Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | This irony was only accentuated by the refugees ' initial belief that their exile was to be brief , a few days perhaps , at most a month , after which — in the manner of other civilians who had abandoned their homes in the midst of battle — they would return to their houses and fields to resume the life which had been interrupted by war . |
| 2 | The big machines are only powered by the ratepayers ' money , and that woman who threatened to tie herself to a willow tree represents thousands upon thousands of ratepayers who share her ( and Constable 's ) convictions about the essential nature of a river . |
| 3 | Adopting techniques long employed by the solicitors ' profession , the brochure sets out personal accounts of government legal work by serving lawyers . |
| 4 | Vacancies were normally filled by the commissioners ' presentation by the end of the century , but that presentation could be a formality and their autonomy restricted to the rejection of manifestly unqualified candidates . |
| 5 | But of course these stocks are dependent on the amount of wheat sown in the preceding year ; and that , in its turn was largely influenced by the farmers ' guesses as to the price which they would get for it in this year . |
| 6 | However , the employers must pay the whole cost of the benefits that are not covered by the employees ' contributions . |
| 7 | I was always struck by the eunuchs ' lack of bitterness . |
| 8 | TransAction has been enthusiastically received by the Consumers ' Association , the Lord Chancellors and the Land Registry . |
| 9 | Richard Rau presented the award to and his team at a dinner in the Williston Elks Lodge , which was also attended by the employees ' wives and vice president of operations , James Adams . |
| 10 | However , it must be emphasised that the flexibility shown by the local authority in approving this combination of residential and occupational functions within individual units is very unusual and was probably encouraged by the planners ' recognition that this approach could act to conserve a listed building with the least possible alteration of its character . |
| 11 | Dryfield Finance of Yeovil , Somerset has been registered as a bank for the past 10 years and its Tessas are also covered by the deposit-holders ' protection scheme . |
| 12 | Last year , Scotland 's 16 health boards were reconstituted so that no trade unions or local authorities had the right of membership , and they are now dominated by the Tories ' natural allies — business people — under the cloak of rhetoric about bringing in commercial nous ( see box ) . |
| 13 | And the already intolerable misery of the attackers was now exacerbated by the Germans ' increased use of mustard gas . |
| 14 | Without going as far as The Unfortunates , the forms of all the novels mentioned introduce a comparable questioning of conventional patterns and expectations , often heightened by the novelists ' explicit commentary on their own activity . |
| 15 | The liability of an occupier towards a trespasser is now covered by the Occupiers ' Liability Act 1984 . |
| 16 | Such people are now covered by the Occupiers ' Liability Act 1984 , s. 1(1) ( a ) and will be owed a duty of care under that Act . |
| 17 | And in fact the coffee rooms not only were not profitable but I think at one time were even subsidized by the directors ' own pocket which just how balmy some people can be . |
| 18 | Industrial relations and collective bargaining in BR and RENFE have been profoundly conditioned by the railways ' status as a major state-controlled public service . |
| 19 | In this latter meaning , ‘ the freedom of labour ’ was already partially overcome by the workers ' organisations in the capitalist period , when the trade unions partly abolished competition between workers by uniting them and making them stronger in their struggle against the capitalist class … |
| 20 | The authorities , hoping to contain the situation , appeared almost paralysed by the students ' actions . |
| 21 | The deminutive Mother Teresa was almost drowned by the students ' welcome . |
| 22 | In 1875 he was awarded an exhibition in physical science newly created by the Clothworkers ' Company ; in the following year he was awarded an entrance scholarship at Christ 's College , Cambridge . |
| 23 | This conclusion was the result of misinterpretation of data , presumably prompted by the scientists ' preconceived idea that they were on to something very important . |
| 24 | The Admiralty was sorely agitated by the shipwrights ' custom of taking " chips " . |
| 25 | The Orkney parents were never informed by the Islands ' Social Work Department of their own legal rights and the statutory powers , duties and roles of the agencies involved . |