Example sentences of "and [noun] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ballot papers from the other election were posted to an executive member of the RMT — the merged seamen 's and rail workers ' union . |
| 2 | Refs ' dinner RUGBY : THE Durham and Northumberland Referees ' Societies celebrate their centenaries next season and a centenary dinner is to be held at Newcastle Civic Centre on January 29 , 1993 . |
| 3 | The DUP says that Republican violence paid off in the disarming of the RUC , the disbanding of the B Specials , the banning of Orange , Black and Apprentice Boys ' parades resulting in the imprisonment of Loyalists , the overthrow of Ulster 's parliament , the plan for talks with Dublin to change the status of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom , the abolishing of the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen in the new Assembly and Executive , the making of such oaths illegal for appointment to government boards , the removal of the Governor , the obliteration of ‘ On Her Majesty 's Service ’ from official paid envelopes , the attempt to destroy democracy by power-sharing which was a blow at the secrecy of the ballot box and an insult to British citizenship and standards , the proposal to set up machinery for the transfer of Northern Ireland 's powers to a body or bodies in or with the Irish Republic , and the continued existence of areas in Northern Ireland where the Queen 's writ did not effectually run . |
| 4 | ‘ Hackney-Coach Stands ’ , ‘ Brokers ’ and Marine-Store Shops ' , ‘ The Bloomsbury Christening ’ , ‘ Gin Shops ’ , ‘ Public Dinners ’ , ‘ Astley 's ’ , ‘ Greenwich Fair ’ , ‘ The Prisoner 's Van ’ , ‘ A Christmas Dinner ’ ; Vol. ii : ‘ A Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins Tottle ’ ( in 2 chaps . ) , |
| 5 | The 100th anniversary of the start of the RNLI street collections was celebrated during the annual Shoreham Lifeboat Week , organised by the Shoreham and Lancing ladies ' guild and Shoreham Harbour lifeboat society . |
| 6 | JIMMY WHITE continued his quest for the Benson and Hedges Masters ' title with a 5-3 quarter-final victory over Steve James at Wembley Conference Centre yesterday . |
| 7 | According to Izvestiya of May 29 , Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev had announced that the withdrawal of the 14th Army had been agreed ; the timescale and conditions were to be discussed at the quadrilateral Foreign and Defence Ministers ' meeting , postponed from May 29 . |
| 8 | The question of interim control over nuclear weapons in Ukraine had been removed from the agenda after preparatory Foreign and Defence Ministers ' meetings on July 3-4 ( not including Moldova 's Defence Minister ) , as it was felt that there was no likelihood of an agreement at the summit . |
| 9 | The combination of repossessions and building companies ' inability to sell their newly built homes has resulted in an estimated 200,000 properties standing unoccupied . |
| 10 | We have , for instance , mortgage interest rates , banks ' and building societies ' deposit rates , interest rates on national savings , personal loan rates , Treasury Bill rates , gilt-edged rates and so on . |
| 11 | The American Association of College and Research Libraries ' Standards for college libraries also give some quantitative formulae , suggesting base collections of 85,000 volumes . |
| 12 | All these and more were right to criticise the excessive prices paid in some bids and buy-outs , pushed by subsidised money and investment bankers ' greed for fees . |
| 13 | , a senior member of the British Insurance and Investment Brokers ' Association ( BIIAB ) , admitted the increased terrorist threat was causing the industry grave concern . |
| 14 | Who reported the Dunny-in-the-Wold election for the Country Gentleman and Pig Fertilisers ' Gazette ? |
| 15 | NUAAW dates from 1906 when , in response to political victimization and tied cottage evictions in Norfolk , the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers ' and Small Holders ' Union was founded in North Walsham . |
| 16 | Seventy three per cent of them believe that inadequate resources are a key issue facing higher education , according to the survey , which was conducted by Gallup and commissioned by NATFHE , the university and college lecturers ' union . |
| 17 | Unix International will use UniForum to launch a guide to the porting differences between Unix System Labs ' SVR4.2 operating system and Sun Microsystems ' Solaris , in an attempt to counter the widely-held perception that the two are incompatible . |
| 18 | The Secretary of State is given the authority to sanction road and highway authorities ' schemes , which may not always fall within the regulations . |
| 19 | and support has come from the hospital doctors ' and NHS consultants ' associations . |
| 20 | A buffet lunch to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Sutton-on- Sea and Trusthorpe ladies ' guild was held at the Enterprise Club in March , attended by 72 supporters . |
| 21 | The animal feed market has seen slow volume growth in the first part of 1993 with a relatively mild winter and Dairy farmers ' concern about their milk production going over quota combining to depress demand . |
| 22 | Terry , Harlow and Ash Residents ' Association . |
| 23 | In February 1990 the National Federation of Workers ' Unions of Benin ( Union nationale des syndicats des travailleurs du Bénin — UNSTB ) was weakened by the decision of the postal and telecommunications workers ' union to split from the UNSTB and declare itself autonomous ( the second defection after that of the Higher Education Union in August 1989 ) . |
| 24 | Connie September , treasurer of the South African Clothing and Textile Workers ' Union , on the demands of the Women 's League . |
| 25 | Jimmy Knapp , general secretary of the biggest rail union , the Railway , Maritime and Transport Workers ' Union , said that if BR lost the contract it would be a ‘ devastating blow not only to the railways but also for the environment ’ . |
| 26 | Pensioners ' , disabled and war veterans ' associations took part in a rally organized by the BSP in Sofia on 12 , demanding increased allowances and pensions . |
| 27 | automatic entitlement to an Orange Badge for those getting Mobility Allowance and War Pensioners ' Mobility Supplement ; |
| 28 | Motability was set up in 1977 on the initiative of the government to help holders of mobility allowance and war pensioners ' mobility supplement use their allowance to obtain a vehicle . |
| 29 | There was plenty of material to work from : Latin was compulsory at Plumford Grammar School ; the English master had drummed into their memories large sections of Macaulay 's Lays of Ancient Rome ; they had read novels with a Roman background , like Rosemary Sutcliff 's Eagle of the Ninth and Robert Graves ' I , Claudius ; and they could plunder Hubert Molland 's classical library for further information as the need arose . |
| 30 | Conversely , views showing the exteriors of undertakers ' and funeral furnishers ' are less rare , probably the most well-known image being the shop sign appearing in Hogarth 's engraving , Gin Lane , showing a suspended coffin and figure of Time . |