Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1982 the Board informed the Bunchs ' company that following a review of its sales and marketing strategy it had decided to limit the sale of bulk butter to four other distributors in England and Wales and that , in future , the company would have to purchase its bulk butter from other distributors . |
| 2 | At the apex of the pyramid came the princes ' homage to the king — at least where they took it ( excluding therefore the counts of the far south and of Brittany , and the duke of Normandy after the breach of 1051 ) . |
| 3 | Today the owners of the horse were unavailable for comment but their solicitor said that while they accepted the horse broke loose they do not accept liability and are disputing any claim the horse caused the boys ' injuries . |
| 4 | v. British Railways Board even though the goods were in no danger and the defendants recognised the plaintiffs ' title : the shortage of stock caused by industrial action was acute and damages would not adequately compensate the plaintiffs for the injury to their business . |
| 5 | Could it have been that the upholders contested the undertakers ' application to join their guild , on the pretext that the furnishing of funerals was the prerogative of their members ? |
| 6 | The sun tumbled the islands ' shadows on the sea . |
| 7 | In 1950 the Circuit organized a Veterans ' Tea , held in Thomas Street Lecture Hall on Thursday 26 October . |
| 8 | The judge rejected the defendants ' argument that the information was made publicly available at the race meeting and that they were accordingly free to publish it . |
| 9 | The judge dismissed the solicitors ' summons . |
| 10 | To the south lay the workers ' quarters ; long , low huts that seemed embedded in the earth . |
| 11 | As part of the recent Belfast Civic Festival celebrations the IFA staged a kids ' five-a-side soccer tournament in the Shankill Leisure Centre . |
| 12 | The dogs pulled the Norwegians ' sledges . |
| 13 | The team had a supporters ' club in which local women were represented . |
| 14 | The civilian became the soldiers ' main target . |
| 15 | The meeting established an officers ' co-ordination council , of about 100 elected members , to put the army 's point of view in CIS negotiations on military and strategic issues . |
| 16 | Before they were finished , the first charges went off and the place became a hornets ' nest . |
| 17 | Some of the studies considered the parents ' perspective , and a few that of the children . |
| 18 | The court heard the setts ' entrances were blocked with hard-packed earth on October 20 last year to deny fleeing foxes bolt holes next day . |
| 19 | When the TUC expelled the electricians ' union it was Jordan who determinedly merged his engineering union with theirs , to the fury of the hard left . |
| 20 | The pessimists feared the Conservatives ' nine seats could even be wiped out north of the border . |
| 21 | On July 22 , 1991 , the government published a Citizens ' Charter intended to improve public services [ see p. 38355 ] . |
| 22 | In defence to a claim for that loss , the sellers sought to rely upon a contractual clause limiting the sellers ' liability to the cost of replacement of the seeds , i. e. the clause excluded the sellers ' liability for any consequential loss arising from ‘ use or failure in performance of or any defect in any seeds or plants supplied or for any other loss or damage whatsoever , ’ except for the cost of replacement of the seed . |
| 23 | The vice-chancellor said the creditors ' committee had been given insufficient time and information to judge the proposals , which were negotiated by BCCI liquidator Touche Ross , particularly whether accepting Abu Dhabi 's package would recover more money for creditors than suing the majority shareholders . |
| 24 | The Report estimated the LDCs ' development finance needs to be at a minimum of $100bil per annum for the remainder of this century . |
| 25 | When criticizing the decision to award only one prize to each competitor , the Report discounted the judges ' placings and only considered Angell and Pownall 's and Burn 's unofficial lists . |
| 26 | The plaintiffs disputed the defendants ' accounts for their costs , charges and expenses and the taxing master directed that there be a trial of preliminary issues . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | But the men liked the giants ' tricks : one used to swallow and then regurgitate long arrows , as in a circus ; and another , who allowed himself to be called Juan and learned some biblical phrases , caught and ate all the rats and mice on board , to the entertainment of the men and the pleasure of the cook . |
| 29 | The bank mentioned the brothers ' international shipping interests . |
| 30 | The company also agreed to provide a more adequate explanation of changes in accounting policy in future , and the Panel welcomed the directors ' intention ‘ to ensure that future notes will include reiteration of the former policy as well as a description of the new policy ’ . |