Example sentences of "the country [noun pl] ' association " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | The Country Landowners ' Association has urged its members to clean-up roadsides and farmyards as part of the Tidy Britain Group 's National Spring Clean . |
3 | This annual jamboree was an unwieldy but useful public relations exercise which needed careful preparation , including as it did representatives from the interested government departments , local authorities , police , fire and water authorities , the National Farmers Union and the Country Landowners ' Association . |
4 | The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 introduced new principles and procedures for the management of the rural environment embodying the preferred solutions of the National Farmers ' Union and the Country Landowners ' Association to conflicts between agriculture and conservation . |
5 | More than 6,000 objections to the scheme have been submitted to the Department of Energy , many from important countryside and conservation groups including the Council for the Protection of Rural England , the Country Landowners ' Association and the National Farmers ' Union . |
6 | They included Lady Mary Bell , of East Rounton ; Mr Tom Haigh , of Stokesley ; Mrs Iris Wilkinson , of Sessay ; Mr Ian Kibble , of the Country Landowners ' Association ; Mr Peter Edmonds , of the National Farmers ' Union , and others who have spearheaded the anti-pylons movement over the last year . |
7 | THE Country Landowners ' Association is calling on local planning authorities to help farmers understand new planning controls on farm and forestry buildings . |
8 | He said : ‘ The figures are disputed by the National Farmers ’ Union and the Country Landowners ' Association and the Council for the Defence of Rural England — none of them really anti-Tory organisations . ’ |