Example sentences of "[noun pl] officer [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have two women Equal Opportunities Officers who took up post in early September . |
| 2 | Stirling had a lucky encounter , however , with Brigadier John Marriott , a Scots Guards officer whom he had known in Cairo . |
| 3 | Working on what in effect was virgin territory for customs officers our crews produced fantastic results in the earlier days . |
| 4 | The growth of bureaucracy led to the proliferation of officials with functions as police , tax collectors and customs officers who might have had their offices in such places . |
| 5 | Although we were volunteers , doing a job we liked , we were fully trained and experienced customs officers who were also operating sea going vessels in a competent manner , taking great pride in doing so . |
| 6 | If they decide to kill the customs officer we 'll take our time over it , we 'll make it very difficult and very unglamorous . |
| 7 | Trent was crewing for Baccy , a six-foot-four Seventh Day Adventist black Customs officer who captained Belpan 's lone patrol boat when he was n't racing sailboats . |
| 8 | Eventually Neil was interviewed by a customs officer who , he says , ‘ Looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks , but unlike him was as straight on the inside as he appeared on the outside . ’ |
| 9 | As Nathan got in beside her , the Customs officer who had questioned her slid into the front passenger-seat . |
| 10 | Walking past the tall , bulky uniformed customs officer there was that familiar feeling of trepidation inspired by the sight of a uniform . |
| 11 | Some firms have personnel officers who can discuss such matters . |
| 12 | Those officers were especially selected from erm the firearms officers we had available at that time and they were responsible for all firearms operations within the county . |
| 13 | At first it was conjectured that Dorman-Smith had gone to London to obtain a new policy , but on 5 August it was announced that he had resigned ‘ for health reasons ’ and was to be succeeded by Major-General Sir Hubert Rance , whom Mountbatten had appointed in May 1945 to head his military administration after he fell out with the Civil Affairs officers who wanted to get rid of Aung San . |
| 14 | ‘ My obvious reaction was that he had gone to help her , ’ Mr Clarke , a community affairs officer who was travelling to police headquarters , said at Shrewsbury Crown Court . |
| 15 | The detailed administration of applications is handled by a full-time Modular Admissions Officer who draws on clerical support from within the Registry and who makes substantial use of the central computer services . |
| 16 | He actually fired a public relations officer who had dared argue that the real sales figures were one or two percentage points short of the goal . |
| 17 | If the Cubans and Nicaraguans become his primary support groups , it will be a very bad situation , ’ Mr Andy Messing , a former US Special Forces officer who trained in Panama , said yesterday . |
| 18 | The big name companies whose clothes were forged have given Gloucestershire 's trading standards officers their full support . |
| 19 | The prosecution was brought by trading standards officers who discovered food on sale after its ‘ use by ’ date at five stores in Knowsley , Merseyside . |
| 20 | I hasten to point out that it is not envisaged that in the UK police officers themselves shall be trained to use hypnosis , as in some states of the US . |
| 21 | You have only so many police officers you can use and it 's taking our eye off the ball , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Police officers who have taken statements from detainees will also be exempted from being questioned in court unless they agree to do so , making it difficult for detainees to challenge the validity of any confessions made under torture . |
| 23 | In addition to these èlite groups , in both London and the provinces there exist Police Support Units of ordinary police officers who have had riot training and who may be pulled off normal duties to help with demonstrations and assemblies . |
| 24 | Police officers who expressed a racist ideology are certainly a small minority . |
| 25 | The police officers who stopped you noted that you were wearing women 's clothing — is that correct ? ’ |
| 26 | A SHOPLIFTER gave the two police officers who arrested her a shock when she sent them a Christmas card . |
| 27 | TWO police officers who set out to pick up a prisoner ended up behind bars themselves , a court heard yesterday . |
| 28 | Three police officers who tried to save the children were beaten back by the intense heat and smoke . |
| 29 | The Coroner looked at the police officers who sat just in front of the Foreign Office representatives . |
| 30 | TWO police officers who plucked a drowning two-year-old girl out of the River Thames told yesterday of how they thought the youngster had died . |