Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | MUCH attention has been given to the Prisoners ' Dilemma as a metaphor for the problems surrounding the evolution of cooperative behaviour . |
| 2 | So far the exercise has been confined to the managers ' professional body , the Institute of Health Service Management ( IHSM ) . |
| 3 | Guests ' bills are written up daily from the duplicate vouchers which are debited to the visitors ' tabular ledger and it follows that the balances shown on the guests ' bills must correspond with the balances in the visitors ' tabular ledger . |
| 4 | It goes without saying that all this stops short at the people , who have been abandoned to the authorities ' exploitation . |
| 5 | Notice of the potential or actual claim must be given to the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund Ltd ( see Chapter 12 for a summary of the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules ) . |
| 6 | " that it is desirable that before anything is done as to interfere in the internal arrangement of the School , that application be made to the Goldsmiths ' Company for an additional grant . " |
| 7 | In part , the emerging entente must be attributed to the authorities ' move to the right , towards the Kinnockite orthodoxy favoured by Margaret Hodge , the Islington and ALA leader . |
| 8 | The accident began with an experiment , to see if power could be supplied to the reactors ' cooling pumps using only the momentum of the stations ' own turbines . |
| 9 | implement a strategy whereby support can be offered to the victims ' families ; and |
| 10 | The Germans naturally played the major role in shaping the CIVC and its undoubted success , both immediate and since , must to some extent be credited to the Germans ' reputation for organisation , efficiency and detail . |
| 11 | Equivalent sums would be credited to the enterprises ' bank accounts , subject to verification that the money had been earned legally . |
| 12 | It may also be desirable to set aside a small area for short-term parking and the use of that area may be restricted to the tenants ' visitors . |
| 13 | If this trend is allowed to continue unchecked it may lead to more solicitors finding criminal defences unprofitable and yet another field of work will be lost to the solicitors ' branch of the profession generally . |
| 14 | ( g ) Company form number 395 On the completion of a new mortgage , the above form must be sent to the Companies ' Registry within 21 days of completion . |
| 15 | That there is no meaning to be attached to the members ' actions . |
| 16 | Mini television sets are fixed to the spectacles ' frames and the image is directed towards the eyes by mirrors |
| 17 | Dear Mr. Lum — who had been admitted to the Weavers ' Company himself in 1787 — had agreed to recommend his friend William Charles Titford , and the deal went through as a freedom by redemption — that is , by virtue of payment — rather than by apprenticeship or patrimony . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's been put to the Parents ' Association , Deirdre . |
| 19 | Linfield 's £25 , bid for the player has been put to the Glens ' board but is certain to be rejected . |
| 20 | The McKinsey position seems more defensible this time , with the negative growth being confined to the dogs ' quarters . |
| 21 | The Madison banks collapsed after sustaining huge losses on real estate loans , many of which were made to the banks ' directors , employees and their relatives . |
| 22 | The circumstances of the breach ( which followed a previous less significant breach ) were drawn to the plaintiffs ' attention by the defendants ' solicitors by letter dated 30 April 1991 as follows : |
| 23 | Those other hardships include being ignored by England , enduring a mystery nerve complaint , being relegated to the substitutes ' bench by Palace and consequently losing the club captaincy to Eric Young . |
| 24 | Costs were awarded to the members ' agents but not to Lloyd 's . |
| 25 | Another was that he had been elected to the Students ' Council at his school , Westmount High , and to its Board of Publishers . |
| 26 | Otherwise information is limited to the editors ' and advertising managers ' names . |
| 27 | It will be of interest to see whether the reasoning is applied to the courts ' powers of review ; if this took place a general right to reasoned decisions would have evolved . |
| 28 | Through these activities the newly acquired language is transferred to the pupils ' own world and enables them to talk about their own experiences . |
| 29 | The evidence which is directed to the appellants ' intentions in relation to this matter of contempt is , first , that the appellants claim that the terms of the injunction made by the deputy judge in October 1989 were not explained to them . |
| 30 | Brigadier Scott is taken to the Sergeants ' Mess to meet the Mess members , all of Whom have played vital parts either as instructors or in the administrative support of the recruits ' training , prior to lunching in the Officers ' Mess . |