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

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1 Ray Parlour , 19 , is back in the squad and is likely to be on the substitutes ' bench .
2 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 .
3 Middlesbrough midfield player Andy Peake has been recalled to today 's team with Mark Proctor expected to be on the substitutes ' bench .
4 Striker Bernie Slaven could again be on the substitutes ' bench after his quick recovery from a knee operation .
5 The player not in a starting role will be on the substitutes ' bench alongside Bernie Slaven .
6 Peake and Bernie Slaven will be on the substitutes ' bench .
7 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 .
8 Paul 's teaching has sometimes been unfairly caricatured as being on the bosses ' side .
9 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 .
10 Williams team management said they were on the protestors ' side .
11 The commander view would say that the superannuation fund balance sheet should be consolidated : the authority is responsible for managing the fund , although it is on the employees ' behalf not the community 's .
12 Logic is on the banks ' side .
13 Here , the focus is on the temples ' place in the growth of the towns .
14 City make three changes from the side beaten at Hartlepool Rovers last week , with scrum half Steve Kirkup returning for Charlie Turvil , who is on the replacements ' bench .
15 The referee was on the Lions ' side in the first half , before finding that their style did not suit him .
16 Here I need mention only that my work at the Staff College and the Royal Military College in Baghdad put me under suspicion of espionage , and that had the pro-Nazi rebellion of Raschid Ali of May 1941 ( during which I was given protection in the American Embassy ) been successful , I should have fared badly , as it was surmised much later that I was on the rebels ' hit list .
17 His name was on the voters ' list as occupying Moat Hall , the small mansion Burden had found deserted , but plainly he had left it months before .
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