Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blunt-talking Yorkshireman has been voted out as chairman of the Umpires ' Association by his fellow pros . |
| 2 | Phonogram are offering a reward of sorts for info about the shirts ' whereabouts and anyone who 's got something to say should give the boys in blue at Belgrade Road station a call on 021 626 4010 . |
| 3 | The order was not one for the recovery or preservation of trust property but called for information and for copies of the defendants ' documents which , so far as compliance might incriminate them , the defendants were entitled to disregard . |
| 4 | After a transitional period of three years from 1 January 1992 , such companies will only be operable as part of a solicitors ' incorporated practice . |
| 5 | The playgroup leader will usually offer her observations as part of the parents ' contribution to the Statement . |
| 6 | Copenhagen 's manager does not need to watch Linfield ; he was in Tbilisi as part of the Blues ' party and had the home match videoed . |
| 7 | It did n't help when Westminster enforced successive cuts in pay as part of the public-services ' sacrifice in relation to the national economic crisis of 1931 and 1932 . |
| 8 | As part of the pensioners ' day of action , Age Concern Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Pensioners ' Convention will launch the publication ‘ Maximising Mobility ’ . |
| 9 | Soon after completing The Death of Nelson Minton asked Ronald Searle to sign David Tindle 's application for money from the Artists ' General Benevolent Institution . |
| 10 | Mr William Waldegrave can hardly relish his new role as guardian of the Citizens ' Charter , but may well be relieved to remain in the uppermost ranks of government at all . |
| 11 | The Trust is calling for research into the chemicals ' effects . |
| 12 | Unfortunately this constitutes only the assessment of a candidate 's suitability for entry to an interpreters ' qualifying course . |
| 13 | His explanation is partly geographical ( these composers , and the ‘ folk remnants ’ they use , came from relatively ‘ backward ’ Eastern European countries , where such archaic traditions still had valid life ) and partly on the grounds that the old materials are reinterpreted through incorporation in the composers ' radically alienated perspective and progressive language ( Adorno 1973 : 35–6 ) . |
| 14 | Scanlon 's successor as President of the Engineers ' Union , Terry Duffy , was , in fact , a strongly right-wing figure anxious to reach an accommodation with the government , but naturally it would take him time to build up his authority . |
| 15 | The plaintiffs contended that their business plan was confidential , that the items of information relied upon were sufficiently confidential to be protectable after termination of the defendants ' employment and that it could be inferred that the defendants had used those items by virtue of alleged similarity between figures appearing in the respective business plans . |
| 16 | The overall level of support for independence among the republics ' ethnic-Russian and other minorities was higher than expected , especially in Latvia ( minorities constituted over 36 per cent of Estonia 's population and around 47 per cent of Latvia 's ) . |
| 17 | Whether they would have been swayed by representations on behalf of any of the parties one knows not , but it is a defect in the proceedings which strengthens the application on the part of the local authority for reconsideration of the justices ' decision . |
| 18 | As a consequence , the level of reliability of the directors ' statement and the degree of assurance from the auditors is high . |
| 19 | Leonard 's switch represents the second change of heart by the Lions ' management in the last week . |
| 20 | In Marian 's view one reason for the scarcity of solicitors on the judges ' benches lies in something of a vicious circle . |
| 21 | This year saw a change of venue for Convocation 's Annual Dinner ; after several years of requests from the Students ' Union that the facilities at Castle Irwell be considered , it was agreed to accept the Students ' Union 's offer . |
| 22 | In the event that a company should fail , in spite of this scrutiny , policy-holders have some degree of protection under the Policy-holders ' Protection Act 1975 . |
| 23 | If I am correct — and the statement is also seen in some measure as a form of protection of the parents ' and child 's rights in this matter — it is surely anomalous that this statement appears largely to have become a passport to special schooling . |
| 24 | Nothing was achieved and several men had to be left ashore as they were unable to swim to the boats , whose RNVR crews would not beach for fear of damage to the crafts ' hulls . |
| 25 | ( Two years later , the tender of Samuel Foster Limited of Kempston for the nurses ' recreation room in the sum of £10,295 was accepted , despite an amendment which was put forward to postpone this project for three years , but which was lost on a show of hands . ) |
| 26 | However , the mayoral offer of money for the dolphins ' release was not forthcoming , and much of the goodwill between fishermen , villagers and conservationists evaporated . |
| 27 | There was no chance , Everett told them , of raising that sort of money with the Founders ' powers . |
| 28 | There are two unique aspects to the collection of books in the Dolls ' House library . |
| 29 | The publication consists of a facsimile of the earliest ( c. 1683 ) list of books in the Advocates ' Library with an introduction , modern catalogue , and associated indexes prepared by Miss Maureen Townley of the British Antiquarian Division . |
| 30 | However , the payment of premiums creates a pool of funds at the companies ' disposal , awaiting claims to be made against it . |