Example sentences of "[noun pl] of the [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to examine phases two and three , we needed to investigate the roles of the companies ' corporate planning departments in the total planning process . |
| 2 | Also , the size of union membership is an important consideration in its own right since it is one of the main indices of the unions ' industrial power . |
| 3 | Thus a detailed criticism in " The Observer " of the activities of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party was justified , despite proof that some allegations were untrue : the jury found that the inaccuracies could not " materially injure " plaintiffs who had been depicted in an otherwise truthful light . |
| 4 | The annual meetings of the churches ' central bodies are a forum for religious political debate and have been known to express tensions between the values of the majority Northern and minority Southern protestants . |
| 5 | Two separate network indices are used to measure the changing patterns of the migrants ' social relationships ; the first is the integration index and the second the urbanization index . |
| 6 | Where the louvred cowls has survived , glazing had to be added internally in order to present wind-blown rain from entering the vents , and efforts were made to waterproof the sloping brick surfaces of the roundels ' conical roofs by coating them with bitumen . |
| 7 | Any one such focal place would thus have only one function , rather than the range of functions of the geographers ' central place . |
| 8 | The idea is that the court should give only very cursory consideration to the applicant 's case at the leave stage , and that leave proceedings should not be used as a surrogate for a full hearing in order to test the strengths and weaknesses of the parties ' respective cases as an aid to settlement out-of-court . |
| 9 | On the other hand , the school aped the traditions of the boys ' public schools , encouraging competitiveness and aggressiveness within a rigidly hierarchical structure which depended on eccentric but unbreakable rules . |
| 10 | In its treatment of matrimonial conveyancing , this book is not concerned with the merits of the spouses ' respective claims nor with the proceedings in connection with those claims . |
| 11 | When in 1913 Alison Neilans of the Ladies ' National Association announced that ‘ we and our former antagonists can work cordially together ’ , Wilson explained that the olive branch was a result of the change of heart among medics and their new expansive definition of health . |
| 12 | One of Minton 's lithographs , Jamaica , was printed under the auspices of the Artists ' International Association and sold at four guineas , with discount for schools and institutions . |
| 13 | But Exodus 1.8 read , ‘ Now there arose a new king over Egypt , who did not know Joseph , ’ and then began the story of Egyptian brutality and oppression to which we have already referred , and after that we are back with the tales of the Israelites ' stubborn complaining in the wilderness with which we have become so familiar . |
| 14 | That kind of action is defensible or not in terms of the students ' civil rights , and in terms of the constraints such activities present to the civil rights of the general public . |
| 15 | Since they can not be planned in terms of the students ' likely destinations , they must have some other kind of rationale or logic . |
| 16 | Jane explained the difference in terms of the schools ' differing perceptions of her ability : |
| 17 | All members will have vivid recollections of the Banks ' huge publicity campaign , between January and May last year , attempting to sell Extended Opening Hours to both the Public and our members and the guarantees which accompanied this publicity . |
| 18 | Within the limits of the canons ' active pastoral life , Chrodegang stressed the communal liturgy . |
| 19 | They make forecasts of the results of the firms ' past and present investment activities . |
| 20 | The results of the banks ' self-imposed credit rationing , and of the mounting creditor distress , are beginning to show in the leap in outstanding commercial paper issued by non-financial companies . |
| 21 | The causes of the unions ' fading influence are complex , but one of the most potent has undoubtedly been the participatory methods adopted by American managers in imitation of Japanese practice . |
| 22 | First , it raises issues of the academics ' academic freedom ( Lerfreiheit ) : are the academics ' rights to teach and research constrained ? |
| 23 | This chapter has explored the consequences of the railways ' 'relative autonomy' within the state at a time of economic crisis and increased political concern with public expenditure . |
| 24 | The fact is that the capable and intelligent workman , especially if skilled , at this time provided both the main prop of middle-class social control and industrial discipline and also the most active cadres of the workers ' collective self-defence . |
| 25 | Issuers of letters of credit now view themselves , not as purchasers of bills of lading , but as mere examiners of the bills ' facial compliance with the terms of the letter of credit . |
| 26 | Now this kind of behaviour often ends up in a fierce debate about guidebook descriptions and grades of the participants ' favourite routes . |
| 27 | And what were the habits of the Hooligans ' gentle neighbours and families and friends ? |
| 28 | Independents won seven seats and two were reserved for guerrillas who gave up their arms ; it was anticipated that these would be allocated to representatives of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party ( PRT ) , a guerrilla group which signed a peace pact with the government on Dec. 28 and was due to disarm in the far northern province of Sucre on Jan. 26 . |
| 29 | We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route . |
| 30 | The money was demanded by the state from the citizen and the inequalities of the parties ' respective positions is manifest even in the case of a major financial institution like Woolwich . |