Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun pl] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If competition is perceived to be open , the ‘ rules ’ are seen to be fair , and the determinants of success are within the competitors ' control , competition can be extremely fruitful .
2 Ironically the offices of the Darlington Association on Disability are in the Friends ' Meeting House , Skinnergate .
3 Sir Edwin Lutyens in the 1920s in a ‘ Napoleon ’ armchair , two of which are in the Dolls ' House library .
4 ‘ The Family in happier times , ’ Cowley observed , picking up a wedding photograph which he knew to be of the Hatches ' daughter and Jack Stone .
5 Servette qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing fourth in the Swiss League but last November it looked like they would be in the Champions ' Cup .
6 Boll would be in the Directors ' dining room , Basil would have gone to see his cronies in A area , Wayne would have gone out with those as young and limited as himself to the Hind 's Head in the village , Carol would be in the canteen wittering with the other Clerical Assistants and her husband .
7 You 're being transferred to the Correctional Labour Colonies , but you wo n't be classified as a foreigner , you wo n't be in the foreigners ' camp .
8 Ray Parlour , 19 , is back in the squad and is likely to be on the substitutes ' bench .
9 Blackburn 's Kevin Moran replaces him to win his 68th cap and striker Tony Cascarino is almost certain to be on the substitutes ' bench after also testing an injured hamstring this afternoon .
10 Middlesbrough midfield player Andy Peake has been recalled to today 's team with Mark Proctor expected to be on the substitutes ' bench .
11 Striker Bernie Slaven could again be on the substitutes ' bench after his quick recovery from a knee operation .
12 The player not in a starting role will be on the substitutes ' bench alongside Bernie Slaven .
13 Peake and Bernie Slaven will be on the substitutes ' bench .
14 It may be on the lendri 's scent , but the lendri will be underground by now .
15 Orrell , however , are confident he will be fit and name their regular side , with Chris Brierley and Brian Wellens likely to be on the replacements ' bench .
16 Guarantee costs of these should normally be at the vendors ' expense .
17 After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day .
18 Most travel journalists will not have been to the Giants ' Grotto , of course , but they will certainly have seen the handy paragraph in the travel company press pack .
19 More recently , the primary threat has been to the highlanders ' land , although coerced labour and unequal trade continue .
20 But while you were still a miner did you have any trouble being in the miners ' association when the Spencer Union was ?
21 This is a very short story about being in the women 's movement every day of your life .
22 Paul 's teaching has sometimes been unfairly caricatured as being on the bosses ' side .
23 During July we were on the Women 's Heart tour — 28 gigs in 30 nights , packed houses all the way .
24 No I do n't think so , I think there 's a difference because the other excesses were on the peasants ' part now it 's okay whatever the peasants did , you know , it 's not terrible it 's , it 's fine to let the peasants do that , and also erm into the war period the peasants are gon na but must n't do it , this time it 's like okay , now we 're the party that 's saying let's go as far as we can .
25 Williams team management said they were on the protestors ' side .
26 When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and
27 The cordones were units of industrial organisation made up of workers from various enterprises , which were brought into being by the Bosses ' strike in October 1972 .
28 The meeting is in the Friends ' Meeting House , Cambridge Road , Linthorpe , at 7.30pm .
29 The most well-known example is in the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules 1989 , at General Condition 6.1.1 of Schedule 3the " Master Policy " covering the first layer of claims against all solicitors .
30 National 800m freestyle champion Samantha Foggo is in the women 's distance freestyle races and is one of seven Newcastle swimmers competing with five others from Stockton .
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