Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] by the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | 200 walks organised by The Ramblers ' Association to be held all over England , Scotland and Wales . |
| 2 | The nature of the formal shapes made by the dancers ' bodies and limbs as they move into and hold a picture must be evaluated . |
| 3 | These objectives , however , proved vulnerable to external events , especially the disruption caused by the miners ' strike of 1984–5 , and the government was forced to revise them downwards . |
| 4 | She is also entitled to damages for her mental distress caused by the solicitors ' negligence . |
| 5 | The data compiled by the Childrens ' Movement and IBASE , an independent institute , show a street child dies from stabbing , strangulation , beating or gunshots every two days in Brazil and claims that 82 children have been murdered by death squads this year . |
| 6 | Table 6.3 provides rather more useful information on the subject area(s) covered by the students ' research , as identified by the students themselves . |
| 7 | Armando Guebuza , the leader of the government delegation , as being designed to give the MNR time to consider proposals made by the talks ' mediators . |
| 8 | It comprises elements from both modern and classical techniques ensuring that the lines and patterns made by the dancers ' bodies are more expressively stretched and angled and less rounded than usual , because so much is danced with tense emotion . |
| 9 | Amendments made : No. 49 , in schedule 1 , page 37 , line 21 , leave out from being' to end of line 22 and insert nominated by the students ' association of the college from among students of the college . ' . |
| 10 | She spoke of the charity work done by the Students ' Union , paid compliments to Salford Council and expressed approval of the University 's wider access policy , particularly of the 2 × 2 courses , the first graduates of which will take their degrees next year . |
| 11 | True , this remedy contains more than an element of ‘ big brother ’ and it may be that it does no more than turn the criminals away from the areas covered by the cameras ' eyes . |
| 12 | In addition to the listing of pigments and common pigment names used in all painting since antiquity ( a useful resource for artists and restorers ) , there is also a detailed description of all the colours used by the artists ' materials industry today , including the new organic synthetic pigments . |
| 13 | The court said that the conclusion the arbitrator had come to could only have been reached by in effect giving evidence to himself in flat contradiction to the evidence given by the applicants ' expert witness , and the arbitrator was guilty of misconduct in failing to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 14 | The red of my anger bubbled up like the rosy orange juice squeezed by the vendors ' machines in the main street in our village . |
| 15 | These findings are also in line with figures produced by the Justices ' Clerks ' Society ( 1992 ) which we cited earlier , suggesting that for a given range of offence types , Crown Courts are very much more likely to resort to custody than magistrates courts , and to do so for longer . |
| 16 | He will usually adhere to an agenda approved by the parties ' legal advisers to ensure that the proper procedures are followed . |
| 17 | O'Carroll sees such positions exemplified by the protagonists ' refusal to accept that certain therapeutic abortions already permitted in Ireland were actually abortions and by their predictions of social chaos should they fail in their fight : ‘ Hence phrases such as ‘ the opening of the floodgates ’ , ‘ the thin end of the wedge ’ , ‘ the slippery slope ’ , ‘ the permissive society ’ , and ‘ the abortion mentality ’ ’ ( 1983 : 12 ) . |
| 18 | Their only viable future lies with the kind of measures proposed by the early-1980s SDP — industrial partnership and incomes policies — plus the sort of trade unionism proposed by the electricians ' union , EETPU . |
| 19 | It is on record that the inn provided a depot for raw fleece and wool for the spinners and knitters brought by the hosiers ' servants from Kendal and later the finished work would be collected . |
| 20 | The interest of the members in the company is freely transferable between the members , but in case of any intended sale to an outsider , first the other members ( in proportion ) , secondly the company itself , and thirdly a person appointed by the members ' meeting has a right of pre-emption . |
| 21 | The special cases of literacy usage represented by the analysts ' own academic experience , by the literary forms of their own culture and other specific social conventions are still taken by many , often implicitly , as the appropriate models for describing the ‘ universal ’ qualities of literacy and for testing other groups ' or societies ' conventions of literacy usage . |
| 22 | My sister Pat , aged thirteen was in theory being educated at home according to a syllabus devised by the Parents ' National Educational Union , and which worked on a postal basis in much the same way as the Open University does today . |
| 23 | A negotiated settlement is out of the question : the councils have no legal power to pay banks money on open contracts annulled by the lords ' decision . |
| 24 | The nature of the work and the environment in which you operate is a matter for your choice , but few careers offer the variety of opportunity provided by the solicitors ' profession . |
| 25 | The prices of the operations from fillings to complicated bridge work were set by independent experts so dentists would receive a fixed income set by the Doctors ' and Dentists Review Body . |
| 26 | This is one of seven research projects sponsored by the Kings ' Fund Institute which are monitoring the reforms over a three-year period . |
| 27 | This is not interpreted so as to compel a solicitor in overseas practice to maintain cover in excess of the current levels prescribed by the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules , though local requirements may have that result . |
| 28 | Possibly in response to the stimuli given by the bishops ' public statements , the bishops found that local councils were coming to their aid and support in opposing the proposed educational revolution . |
| 29 | In a survey with a 75 per cent response rate undertaken by the residents ' association on its new housing estate , some two-thirds of the respondents favoured the setting up of a multi-denominational school . |
| 30 | Several questions were put by the Deputation and answered , and then the Mayor told the Committee that the Corporation was " very sensible of the liberality of the offer made by the Goldsmiths ' Company " . |