Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] by the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | These objectives , however , proved vulnerable to external events , especially the disruption caused by the miners ' strike of 1984–5 , and the government was forced to revise them downwards . |
| 2 | She is also entitled to damages for her mental distress caused by the solicitors ' negligence . |
| 3 | Amendments made : No. 49 , in schedule 1 , page 37 , line 21 , leave out from being' to end of line 22 and insert nominated by the students ' association of the college from among students of the college . ' . |
| 4 | She spoke of the charity work done by the Students ' Union , paid compliments to Salford Council and expressed approval of the University 's wider access policy , particularly of the 2 × 2 courses , the first graduates of which will take their degrees next year . |
| 5 | The court said that the conclusion the arbitrator had come to could only have been reached by in effect giving evidence to himself in flat contradiction to the evidence given by the applicants ' expert witness , and the arbitrator was guilty of misconduct in failing to observe the rules of natural justice . |
| 6 | The red of my anger bubbled up like the rosy orange juice squeezed by the vendors ' machines in the main street in our village . |
| 7 | He will usually adhere to an agenda approved by the parties ' legal advisers to ensure that the proper procedures are followed . |
| 8 | Their only viable future lies with the kind of measures proposed by the early-1980s SDP — industrial partnership and incomes policies — plus the sort of trade unionism proposed by the electricians ' union , EETPU . |
| 9 | The interest of the members in the company is freely transferable between the members , but in case of any intended sale to an outsider , first the other members ( in proportion ) , secondly the company itself , and thirdly a person appointed by the members ' meeting has a right of pre-emption . |
| 10 | The special cases of literacy usage represented by the analysts ' own academic experience , by the literary forms of their own culture and other specific social conventions are still taken by many , often implicitly , as the appropriate models for describing the ‘ universal ’ qualities of literacy and for testing other groups ' or societies ' conventions of literacy usage . |
| 11 | My sister Pat , aged thirteen was in theory being educated at home according to a syllabus devised by the Parents ' National Educational Union , and which worked on a postal basis in much the same way as the Open University does today . |
| 12 | The nature of the work and the environment in which you operate is a matter for your choice , but few careers offer the variety of opportunity provided by the solicitors ' profession . |
| 13 | The prices of the operations from fillings to complicated bridge work were set by independent experts so dentists would receive a fixed income set by the Doctors ' and Dentists Review Body . |
| 14 | In a survey with a 75 per cent response rate undertaken by the residents ' association on its new housing estate , some two-thirds of the respondents favoured the setting up of a multi-denominational school . |
| 15 | Several questions were put by the Deputation and answered , and then the Mayor told the Committee that the Corporation was " very sensible of the liberality of the offer made by the Goldsmiths ' Company " . |
| 16 | Each school has its own method dictated by the dancers ' response to the way that technique is practised , a way which is coloured by national traits in music , society and culture . |
| 17 | Town and Country Walks Guide published by the Consumers ' Association and Hooder and Stoughton |
| 18 | Yet cattle-pen queues , minimal information and a brisk trot past the attractions are problems common to many top British tourist spots , according to Holiday Which ? , a magazine published by the Consumers ' Association . |
| 19 | While researching my article , I was given a long briefing at Falkland House in London , by a Falkland Islands councillor nominated by the Islands ' London representative . |
| 20 | The dispersal of power and the divisive potential of the revolution created grave problems for a Republican government threatened by the Nationalists ' advance on Madrid . |
| 21 | State officials are in the end constrained by the capitalists ' control of the economy , since economic performance decides the electoral success of politicians and the revenues of state organizations . |
| 22 | On her lips she tasted the dust raised by the horses ' hooves and the wheels of the carriage . |
| 23 | The wife also claimed damages for mental stress , vexation and strain caused by the defendants ' negligence . |
| 24 | Although the MacDonald defection did much to justify this claim it did not lessen the resentment created by the Communists ' verbal and physical attacks on the rest of the Left . |
| 25 | A second feature of public order policing highlighted by the miners ' strike was the use of èlite groups of police officers within each police force . |
| 26 | Health union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award for 600,000 nurses , midwives and health visitors as totally unacceptable , refusing to accept the below-inflation increase recommended by the professions ' pay review body . |
| 27 | In a full drive or a similar distance shot , this ‘ tension bending stiffness ’ is , in the 40 milliseconds ( ms ) before impact , large enough to be comparable with the stiffness measured by the manufacturers ' tests as part of the shaft itself . |
| 28 | Regional CPD convenors met at the third CPD Forum in Windsor in October , which was this year sponsored by the Architects ' Journal . |
| 29 | His achievements in sport made him something of a celebrity at school and his status was in no small way boosted by the teachers ' approval . |
| 30 | Later I was lucky enough to obtain a copy of his Impressionist Painting in Oils , a , small handbook published by The Artists ' Publishing Co . |