Example sentences of "be [prep] the [noun pl] ' [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 | 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 . |
| 15 | Guarantee costs of these should normally be at the vendors ' expense . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | More recently , the primary threat has been to the highlanders ' land , although coerced labour and unequal trade continue . |
| 18 | But while you were still a miner did you have any trouble being in the miners ' association when the Spencer Union was ? |
| 19 | Paul 's teaching has sometimes been unfairly caricatured as being on the bosses ' side . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Williams team management said they were on the protestors ' side . |
| 22 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The meeting is in the Friends ' Meeting House , Cambridge Road , Linthorpe , at 7.30pm . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In the long term , he argues correctly , this is in the shareholders ' interest too . |
| 27 | When prosecution for pollution does take place , it is in the magistrates ' court , where it shares the stage with licensing applications and speeding motorists . |
| 28 | It is not proposed to deal with the law on these matters , save to outline the basics , but rather to dwell on whether or not it is in the insurers ' interest to make an interim payment in any given case . |
| 29 | Those who during the week at Lake Nona took the opportunity to ask questions about the running of America 's LPGA circuit , are convinced that it is to the players ' advantage that they leave the running of the association to its staff while they themselves concentrate on their golf . |
| 30 | Its appraisal must be made by reference to the market position and the economic and financial power of the parties ; to alternatives available to suppliers and users ; to access to suppliers or markets ; to the structure of the markets affected , to take account of international competition ; to consider legal and factual barriers to entry ; and the interests of consumers and the development of technical and economic progress ( provided that the latter is to the consumers ' advantage and does not form an obstacle to competition ) . |