Example sentences of "and [adj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 , at a particularly lively , contentious and near-violent writers ' conference in Budapest , Angela and I listened one quiet afternoon to the omnipresent Susan Sontag as she revealed that she had devoured ( her cliche ) the great classics of English literature soon after discarding her diapers . |
| 2 | DIARY TODAY Meeting of European Agriculture Council , Luxembourg and European Farmers ' Day … |
| 3 | And the man whose glory days at Goodison included League championship , FA Cup and European Cup-Winners ' Cup medals insisted : ‘ This situation is even bigger than my experience at Everton . |
| 4 | The membership remained largely moribund until the First World War , although the title of the union had been somewhat pretentiously changed to the National Agricultural Labourers ' and Rural Workers ' Union ( N A L R W U ) in 1912 . |
| 5 | But it had no relevance , and its guardians remained mute ten years ago , when bombs , with the United States ' and allied governments ' blessing , fell like rain on women and children in Cambodia ( Shawcross 1979 ) , or when the same governments aid and support other political/military regimes exercising mass terror and partial genocide against a subjugated people ( Chomsky and Herman 1979a , 1979b ) . |
| 6 | The Bakers , Food and Allied Workers ' Union had threatened a series of one-day strikes . |
| 7 | Later that month , railway workers belonging to the Swaziland Transport and Allied Workers ' Union struck for two days over union recognition . |
| 8 | The Civil and Public Servants ' Association opposes the move , which it said will mean pay cuts of up to £2,000 a year . |
| 9 | Or else if you 're driving up to Stranraer it 's a , it 's a good three and half hours ' drive plus your petrol . |
| 10 | The recession has taken its toll of lorries , dump trucks and commercial reps ' company cars . |
| 11 | The maypole committee , of which Amos was president , had been looking for ways of raising funds for the May weekend and old folks ' treat ( of which more later ) , the most important weekend in the lives of the villagers . |
| 12 | Where it studies young and old subjects , it commonly implies their inferior status by investigating young subjects ' development towards adult thinking and feeling , and old subjects ' loss of these faculties . |
| 13 | Political polls hold key to further economic integration The shape of the EMU depends on the French elections , Danish referendum and British MPs ' vote on Maastricht . |
| 14 | Above left : ‘ Cecil ’ Leitch , the British , French , Canadian and English Ladies ' Champion and President of Henley Ladies 1920–25 . |
| 15 | July : London summit and Foreign Ministers ' meeting [ see pp. 37599-600 ] . |
| 16 | December Defence and Foreign Ministers ' meeting [ see p. 37931 ] . |
| 17 | A Palestinian , Hafez Kassem Dalkamoni , and a Jordanian , Abdel Fatar Ghadanfar , were sentenced on June 3 by a Frankfurt court to 15 and 12 years ' imprisonment for attempted murder and possession of explosives similar to those involved in the Lockerbie air disaster in December 1988 . |
| 18 | However , he will stress that economic success can only be achieved through a commitment to free market principles and Scottish businesses ' pursuit of efficiency , diversity , enterprise , international markets and quality . |
| 19 | Although the Department of Trade and Industry estimates that between 250,000 and 300,000 companies ' turnover falls below the VAT registration threshold , the exemption limit is considerably lower than that proposed by , among others , the accountancy profession in the last consultation period . |
| 20 | It is 0300 hours in Munster , and the Workshop Duty Officer 's phone rings at 6 Armoured Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ' base in West Germany . |
| 21 | After 60 moves and six hours ' play , Short has rook , bishop and two pawns against Karpov 's bishop , knight and two pawns . |
| 22 | When he fell ill in 1857 he was granted £30 to enable him to get away for the winter , and six months ' leave of absence shortly afterwards . |
| 23 | Erm well I 'm in the scheme , the company pension scheme and I think they give er I think it 's six months ' full pay and six months ' half pay . |
| 24 | There are three categories of readiness : one month 's recovery , three months ' recovery and six months ' recovery . |
| 25 | He recalled that the original American commitment was to supply the ROK army with an initial issue of equipment and six months ' supply of spare parts for a total strength of 50,000 . |
| 26 | The latter also publishes an excellent and comprehensive Squatters ' Handbook . |
| 27 | You should develop your own reliable method of recording the names of people and places ; college buildings and their quaint room-numbering systems ; opening and closing hours of libraries , college and faculty offices ; student-welfare and advisory-staff offices ' telephone numbers . |
| 28 | Er we 're going to continue our focus sponsorship on and corporate hospitality er we 're going to set up er a chairman and chief executives ' club which we er , we have now done being and that it 's the chief executives ' club , it 's their club , we facilitated , have er four or so er lunches er a year and a launch lunch for example we have as a keynote speaker . |
| 29 | The Court of Appeal dismissed the first and second defendants ' appeal against Mr Justice Vinelott 's order that the defendants permit the plaintiff 's solicitors to inspect and take copies of an affidavit in the possession of the defendants ' solicitors . |
| 30 | It was reported on Jan. 3 , 1991 , that two ETA members , José Antonio López Rúiz " Kubati " , and José Miguel Latasa Guetaria " Fermín " , had been sentenced to 47 and 26 years ' imprisonment respectively for the murder in September 1986 of the amnestied ETA member María Dolores González Catarain " Yoyes " [ see p. 34825 ; for earlier conviction of Fermin see p. 37588 ] . |