Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [v-ing] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all too easy to find that the only properly planned meetings are the ones at which exchange of contracts and completion take place and those are meetings which are usually orchestrated by the solicitors acting for the buyer and the seller . |
| 2 | The solicitors at the end of the chain are asked to release their contract for a specified period of time to the solicitors acting for the buyer next in line . |
| 3 | There is no requirement for costs payable out of the bankrupt 's estate , be they the costs of the petitioning creditor or the costs of the solicitors acting for the trustee , to be taxed ( r 7.34 ) . |
| 4 | While the institutions rushing for the exit have been the small British firms , the institutions entering these markets — in addition to a number of major British banks — have been the comparatively enormous foreign houses . |
| 5 | It is as if academic freedom were a largely fixed commodity that was passed around among the groups contending for the right to make the key academic decisions . |
| 6 | MEL at Crawley and Racal at New Malden are amongst the companies competing for the order . |
| 7 | Darlington council must decide by mid-March which of the companies bidding for the contract to repair the leisure centre will do the work . |
| 8 | Of all the participants qualifying for the title of hero at Verdun , probably none deserved it more than three of the most humble categories : the runners , the ration parties and the stretcher-bearers . |
| 9 | Three of the psychologists reporting for the defence in this case ( Olive Tunstall , Gisli Gudjonsson and Lionel Haward ) , together with Eysenck , whom the court refused to listen to , were understandably piqued by the stance taken by the court . |
| 10 | This is the resolutions meeting for the AGM . |
| 11 | Just as she , Fru Møller , was adjusting to the need for a doctor and the possibility of a corpse at The Tamarisks , the same Miss Danziger did the rounds of the tables apologising for the shock and upset she had caused . |
| 12 | There was a subdued ‘ clanging ’ from Henderson 's Shipyard at Meadowside to the left , and the passengers waiting for the ferry on the Govan side at Water Row , could see the glow of fires where the boilermakers were busy putting the finishing touches to the Anchor Line 's new flagship , the Columbia . |
| 13 | ORF NP1450L is tightly packed between the genes coding for the attachment protein of ASFV to Vero cells ( 20 ) and DNA ligase ( 18 ) , with spacers less than 100 bp-long . |
| 14 | Although there is likely to be a fairly close relationship with the lawyers acting for the client , they will probably be asked to act for the client in respect of the firm 's contract . |
| 15 | Even with party animals like Birchall around , there are moments of true relaxation — even between the men battling for the world title . |
| 16 | These are some of the factors accounting for the apathy with which the deaf and dumb population welcomed the BDDA , but there was discontent also among members and sympathisers . |
| 17 | Mrs Ramsden 's husband , Jack , whose successful punting exploits have regularly had the bookies reaching for the valium bottle , was at first stunned and angered by the suggestion that anything was wrong with Travelling Light , whom he has backed at 33-1 for the second leg of the Autumn Double . |
| 18 | In the B flat Trio , Op. 11 I was glad to find the Czechs opting for the composer 's original clarinet rather than the optional violin chosen by the Beaux Arts . |