Example sentences of "[prep] [art] defendant ' " in BNC.
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31 | According to the defendants ' version of events , a women had approached Khmara for help , claiming that a man had attacked her ; Khmara and his companions then tried to make a citizen 's arrest on the man , unaware that he was a KGB officer . |
32 | If proceedings have been issued you may be required to contribute to the Defendants ' legal costs , but this will usually be limited to the same amount that you contributed to the Legal Aid Board in respect of your own legal costs . |
33 | Bingham LJ said that " the plaintiffs did not do what was necessary to draw this unreasonable and extortionate clause " to the defendants ' attention . |
34 | The defendants denied liability , contending that an occupier 's duty of care to firemen attending his premises in the course of their work was limited to protecting the firemen from any special or exceptional risks over and above the ordinary risks necessarily incidental to a fireman 's job , and did not extend to protecting firemen from such ordinary risks which , on the facts , included an explosion of the kind which had taken place on the defendants ' premises . |
35 | On the defendants ' appeal and application for leave to adduce fresh evidence : — |
36 | On the defendants ' application for directions as to whether they were at liberty to comply with the Bank of England 's notice notwithstanding the terms of the injunction , or alternatively for variation or discharge of the injunction so as to permit such compliance : — |
37 | On the defendants ' application : — |
38 | Conversely , if United States shippers were to sue the carriers in Great Britain , where most of the sources of information on the defendants ' diligence and assets were located , they would be bound by exemption clauses that the United States courts had voided . |
39 | A fire broke out on the defendants ' premises and spread to those of the plaintiff . |
40 | It originated in the defective condition of the electrical wiring on the defendants ' premises , but as there was no negligence on their part they were held not liable . |
41 | The scientists involved , including Douglas Higgs , the chief scientific officer for the Crown during the Maguire trial , had not told the trial that substances other than nitroglycerine on the defendants ' hands could have given a positive reading , or that " rogue " positive results could occur , nor had they disclosed this to the May inquiry . |
42 | The plaintiff was a guest at the defendants ' hotel in London . |
43 | I can well understand the plaintiffs ' sense of indignation at the defendants ' breaches of the injunction , and the court will have to consider very carefully all aspects of those breaches when the inevitable contempt proceedings are heard . |
44 | The wife also claimed damages for mental stress , vexation and strain caused by the defendants ' negligence . |
45 | The circumstances of the breach ( which followed a previous less significant breach ) were drawn to the plaintiffs ' attention by the defendants ' solicitors by letter dated 30 April 1991 as follows : |
46 | This had not been appreciated by the defendants ' chairman who had considered the advertisement for some 5 to 10 minutes before approving it , but who had not sufficiently thought through the implications of it . |
47 | The fence was erected in order to reinforce a fence which had already been put there by the defendants ' predecessor in title , and it did not in any event enclose the disputed land … |