Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] on the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Marian 's view one reason for the scarcity of solicitors on the judges ' benches lies in something of a vicious circle . |
| 2 | Furthermore , since the board is dominated by the most senior representatives of management ( this term will be used , except where the context requires otherwise , to refer to the executive directors and senior managers ) it can hardly be regarded as a body providing independent supervision of management on the shareholders ' behalf . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There is an enormous literature in Russian on the Decembrists ' Siberian exile which accurately reflects the powerful impact which these ‘ first enlighteners of the Siberian people ’ had on the scientific investigation and cultural development of the region with which so many of them came to identify themselves , and where not a few chose to remain after they were eventually amnestied by Alexander H. Just as their initial , ill-fated rebellion marked the beginning of the nineteenth-century Russian revolutionary movement , so did their exile beyond the Urals open a new phase in the history of political exile in Siberia and of the on-going battle between the radical intelligentsia and the autocratic Russian state . |
| 5 | Continued success in this area will obviously depend in part on the unions ' continued ability to stay abreast of developments , and contribute to any agreement or trade and legal standards that are produced . |
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