Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun] ' " in BNC.

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1 Thus , for example , Cowart ( 1969 , p. 223 ) suggested that welfare programmes are ‘ perceived as a ‘ gravy train ’ for low income Negroes ' by white southern politicians and as ‘ a promoter of illegitimacy ’ amongst them .
2 It is the view of the regional ambulance officers ' group that further development of air ambulances should await the outcome of the current evaluation of helicopter ambulances .
3 The Federation of European Chemical Societies ' conference Chemistry for the protection of the environment will be held in Budapest , Hungary on 10–14 May 1992 .
4 Brandmakers , whose Addams Family board game , based on the hit film , is heading for top toy shops ' shelves , is facing a financial crisis .
5 British Aerospace workers ' hopes of a revival were shot down yesterday with the news that 650 jobs are to be axed .
6 The specificity of such " cortical command potentials ' ( Ertl and Schafer , 1967 ) led Schafer to suggest that they might reflect the process of selecting particular speech sounds .
7 But Scottish club Hearts ' hopes of a UEFA Cup fightback were cruelly ended in Belgium last night , as they lost 1–0 for a 2–0 aggregate defeat to Standard Liege .
8 FOOTBALL : Rangers and Scotland striker Ally McCoist celebrated his club 's fourth successive title yesterday by being named Player of the Year by the Scottish Football Writers ' Association .
9 However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award .
10 We are not then just talking about the French eating frogs ' legs and the English black pudding : we could eat frogs ' legs in England without affecting our social structure .
11 We asked Liverpool-based Goldsmith Williams ' solicitor Nina Roland , who writes the Echo Woman Extra 's LE Law column where these women stand when it comes to the question of access .
12 Well in British Homes Stores ' restaurant the rest of them and all them big , they 've been putting them up
13 She was able to make herself a pottery workshop by joining two old telephone engineers ' caravans together , and now works from her father 's market garden near Livingston .
14 It also proposed that there should be a national organisation to co-ordinate the activities of universities in validating public sector colleges ' degree courses .
15 In the particular case of public sector firms ' management constraints/rewards , it is fairly clear that there is room for improvement .
16 LABOUR 'S policy review was a symbol of the party renewing itself and becoming again a force for change , Tom Sawyer , deputy general secretary of Nupe , the public sector workers ' union , said at the start of four days of debate on the review reports .
17 Public sector workers ' pay will be frozen in the Autumn Statement on Thursday .
18 One union leader estimated last night that the measure would take more than £2 billion out of public sector workers ' pockets , would worsen the recession and cost even more jobs .
19 Are public sector employees ' rights less important than those of private sector employees ?
20 The public sector auditors ' mandate therefore extends beyond that of their private sector counterparts who generally confine their energies to the attest/fiscal compliance role .
21 Because there is a harmful consumption externality , the marginal social benefit DD ' ; of cigarette consumption is lower than DD
22 And Wood 's Wonderful beer mats have taken second place in the British Beermat Collectors ' Society annual popularity poll .
23 Executive director of the Scottish Fish Merchants ' Federation , Robert Milne , accused the French of taking the law into their own hands .
24 Robert Milne , chief executive of the Scottish Fish Merchants ' Federation , dismissed as ‘ garbage ’ claims by fishermen that cheap foreign imports had led to the price slump and pointed the finger of blame firmly at British skippers .
25 Well firstly I do n't like the tree the leaf and I honestly think that it should be place as a permanent position in the foyer of County Hall as a permanent reminder to all councillors on the waste of public tax payers ' money .
26 The British tourist authorities ' overseas offices report growing interest in farm tourism from Germany , Holland , France , Australia , and the USA .
27 These powers of direction go well beyond the powers of the Scottish transport users ' consultative committee in relation to rail and ferry services in Scotland .
28 Member for Argyll and Bute ( Mrs. Michie ) , there have been suggestions that the Scottish Transport Users ' Consultative Committee should have responsibility in relation to bus services and involvement in the privatisation of the Scottish Bus Group .
29 A long-serving member of the British Pottery Managers ' Association , Roy was President in 1984 and served on the executive committee for eight years .
30 A TOP Ulster girls ' school has appointed its first Catholic headmistress .
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