Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs Cath Thompson , who runs the Cockerton Travellers ' Rest with her husband Geoff , and Mrs Judith Robinson , of the Grey Horse , Bank Top , met Mr Bob Williams on Tuesday . |
2 | She would have something to tell the Highbury Ladies ' Circle at any rate . |
3 | Thus Emerson 's career breaks into three parts : his years as a champion and at the top of the FI drivers ' hit parade , his years as an unhappy and frustrated team-manager and his last years as an itinerant driver in search of a lost career . |
4 | Some time later , I was persuaded to try for a spot in the formidable writer 's Waterloo that is the NME Subs ' Room . |
5 | The greatest distinction achieved by The Wedding Present , though , was to win the NME readers ' poll for best band of the year , ahead of REM , The Fall and U2 . |
6 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
7 | For the first two minutes Charlie defended himself well , using the ropes and the corner as he ducked and dived , remembering every skill he had learned at the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
8 | But the CGT technicians ' section came out in support of the students for workers ' control . |
9 | George Boole 's father had been curator of the Lincoln Mechanics ' Institute when Bromhead was president , and the connection led to the latter 's support and encouragement for the younger Boole , to whom he lent mathematical books . |
10 | A petition was presented to Henry McCubbin , the Labour Euro MP for North-east Scotland , stating the Timex workers ' case and calling for the introduction of standards of employment protection equalled to those in other European countries . |
11 | David Kossoff , who played the Baker brothers ' father , still remembers the impression that Crawford left on him . |
12 | ‘ In the six weeks of the Hornsey revolution ’ , wrote a student the following Christmas in Revelations — the Hornsey students ' paper-'I had more education than I had ever previously experienced . |
13 | But two men in the Chelsea directors ' box were soon to show that they enjoy the away game just as much . |
14 | Newly flung mashed potato clung to the walls , testament to what the Rugby Supporters ' Club thought of the ‘ mash ’ part of the lunch . |
15 | The inaugural meeting of the Trabant Owners ' Club in the UK saw no fewer than 15 of the curious cardboard-bodied cars coverage on Lancaster . |
16 | The Sheffield Ladies ' committee canvassed the East Indian alternative in the town and reported ‘ grocers have stated the demand for it has been doubled since the commencement of the canvass ’ . |
17 | With the blessing of the Norfolk Naturalists ' Trust and with special permits in our pockets ( obtainable from the Visitors ' Centre ) we had walked along their famous bank from road to sea . |
18 | We left the car and , armed with NNT permits , headed for a hide belonging to the Norfolk Naturalists ' Trust . |
19 | The Lucas workers ' Centre for Alternative Industrial and Technological Systems and the North East London Polytechnic bought a secondhand Bristol bus and converted it . |
20 | Moreover , the Stewart kings ' lamentable habit of dying young had two consequences , both of which enhanced rather than diminished the strength and prestige of Scottish kingship . |
21 | Hun Sen , the prime minister of Cambodia , has withdrawn an earlier promise to allow the Khmers Rouges ' leaders to stand in any election . |
22 | Mrs. Norton , whose husband gave the Henley Ladies ' Club the trophy still known today as the Norton Cup , was to become the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 . |
23 | Expressing concern about calls for Taiwan independence , he said that China had noted the Taiwan authorities ' " strong stand " against independence activists . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | The funerals of members of the Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) guerrilla movement had been the scene of demonstrations and clashes with troops . |
26 | The Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) guerrilla movement was said to have claimed responsibility . |
27 | Interior Minister Ismet Sezgin said on June 15 that 6,796 members of the Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK ) had been " captured alive " in the previous seven months . |
28 | Other special services followed : The Reverend Wesley Gray brought the Dundonald Ladies ' Choir ; a team of nurses came from Lurgan and Portadown Hospital and a team of laymen came from Belfast : Thomas Street Old Boys ' Band and the Old Girls ' Association Choir came and one service was taken by Mr Donald Woodman BEM BA and the Portadown College School Choir . |
29 | In 1990 , the Murdoch papers ' association with Sky TV was the subject of most controversy , but that story does not belong in this post-war period . |
30 | Yes , when it comes to social events , the Athletico Supporters ' Club can feel rightly proud . |