Example sentences of "of [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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31 | One way in which the 1975 legislation can be said to have further endorsed the domestic division of labour is by making provision of widows ' pensions by occupational schemes one condition of approval by the Occupational Pensions Board . |
32 | Earlier this year , the Italian Chamber of Deputies ' Cultural Commission approved in outline the regulations for the new Restoration School of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure . |
33 | Lifting of deputies ' immunity |
34 | This was on top of much bigger write-downs of creditors ' claims under chapter 11 deals — on average 47% of pre-deal face value , compared with 23% in workouts . |
35 | The suspicion is that members of creditors ' committees had used information gained in that role to deal in the equity market , or to trade the relevant junk bonds directly . |
36 | ( Problems With Debt : A Survey of Creditors ' Perceptions and Practices , May 1989 ) |
37 | The Court heard that one of the directors had acted while an undischarged bankrupt , aided and abetted by the others , and that they had caused the company to trade without reasonable prospect of payment of creditors ' claims , to retain Crown monies to finance insolvent trading and to abuse banking procedures . |
38 | If only there was a piano , I could give them " Rock of Ages ' when the time comes , he said to himself . |
39 | The court circular announced within three months of the Altrincham criticisms that the business of debutantes ' presentation at court would be ended . |
40 | They could have it done professionally , he supposed , wearily imagining a pile of builders ' estimates . |
41 | The businesses include two in waste disposal — essentially landfill operations — two in quarrying , two in the manufacture of scientific instruments plus a chain of builders ' merchants and a maker of specialised grouts . |
42 | Damian ffrench-Farce , their ‘ brilliant , totally undiscovered ’ interior designer , scoured dozens of builders ' yards , hunting down just the right sort of town-house brick , thrown out in the course of demolishing other houses of similar vintage ; when the supply ran out , bricks were made specially for them by local craftsmen . |
43 | A tale of a weird wedding present , a subterranean mass of builders ' ruddle , two toilets , Monica Seles first serve , and a half finished love letter . |
44 | When she 'd moved in , it had been no more than a yard full of builders ' rubbish . |
45 | Lay a 50mm bed of builders ' course sand . |
46 | This coincides with the normal trading and credit arrangements of builders ' merchants and suppliers . |
47 | , Cecil ( 1899–1970 ) , Jewish historian , was born 5 March 1899 in Dalston , north London , the youngest of the four sons of Joseph Roth , manufacturer of builders ' supplies , and his wife Etty Jacobs ; his third brother , Leon , became a philosopher of distinction . |
48 | This is the site of the former mill ponds and it appears that uncontrolled dumping of builders ' rubble and other waste material possibly of a dangerous nature is taking place . |
49 | The largest yet , an offer of £629m for Magnet , a chain of builders ' merchants , went to shareholders this week . |
50 | Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) has awarded its " Green Con of the Year Award " for 1992 to Meyer International , owner of the Jewsons chain of builders ' merchants , for attempting to persuade the public that the timber trade has a marginal or even beneficial role in the battle to save the world 's forests . |
51 | In addition , the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities ' changing economic roles . |
52 | You can — in a positive way — by helping the Rochdale Group make their Auction of Artists ' Work a huge success . |
53 | The virtue of artists ' writings for the reader of criticism is that it can often serve as a touchstone for judging the worth of mediators , particularly those presenting views of what the artist intended ; what the artist said may be more to the point . |
54 | The results of these studies were published extensively in catalogues of private and public collections , and in what in French are termed catalogues raisonnés , that is to say complete lists of artists ' works . |
55 | ‘ Making Their Mark ’ could equally well have been called a mixed exhibition ; but this is a term more often used for a show put on by an exhibiting society , that type of artists ' organisation whose importance in Europe was created by the middle classes , who sought in the eighteenth century to buy pictures rather than give commissions , as aristocratic patrons had been accustomed to do . |
56 | Nor did they plan portfolios of prints , as Die Brücke did ; a practice , by the way , followed by a variety of artists ' organisations including the Senefelder Group in England , which has sold its members ' lithographs from the nineteenth century to the present day . |
57 | Indeed , I recall that shortly after Miss Kenton 's departure to Cornwall in 1936 , myself never having been to that part of the country , I would often glance through Volume III of Mrs Symons 's work , the volume which describes to readers the delights of Devon and Cornwall , complete with photographs and — to my mind even more evocative — a variety of artists ' sketches of that region . |
58 | Bookworks , the publishers of artists ' books , recently held an exhibition of print works by women artists . |
59 | Stir thousands of artists ' and administrators ' strongly held views into a small pot , and it 's no surprise that the mix tastes like a very solid fudge . |
60 | Members of Artists ' Choice will fine the product listed on page 19 of our current catalogue . |