Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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31 | Formal Invitation should open his account in the Corvedale Novices ' Hurdle . |
32 | Its membership was drawn from the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers Technical and Administrative Staffs Section ( AUEW TASS ) , the CSJ , the CPNI , the Belfast Wolfe Tone Society , the Belfast trades council , the Republican Clubs , the Ulster Liberal Party , the NDP , the RLP , the Ardoyne Tenants ' Association and the NILP . |
33 | Volunteers from Mary Edwards ' Surbiton class participated in a demonstration class and Pat Keen and four members from the Surrey Teachers ' Display Team ably shoed many aspects of our work as well as performing their latest item . |
34 | Topping the list is New York Mets ' outfielder Bobby Bonilla at $6.1 million , with New York Yankees ' Danny Tartabull and the Texas Rangers ' Ruben Sierra runners-up on $5 million . |
35 | Helped by Vladimir Riha 's reedy , unhoneyed tone , this performance comes over with irresistible rustic pungency and vigour as if in the open air rather than the Beaux Arts ' drawingroom . |
36 | But the library occupies an important position in British cinema history and includes unrivalled coverage of events , spanning Queen Victoria 's diamond jubilee , the Wright brothers ' flight , the world wars and the onset of the space age . |
37 | The true story of the Wright brothers ' daring race for the sky . |
38 | Two canvas chairs were placed side by side in a machine that begged comparison with the Wright brothers ' first efforts . |
39 | When the first attempts had been made to adapt the Wright Brothers ' invention as a lethal instrument , pilots went aloft with steel darts and took pot shots at one another with service revolvers . |
40 | As a compromise , the Nottinghamshire Miners ' Association and the owners agreed to a modified piece-rate system for each coalface , but nevertheless many owners retained the butty system , and it was revived when the Dukeries field was opened . |
41 | Determined to maintain these isolated villages as functional units separate from contaminating ideologies such as those purveyed by the Labour party and the Nottinghamshire Miners ' Association , the companies stressed the unity of the model villages . |
42 | The NUM 's predecessor ( like the NUM itself ) was a federation of local miners ’ unions — The Miners ' Federation of Great Britain ( MFGB ) — with which the Nottinghamshire Miners ' Association ( NMA ) had been federated since 1888 . |
43 | The Underground Resistance double set captures hard-to-find missives from the Detroit techno-terrorists ' formidable back catalogue . |
44 | Following on from the Kronstadt sailors ' revolt in that year , Lenin introduced a resolution at the Tenth Congress of the Party in March 1921 , which in substance adopted Trotsky 's earlier proposals . |
45 | If you emerge from the top with the backs of your hands ( and your shins ) intact , award yourself the Gritstone Jammers ' Proficiency Badge : Bronze Award . |
46 | humanitarian assistance to Somalia and to co-operate with regional organisations ( Organisation of African Unity and Arab League named ; Organisation of the Islamic Conference later co-opted ) in seeking the Mogadishu factions ' agreement to a ceasefire , the distribution of humanitarian aid and the promotion of a political settlement . |
47 | In 1905 the most powerful companies in the United Kingdom would have included J. & P. Coats , The Calico Printers ' Association , The Bleachers ' Association , Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. , Bolckow Vaughan and many others who have either closed down or been absorbed into other more powerful groups . |
48 | In 1924 he joined the Calico Printers ' Association as a research chemist , at a time when the search was on in many laboratories for new synthetic fibres . |
49 | Carol Andrew , known for her work with the Carol Andrew Singers , replaces Connie Overend , who recently retired from the Blackwell Ladies ' Choir . |
50 | If it had , they were liable to end up in the Husayn twins ' pockets . |
51 | Most of the graphs were set on a steep , ascending curve , apart from the Husayn twins ' ; they started in the top left hand corner and were headed , inexorably , for the far right end of the bottom line . |
52 | An opinion poll taken at the January officers ' meeting , published on Feb. 5 in Nezavisimaya gazeta , showed that some 71 per cent of the officers polled favoured restoring a unified state within the former Soviet Union 's borders , and that 79 per cent thought that the military should have the deciding say on issues of the armed forces ' future . |
53 | Swede Helen Alfredsson 's successful season in both Europe and America continued when she won the IBM Ladies ' Open in Stockholm . |
54 | He is another one of the Ireland Schools ' side that toured New Zealand the summer before last and was a member of the Coleraine AI Schools ' Cup winning side in 1992 . |
55 | Cooper , at the inaugural meeting of the Stratford Ratepayers ' Association argued that high rates were forcing manufacturers to leave the district , necessarily increasing levels of unemployment ( SE 25 March 22 ) . |
56 | The Kafala Brothers ' debut album Ngola ( the king of the Ndongo people and the basis of Angola 's name ) is a good point of comparison . |
57 | The Kafala Brothers ' debut album Ngola ( the king of the Ndongo people and the basis of Angola 's name ) is a good point of comparison . |
58 | These days BEM systems cost little or no more than conventional controllers so the Exeter Arms ' payback period of two-and-a-half years would be much shorter today . |
59 | JIM McMAHON , one of the NFL 's most colourful characters , is back in the spotlight after the Philadelphia Eagles ' decision to drop quarterback Randall Cunningham , writes David Tossell . |
60 | Christie 's meanwhile set a new auction price record for a stamp in its New York dispersal of the Weill Brothers ' stock . |