Example sentences of "the plaintiffs ' [noun] be " in BNC.

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1 The plaintiffs ' accountants were Deloitte , Haskins & Sells and the defendants ' accountants were Peat , Marwick , Mitchell .
2 The plaintiffs ' case was that Peats and Coopers had made mistakes of mixed fact and law , and that they were entitled to ask the court to determine whether or not Coopers had made those mistakes .
3 If the plaintiffs ' allegations are proved , the defendants would have been liable to them in negligence before the passing of the Congenital Disabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 .
4 The Court of Appeal dismissed the plaintiffs ' appeal from Wright J. 's order , holding that it was not open to the court to devise protection in substitution for the defendants ' privilege against self-incrimination , and that the plaintiffs ' claim was neither proprietary nor within section 72 of the Supreme Court Act 1981
5 And that is just the kind of order , it seems to me , which ought to have been granted if the plaintiffs ' contentions are correct .
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