Example sentences of "[be] [prep] the [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If competition is perceived to be open , the ‘ rules ’ are seen to be fair , and the determinants of success are within the competitors ' control , competition can be extremely fruitful . |
2 | Ironically the offices of the Darlington Association on Disability are in the Friends ' Meeting House , Skinnergate . |
3 | Sir Edwin Lutyens in the 1920s in a ‘ Napoleon ’ armchair , two of which are in the Dolls ' House library . |
4 | ‘ The Family in happier times , ’ Cowley observed , picking up a wedding photograph which he knew to be of the Hatches ' daughter and Jack Stone . |
5 | Limitation of family size will not happen unless it can be done without trespassing on conscience and unless practicable means are available ; and unless it is perceived to be in the families ' interests to do so ( Coale 1973 ) . |
6 | Servette qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing fourth in the Swiss League but last November it looked like they would be in the Champions ' Cup . |
7 | It may well be in the defenders ' interests to consider a minimum Tender justifiable , with some educated guess work , on the scraps of information available , in the expectation that if the pursuer is not to accept the Tender , further vouching will have to be produced . |
8 | Boll would be in the Directors ' dining room , Basil would have gone to see his cronies in A area , Wayne would have gone out with those as young and limited as himself to the Hind 's Head in the village , Carol would be in the canteen wittering with the other Clerical Assistants and her husband . |
9 | In any large firm the managers have considerable scope for indulging in actions which may not be in the best interests of the owners , or for allowing their subordinates a freer rein than might be in the owners ' interests . |
10 | It is unlikely to be in the investors ' interests to provide the entrepreneurs with as much as 20% or 25% of the equity at the outset . |
11 | You 're being transferred to the Correctional Labour Colonies , but you wo n't be classified as a foreigner , you wo n't be in the foreigners ' camp . |
12 | Then it may be in the parties ' interests to leave the money in the account but transfer the benefit of the account to the third party by some other means ; for instance , by the depositor constituting himself a trustee of the account for the benefit of the third party , or by him assigning the money in his account to the third party . |
13 | Ray Parlour , 19 , is back in the squad and is likely to be on the substitutes ' bench . |
14 | Blackburn 's Kevin Moran replaces him to win his 68th cap and striker Tony Cascarino is almost certain to be on the substitutes ' bench after also testing an injured hamstring this afternoon . |
15 | Middlesbrough midfield player Andy Peake has been recalled to today 's team with Mark Proctor expected to be on the substitutes ' bench . |
16 | Striker Bernie Slaven could again be on the substitutes ' bench after his quick recovery from a knee operation . |
17 | The player not in a starting role will be on the substitutes ' bench alongside Bernie Slaven . |
18 | Peake and Bernie Slaven will be on the substitutes ' bench . |
19 | And at the end of the day publishers prefer their books to be on the booksellers ' shelves than in the warehouse . ’ |
20 | Orrell , however , are confident he will be fit and name their regular side , with Chris Brierley and Brian Wellens likely to be on the replacements ' bench . |
21 | Guarantee costs of these should normally be at the vendors ' expense . |
22 | Most travel journalists will not have been to the Giants ' Grotto , of course , but they will certainly have seen the handy paragraph in the travel company press pack . |
23 | More recently , the primary threat has been to the highlanders ' land , although coerced labour and unequal trade continue . |
24 | But while you were still a miner did you have any trouble being in the miners ' association when the Spencer Union was ? |
25 | Paul 's teaching has sometimes been unfairly caricatured as being on the bosses ' side . |
26 | No I do n't think so , I think there 's a difference because the other excesses were on the peasants ' part now it 's okay whatever the peasants did , you know , it 's not terrible it 's , it 's fine to let the peasants do that , and also erm into the war period the peasants are gon na but must n't do it , this time it 's like okay , now we 're the party that 's saying let's go as far as we can . |
27 | Williams team management said they were on the protestors ' side . |
28 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
29 | The cordones were units of industrial organisation made up of workers from various enterprises , which were brought into being by the Bosses ' strike in October 1972 . |
30 | The intervention of the audience is through the communicators ' perceptions and images of the unknown audience . |