Example sentences of "the [noun] officer ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Copies were presented to the hotel which was the squadron Officers ' Mess during the Second World War and to the chairman of the 617 Squadron Association John Langston CBE .
2 An opinion poll taken at the January officers ' meeting , published on Feb. 5 in Nezavisimaya gazeta , showed that some 71 per cent of the officers polled favoured restoring a unified state within the former Soviet Union 's borders , and that 79 per cent thought that the military should have the deciding say on issues of the armed forces ' future .
3 Had he contested the Customs Officers ' decision , who would have supported him ?
4 THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS ' WORK LOADS
5 The accounts provided in this chapter of the development officers ' work will have shown already the breadth of activities in which they were involved : assessing , visiting and supporting clients and their families ; recruiting , training and supervising support workers ; negotiating with other service-providers .
6 The probation officers ' view has added to concern about lawyers and police and the system they serve .
7 This meant that the District Officers ' opposition to the proposals of wildlife conservationists who wanted Masai land was just as uncompromising as their opposition to settlers ; and , then as now , the appearance of indifference to the interests of picturesque and harmless animals brought down odium on the heads of those presumed guilty of it .
8 The planning officers ' report considered by the district council 's northern area planning subcommittee on March 24th stated : ‘ Initial comments indicate the council have not considered the current proposal in detail and have not therefore as yet decided to support the scheme , indeed some of the council have strong reservations ’ .
9 The NUCPS also warned if the move to Glasgow went ahead , staff who were expert in dealing with the army officers ' pay system would leave .
10 C.N.L. have , theoretically , one other alternative : they could at this late stage , without benefit of the P.C.A. documents , mount their own unaided inquiry into the police officers ' conduct and thus seek independently to obtain all the same evidence that the P.C.A. so painstakingly uncovered some three years ago .
11 The essential basis of the police officers ' claim in those proceedings is that the article complained of carried the clearly defamatory innuendo that their vindication by the P.C.A. and the deputy chief constable was worthless .
12 A crisis of inmate unrest , with recurrent rooftop protests or rioting ; a staff crisis , with the Prison Officers ' Union forcing thousands of prisoners to be held in police cells ; above all , a numbers crisis , with successive Home Secretaries announcing , at various times , that the breaking point of the system would be reached when the prison population passed the 40,000 , or the 44,000 , or the 50,000 mark .
13 John Bartell , chairman of the Prison Officers ' Association , has warned that any remand prisoner suffering a condition that requires constant nursing care , or carrying the HIV virus , would not be sent to the Wolds because of the possible cost .
14 The Prison Officers ' Association announced that the action was being suspended because it would hit patients .
15 One view is that it is the result of government parsimony towards prison staff ; the other is that such staff shortages as occur are due to the arcane system of rigid restrictive practices developed by the Prison Officers ' Association ( POA ) .
16 At a conference of the Prison Officers ' Association , their leader , John Bartell has called for a halt on the Government 's privatisation of the prison service .
17 Similar escapes in the past — there 've been 16 in 2 years — have prompted officials of the Prison Officers ' Association to suggest video camera surveillance of the blind spot .
18 The final straw for the Prison Officers ' Association came when two officers were kicked , beaten and punched in a fracas earlier this week — one went to hospital , the other 's on sick leave .
19 David Evans , general secretary of the Prison Officers ' Association in England and Wales , mounted a fierce attack on ‘ the threat of contracting-out or privatisation . ’
20 The prison officers ' dispute Sharon refers to is the Prison Officers Association overtime ban started at the end of April 1986 .
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