Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] ' union [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arnaldo Ferreira , a local leader of the Rural Workers ' Union in Eldorado do Carajas , Amazonia , was shot dead as he slept , four days after the discovery of Vinha 's body . |
| 2 | He almost immediately led a breakaway of members into a Scottish Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union at a wage of £pound2 a week and made common cause with Alderman " Tommy " Lewis , who had already led a similar breakaway in Southampton to form the British Seafarers ' Union with which Shinwell 's union merged . |
| 3 | In recognition of his work , he received an honorary MA from Cambridge in 1952 , a special Union gold medal of the British Ornithologists ' Union in 1959 , and the Stamford Raffles award of the Zoological Society of London in 1966 . |
| 4 | The newly appointed Minister of Agriculture , Kumbirai Kangai , told the Commercial Farmers ' Union on July 16 that the government would reconsider plans to confiscate 13 commercial farms under the terms of the controversial Land Acquisition Act approved in March [ see p. 38804 ] . |
| 5 | The second seminar will be held in July at National College and the third will be held at the Training Centre of the German Mineworkers ' Union in October . |
| 6 | Yesterday the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland put its pennyworth in when Alex Brown , the milk committee convener , said the union expected a reasoned decision from the secretary of state . |
| 7 | Bob Doig , president of the Scottish Potato Trade Association , made that claim yesterday ; an appeal he made several weeks ago in conjunction with the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland . |
| 8 | The farmers , including the president of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland , John Ross , and the union 's milk convener , Alex Brown , called on the Scottish Secretary to back Scotland 's milk producers , who were overwhelmingly in favour of the SMMB 's proposals , and help overturn the Office of Fair Trading 's findings that the plan would distort trade for milk . |
| 9 | Mr Lang urged the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland and the SMMB to put together a submission showing how the OFT 's findings were flawed and said he would pass it on to the OFT and the president of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine . |
| 10 | GEORGE FOULKES , the MP for the large agricultural constituency of Carrick , Cumnock and Doon Valley , has criticised the leadership of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland after the Commons vote on HLCAs last week . |
| 11 | A recent study by the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland concluded : ‘ Major problems in the hill farming business could consign the valleys to excessive tree planting with the danger that uneconomic holdings would be left . |
| 12 | He was an honorary vice-president and past president of Banff and Buchan Conservative Association and an active member of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland . |
| 13 | A CLAIM by Borders Area of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland that Government cuts in hill ewe subsidy would take £120,000 out of the local economy in three valleys alone has been criticised by Sir Hector Monro , Scottish minister of agriculture . |
| 14 | At a meeting of the of Aberdeen and Kincardine area executive of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland the Dunecht Farms ' manager , Jim Arbuckle , made a plea for the union to co-ordinate the scheme . |
| 15 | Mr Duncan , Burton , Ayr , who challenged unsuccessfully for vice-president of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland only ten days ago , is 50 . |
| 16 | The net result is that the Scottish Office and the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland are trying hard to get the message across — tackle the forms immediately with the 15 May deadline in mind . |
| 17 | THE convener of the potato committee of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland , James Black , has vowed to continue the fight the stop the Government wrecking the potato marketing scheme . |
| 18 | Staff based at the regional office of the National Farmers ' Union at Ely have arranged a series of ‘ surgeries ’ at which members can get help and advice with the paperwork resulting from EC agricultural policy reforms . |
| 19 | The National Trust is supporting MEPs , MPs , and the National Farmers ' Union in fighting the directive . |
| 20 | Roger Welberry , chairman of the National Vegetable committee of the National Farmers ' Union in England and Wales will be in the province for a meeting organised by the Ulster Farmers ' Union next week . |
| 21 | The National Farmers ' Union in Cumbria is also against the new BSPS and butchers are concerned at its effects on the beef market after its introduction in April . |
| 22 | In 1889 a newly formed officers ' union , the Certificated Officers ' Union of Great Britain and Ireland , had asked for assistance from the NAS&FU in developing its organisation in return for an agreement that its members would refuse to employ non-union members . |
| 23 | A second congress of the All-Russian Peasants ' Union in November was satisfied neither by the Manifesto nor by the announcement that redemption dues were to be phased out altogether , and peasant disturbances continued through 1906 and into 1907 . |