it to the brink of civil war . |
| 18 | National Parliaments ' relationship with the European Parliament should also be strengthened , to promote effective scrutiny of European decision-making . |
| 19 | The change in business leaves National Networks ' application to the Department of Trade & Industry for a UK public telecommunication operators licence in the balance . |
| 20 | Joseph Saidu Momoh ) elected by popular vote for a seven-year term , after endorsement as leader of the APC and presidential candidate by the national delegates ' conference of the party . |
| 21 | Executive power is vested in the President , elected by popular vote for a seven-year term , after endorsement as leader of the APC and presidential candidate by the National Delegates ' Conference of the party . |
| 22 | But if there is no national negotiating councils then there is no delegates , national delegates ' conference . |
| 23 | Mr Dowding is a leading official in the local National Farmers ' Union and is aware of the risks involved in throwing away the drugs and chemicals . |
| 24 | The National Farmers ' Union Council backed the idea of licences , with penalties of up to £2,000 and the refusal of future permits for offenders . |
| 25 | The National Farmers ' Union proposed a licensing system to curb straw burning , after hundreds of complaints about smoke pollution at the end of the harvest . |
| 26 | The advice came from the president of the National Farmers ' Union , Mr Simon Gourlay , who discussed the matter with ministers . |
| 27 | Miss Melinda Appleby is environmental policy adviser to the National Farmers ' Union . |
| 28 | The National Farmers ' Union does n't like the idea of set aside . |
| 29 | The National Trust is supporting MEPs , MPs , and the National Farmers ' Union in fighting the directive . |
| 30 | Opposition is being led by an unusual alliance consisting of the Outdoor Writers ' Guild , which counts many leading walkers among its membership , the Country Landowners ' Association and the National Farmers ' Union , as well as the National Trust , the Countryside Commission and individual walkers . |