Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can not be applied directly in international law , for treaties can be amended by the parties ' unanimous agreement , and there is no over-riding regulation of international organisations . |
| 2 | The salesperson 's voice may be competing for the buyers ' attention with the flashing lights and noise of the equipment . |
| 3 | Responsibility for the Sex Discrimination Act , the Equal Pay Act and the Equal Opportunities Commission would be given to the Women 's Ministry . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Similar problems arise where the parties wish to use EDI : messages will be received in the parties ' " electronic mailboxes " , and it may be necessary to decide when such messages are effective . |
| 6 | C&L was not alone in thinking that the OFR should be audited , and a number of firms , as well as the Scottish Institute , felt that , at the very least , the Auditing Practices Board should be consulted on the proposals ' development . |
| 7 | Roads , schools , refuse collection , etc. will provide inputs to the scheme but the cost of these inputs will be reported within the departments ' accounts . |
| 8 | While these sketches tend to be exaggerated at the witnesses ' expense they may provide useful cross-examination material , particularly if you can obtain corroboration from other witnesses . |
| 9 | The grossed up amount of the debt should therefore be included in the taxpayers ' total incomes for higher rate tax purposes . |
| 10 | As with most provincial newspapers , stories tend to be written in the reporters ' office with a minimum of telephone calls to check facts and with one eye on the deadline for going to press . |
| 11 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 12 | " 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 . " |
| 13 | Announcements will be made about the nurses ' pay award , but I assure the Hon. Gentleman that public and Government expenditure will be considerably increased throughout the Principality as a result of that award . |
| 14 | ‘ A lot of money can be made by the dogs ' owners . |
| 15 | The Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division , which exercises a supervisory capacity over the inferior courts and sits as a court to which an appeal ‘ by way of case stated ’ may be made from the Magistrates ' Court , is bound by the House of Lords , the Court of Appeal and its own previous decisions . |
| 16 | For instance , teachers involved in this scheme would know that the success of their female pupils would be very carefully monitored , and that senior people in the school would be looking at the girls ' test results . |
| 17 | Since the maximum term of imprisonment which might be imposed in the Magistrates ' court for a single offence is six months , the Act effectively took out of the hands of the magistrates the power to impose sentences of immediate imprisonment on the majority of offenders who had not previously been sentenced to imprisonment or borstal training . |
| 18 | Conditions on the granting of bail may be imposed by the magistrates ' court on defendants against whom charges are pending . |
| 19 | The social world must be seen through the actors ' eyes because it depends on how they see it and it works in whatever way social capacities are exercised . |
| 20 | This can only be done with the parents ' help . |
| 21 | Pharaoh decides to tackle the problem in more direct ways ( 15–22 ) , only to be defeated by the midwives ' faith . |
| 22 | It is a symptom of sociology 's low status as a scientific discipline that so many researchers still seem to be seeking for the philosophers ' stone , or seeking status by attempting to theorize beyond their means . |
| 23 | ‘ The repercussion are likely to be felt in the children 's market , ’ observed Mr Lang , ‘ where ‘ visual literacy ’ alternatives to books are more attractive among the 10 to 12 year olds — your book buyers of the future . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | An initial target of £4.7 million , later reduced to £2 million , was set for investments , which could be drawn on the unions ' general funds . |
| 26 | They hoped to collect money to be used for the children 's sports and fancy dress , cakes and biscuits and prizes for a tombola . |
| 27 | In other words not sitting there and asking people to , erm people in authority , erm sort of people of influence , ask them what they think , but actually going out and visiting people and groups , and I was going to ask whether this would be copied to the women 's sub-committee , because there are many , many groups of women who never have a chance of saying what they really want , and I do n't mean patients , I mean potential users of the health service . |
| 28 | and this is where it really matters and really counts , what are the army saying to new recruits who might be going into the careers ' office , army careers ' office tomorrow , |
| 29 | Sale agreements commonly provide for the value of the pension rights to be calculated according to a formula set out in the agreement and for the detailed calculations to be agreed between the parties ' actuaries , or , if they do not agree , to be determined by another actuary acting as an expert and not as an arbitrator . |
| 30 | 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 . |