Example sentences of "[art] [adj] farmers ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ] . |
| 2 | The German farmers ' union , the DBV , maintained that " such a total transformation " of the system was " both wrong and disastrous " . |
| 3 | ( The chairman of the special committee of the German Bundestag , Günter Verheugen , also described the UK 's presidency of the EC as " a downright disaster " in comments on Nov. 20 , while the German Farmers ' Association ( DBV ) had criticized the EC for bowing to " massive pressure " from the USA . ) |
| 4 | Round table talks between the SED-PDS , the four other coalition or bloc parties ( Liberal Democratic party ( LDPD ) , Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , National Democratic Party ( NDPD ) and the Democratic Farmers ' Party ( DBP ) ) , the churches , and at least nine opposition groups , held on four occasions in December [ see p. 37108 ] , continued on Jan. 3 , 8 , 15 , 18 , 22 and 29 . |
| 5 | Four parties had previously collaborated with the SED within the National Front : ( i ) the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) which merged with the West German CDU on Oct. 1 [ see p. 37761 ] ; ( ii ) the Democratic Farmers ' Party of Germany ( DBD ) , whose chair , Günther Maleuda , resigned on June 25 and was temporarily replaced by Ulrich Junghanns pending a merger with the CDU ; ( iii ) the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany ( LDPD ) , which renamed itself the Liberal Democratic Party and joined the new League of Free Democrats in February 1990 and merged with the West German FDP in August [ see p. 37661 ] ; and ( iv ) the National Democratic Party of Germany ( NDPD ) which joined the League of Free Democrats in March [ see pp. 37260 ; 37302 ] . |
| 6 | The National Farmers ' Union Council backed the idea of licences , with penalties of up to £2,000 and the refusal of future permits for offenders . |
| 7 | The National Farmers ' Union proposed a licensing system to curb straw burning , after hundreds of complaints about smoke pollution at the end of the harvest . |
| 8 | The advice came from the president of the National Farmers ' Union , Mr Simon Gourlay , who discussed the matter with ministers . |
| 9 | Miss Melinda Appleby is environmental policy adviser to the National Farmers ' Union . |
| 10 | The National Farmers ' Union does n't like the idea of set aside . |
| 11 | The National Trust is supporting MEPs , MPs , and the National Farmers ' Union in fighting the directive . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In 1985 , the government set up a Nitrate Coordination Group ( NCG ) including DoE , the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and food ( MAFF ) , the Fertiliser Manufacturers ' Association and the National Farmers ' Union , but excluding consumers , environment or health groups . |
| 14 | The National Farmers ' Union has attacked it as ‘ unreasonable , unworkable and far too sweeping ’ . |
| 15 | The National Farmers ' Union welcomed the proposal while awaiting details of how much money farmers would get . |
| 16 | Quotas can be introduced , which might or might not be tradeable between farmers ( David Baldock of the IEEP suggests that within the National Farmers ' Union a debate over quotas ended with victory for those in favour of no such regulation ) . |
| 17 | Despite an existing voluntary Code of Practice , reproduced in part below , drawn up by the National Farmers ' Union to minimise any nuisance and existing legal controls , complaints appear to be on the increase . |
| 18 | A summary of the National Farmers ' Union voluntary straw and stubble burning code of practice says : |
| 19 | He is particularly disappointed that the Chancellor did not address important submissions made by the National Farmers ' Union . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Minutes of the Port Ellen News and Reading Room , the Minute Book 1928–1969 of the Islay Branch of the National Farmers ' Union , extracts , where there is mention of Islay or Jura , taken from the Minutes of the Presbytery of Kintyre , registers and minute books from a number of Islay churches , school magazines and the complete issue of the community newspaper " Ileach " which was first printed in 1973 . |
| 22 | Sean Rickard , Chief Economist with the National Farmers ' Union ( NFU ) , admits that such a financial harvest is possible ; during the past ten years , ‘ very small farms have increased in number , but decreased in acreage , because generally middle-sized farms are being split up with part of the land sold being taken over by larger farms and part becoming smallholdings . |
| 23 | In response to the challenge of YTS , the National Farmers ' Union has proposed a one-year Youth Training Scheme in Agriculture both to help reduce the effects of job shortages for young people and also to provide suitable first-year training for committed new entrants to the industry . |
| 24 | They had not been negotiated by any representative body of farmers , such as the National Farmers ' Union . |
| 25 | Various interest groups ( eg : The National Farmers ' Union , the UK Agricultural Supply Trade Association , and agricultural scientists ) have warned of the consequences of this policy . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The National Farmers ' Union 's South East region environmental study group is arguing for a fertiliser cut of about 20 per cent , to be applied across Europe by means of individual farm quotas . |
| 29 | The National Farmers ' Union disputes the NCC 's claim that drainage is principally to blame , and suggests that predators are the main cause of falling bird numbers . |
| 30 | The National Farmers ' Union ( NFU ) has announced details of a new policy on pesticide use in farming . |