Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun pl] ' association " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent of British defence cuts is still anyone 's guess , even in Whitehall ; but the Defence Manufacturers ' Association reckons real annual spending will fall to about 75% of 1990 's figure within five years . |
| 2 | The answer might be to reintroduce transport allowances , but only on Tuesday the Racehorse Owners ' Association voted against that . |
| 3 | He was a leading light in the Cinematograph Exhibitors ' Association and expanded his business by acquiring and developing a chain of cinemas — which he named Vogue — in places like Govan , Rutherglen and Shettleston . |
| 4 | In 1981 he was chairman of the Computer Retailers ' Association , and he stood as a local government candidate for Rother Valley in the 1987 General Election . |
| 5 | Certainly , it was the effects of such rising social tensions and widespread industrial conflict which motivated the giant Siemens company in the electrical engineering industry to join the metalworking employers ' association ( Homburg , 1983 ) . |
| 6 | ( Interestingly , in the car industry , although Ford has never belonged to an association in Britain nevertheless in Germany it is an active member of the metalworking employers ' association and follows the terms of its negotiated agreements . ) |
| 7 | The strike by the staff of the School of Food and Consumer Studies will go ahead as planned tomorrow and the union , the University Lecturers ' Association , is drawing up proposals to spread the industrial action throughout the university . |
| 8 | Earlier this week the members of the University Lecturers ' Association at the school , where Mrs Falconer 's post as a senior textiles lecturer is being made compulsorily redundant , voted 19-2 for the one-day strike , with the threat of escalating their action next week . |
| 9 | Cadbury Schweppes ' mortgage assistance scheme provides for an allowance , tax free , based on the Building Societies ' Association recommended basic mortgage interest rate on the agreed difference in price between the properties in the old and new areas . |
| 10 | The building Societies ' Association ( at 34 Park Street , London W1Y 3PF ) publishes a leaflet , Hints for Home Buyers , and a more detailed booklet , Building Societies and House Purchase , both of which can be obtained free of charge . |
| 11 | Their mutual nature also explains why , until 1983 , the Building Societies ' Association ( BSA ) was able to operate a system of ‘ recommended ( interest ) rates ’ , a form of cartel which would have been illegal for public companies . |
| 12 | See for example , the Building Societies ' Association , Bulletin ; Unit Trust Yearbook ; Association of Investment Trust Companies , Yearbook . |
| 13 | The rate of interest on loans recommended from time to time by the Building Societies ' Association ( which is at present 11 per cent ) . |
| 14 | It is understood that the formula used by the Building Societies ' Association when recommending their rate of interest is as follows , viz : |
| 15 | Mr Bragge was applying for an injunction on behalf of French champagne producers Taittinger and the champagne growers ' association , to prevent Mr Woodall and his partner , Mr Ray Bevan , 39 , selling their product in bottles labelled ‘ champagne ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | In the offices of the Stock Growers ' Association in Rapid City , South Dakota , Jack McCulloh , secretary , and Ed Anderson , local manager of the NorWest Bank , agree that the story is sadly typical . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | When Charles Hennessy 's Adwatch column won a ‘ highly commended ’ gong in the Periodical Publishers ' Association annual awards in May , there were three options : sack him for not winning outright , pay him more , or promote him . |
| 20 | Since I was pipped at the post for the Periodical Publishers ' Association Columnist of the Year award by Maureen Lipman , star of stage and commercial , I thought I 'd better look up her column in She magazine to see how I might bring my stuff up to state-of-the-art standard . |
| 21 | In a tough speech to the Crime Reporters ' Association he said the IRA would cease their evil trade if they could see the level of public support given to the police — much of it from the Irish community . |
| 22 | Mr Stan Cardwell MBE , co-founder of the North-East ramblers ' association , said : ‘ His style was one of cooperation , not confrontation , and through this he made many friends , not least among the farming community , where he was regarded highly for his expertise on rights of way matters . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Robson , a contender for the Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award , has played in only two of United 's last five matches but his contribution has been significant . |
| 29 | Trevor Hicks , whose two daughters were among those who died , and Peter Jackson , the Liverpool solicitor who acted for the Football Supporters ' Association at the Hillsborough Inquiry , both condemn the FA for acting in haste . |
| 30 | Sheila Spiers , of the Football Supporters ' Association , said : ‘ This is a real kick in the teeth . ’ |