Example sentences of "the defendants ' [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that while injury to Lonrho 's business was foreseeable it was not the defendants ' purpose to bring it about . |
| 2 | Affidavits from the defendants ' solicitors established that the photocopy affidavit was supplied to them by the second defendant for the purposes of seeking legal advice in circumstances where litigation was contemplated , but did not indicate whether the photocopy sent was a photocopy which the second defendant made for the purpose of instructing his solicitors or a photocopy which had been sent to the second defendant by the employee himself , prepared for the employee 's own purposes which had nothing whatever to do with the defendants obtaining legal advice from their soliticors . |
| 3 | He told the plaintiffs that he had two paintings by Munter for sale and accordingly an employee of the plaintiffs visited the defendants ' gallery to view the paintings . |
| 4 | It is therefore my opinion that on his findings of fact in the present case , the judge was entitled to hold , as he did , that the defendants ' promise to pay the extra £10,300 was supported by valuable consideration , and thus constituted an enforceable agreement . |
| 5 | I have some hesitation in accepting the judge 's second ground for rejecting the defendants ' argument based on section 222 . |
| 6 | Potts J. dismissed the defendants ' application to strike out the statement of claim as disclosing no reasonable cause of action . |
| 7 | When the defendants ' employees called to collect the carpet they presented a form for signature by the plaintiffs . |
| 8 | The defendants ' reply incorporated a disclaimer , namely that the report was ‘ without responsibility on the part of this bank or its officials ’ . |
| 9 | The defendants ' attempt to avoid the security failed . |
| 10 | In Howard E. Perry & Co . Ltd. v. B.R.B. it was held that the defendants ' refusal to allow the plaintiffs to enter their premises to collect goods which belonged to them could not be justified by their fear of intensified industrial action . |