Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] in the [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third defendant issued a third party notice against the plaintiffs ' accountant claiming an indemnity or contribution in the event of the third defendant being held liable to the plaintiffs , on the ground that the accountant had negligently failed to warn the plaintiffs of the risks inherent in the defendants ' transactions . |
| 2 | This ‘ hard line strategy ’ reveals yet again the contradictions inherent in the Conservatives ' law and order policy . |
| 3 | In 1873 she met Barbara Bodichon [ q.v. ] , a wealthy woman interested in the women 's suffrage movement , and one of the founders of Girton College , Cambridge , who remained her lifelong friend and benefactress . |
| 4 | Like the woman famed in the bairns ' rhyme , ‘ who lived in a shoe , and had so many children she did not know what to do , ’ Martha in her Boat-house kept so many lodgers — the cooking of meals , making of beds , and washing of linen for such a host made her often remark , ‘ I have so much wark , I dinna know what to do first ; ’ and then she had a husband to work for . |
| 5 | Confronted with the new philosophy that winning is the name of the game , student rugby , with its romantic vision of fun and entertainment , seemed increasingly out of touch with the pragmatic reality prevailing in the unions ' corridors of power . |
| 6 | The risk involved in the defendants ' operations was so great that a high degree of care was expected of them . |
| 7 | I chatted the one grandmother , who hard hardly seen her grandson who has made friends with another eight year old in the children 's club . |