Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] of the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | The blunt-talking Yorkshireman has been voted out as chairman of the Umpires ' Association by his fellow pros . |
2 | The order was not one for the recovery or preservation of trust property but called for information and for copies of the defendants ' documents which , so far as compliance might incriminate them , the defendants were entitled to disregard . |
3 | The playgroup leader will usually offer her observations as part of the parents ' contribution to the Statement . |
4 | Copenhagen 's manager does not need to watch Linfield ; he was in Tbilisi as part of the Blues ' party and had the home match videoed . |
5 | It did n't help when Westminster enforced successive cuts in pay as part of the public-services ' sacrifice in relation to the national economic crisis of 1931 and 1932 . |
6 | As part of the pensioners ' day of action , Age Concern Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Pensioners ' Convention will launch the publication ‘ Maximising Mobility ’ . |
7 | Mr William Waldegrave can hardly relish his new role as guardian of the Citizens ' Charter , but may well be relieved to remain in the uppermost ranks of government at all . |
8 | Scanlon 's successor as President of the Engineers ' Union , Terry Duffy , was , in fact , a strongly right-wing figure anxious to reach an accommodation with the government , but naturally it would take him time to build up his authority . |
9 | The plaintiffs contended that their business plan was confidential , that the items of information relied upon were sufficiently confidential to be protectable after termination of the defendants ' employment and that it could be inferred that the defendants had used those items by virtue of alleged similarity between figures appearing in the respective business plans . |
10 | Whether they would have been swayed by representations on behalf of any of the parties one knows not , but it is a defect in the proceedings which strengthens the application on the part of the local authority for reconsideration of the justices ' decision . |
11 | As a consequence , the level of reliability of the directors ' statement and the degree of assurance from the auditors is high . |
12 | If I am correct — and the statement is also seen in some measure as a form of protection of the parents ' and child 's rights in this matter — it is surely anomalous that this statement appears largely to have become a passport to special schooling . |
13 | " The following morning the Deputation again visited the School previous to the Scholars being dismissed for the Midsummer Holidays , and having inspected the Book of Entry of the Scholars ' Admissions & c we found that the whole number of 150 had been received into the School — that on the day of examination 141 were present and the remaining 9 absent from suspension or illness and one by death . " |
14 | Any one such focal place would thus have only one function , rather than the range of functions of the geographers ' central place . |
15 | The EC has suspended a grant towards restocking the Pyrenees with eagles and vultures because of fears of the roads ' impact on the birds . |
16 | His Origin of Forms and Qualities according to the Corpuscular Philosophy ( 1666 ) is a masterpiece of criticism of the Aristotelians ' substantial forms , a detailed classic exposition of the corpuscular theory he wishes to put in their place , and , finally , a compendium of experiments and results , all explained and analysed in corpuscularian terms . |
17 | The director of policy of the Consumers ' Association , Stephen Locke , said it had been pressing the Government to introduce the measures for some time . |
18 | By contrast , production by what became in time the Co-operative Wholesale Society is , in principle at least , under the control of the general body of members of the consumers ' societies . |
19 | Testing complicates the issue of fulfilment of the employers ' obligations to provide jobs to successful Compact graduates . |
20 | When we talk about paradoxical conflict , we can expect the conflict at the margins we , in other , if we made er , if we made er kind of diagram of the parents ' self interest in providing parental investment and the offspring 's self interest in demanding parental investment , we find that there are large areas of overlap . |
21 | People within the health and social services had been aware for years of the patients ' accusations , but nothing was done . |
22 | They integrated with the Picts , the ‘ painted men ’ , finally absorbing them and their culture completely , leaving behind only robbed brochs , broken hill-forts and a few stone carvings as evidence of the Picts ' passing . |
23 | What is most needed is a clear explanation of the particular point on which evidence is sought ; the model form includes requests for summaries of the parties ' positions and suggests that relevant documentation ( court orders , pleadings ) might be attached ; but these should be restricted to matters illuminating the particular request for evidence and should not seek to rehearse the whole case . |
24 | The other changes included the appointment of Gen. Magnus Malan , hitherto Minister of Housing and Works and of Water and Forest Affairs , as Head of the Ministers ' Council in the House of Assembly . |
25 | ( a ) Until three years after the coming into force of the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 , no part of this rule shall apply : |
26 | ‘ I 'd come back from a trip to Australia with pictures of the aborigines ' match during the Bicentenary Day ‘ celebrations ’ . |
27 | Inevitably , environmental pressure groups are not happy with limitation of the registers ' scope . |
28 | The information stored includes names and addresses of existing and potential customers together with details of the customers ' operations and views on the customers ' credit worthiness , payment facilities , discounts , etc . |
29 | The team also spoke with representatives of the Students ' League and the Group for Social Dialogue , whose members included many leading intellectuals . |
30 | 2915 built in 1983 as 2914 , but for use of the Travellers ' Fare staff and Regional Inspectorate . |