Example sentences of "the [noun sg] to the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response to the miners ' action , both in Romania and abroad , was generally one of condemnation , although the opposition and some observers also emphasised the government 's responsibility for creating a situation in which such riots could occur . |
| 2 | Mr. Walter Prideaux , the Clerk to the Goldsmiths ' Company , wrote to the Governors on 22nd November , leaving little doubt about the attitude of the Company : |
| 3 | The task force planned to cut a track through a corridor of forest running along the edge of the settlement to the elephants ' new sanctuary 50 km away . |
| 4 | It also forms the key to the courts ' justification of managerial autonomy in the model which superseded the agency theory at the beginning of this century . |
| 5 | The chief scene for amorous exchange was the entrance to the boys ' swimming baths , for the girls had no baths of their own , and were obliged to use those of their brother school for their weekly afternoon 's lesson ; here , on the steps , small red messenger boys would collect , proffering envelopes from their elders . |
| 6 | Her eyes fell on two empty jam jars standing on a shelf , and then her mind flew to the clumps of snowdrops she 'd noticed blooming near the entrance to the shearers ' quarters . |
| 7 | She glanced up to see a familiar trim figure strolling languidly out of the entrance to the Members ' Enclosure . |
| 8 | Now the opposition to the Members ' Club was out in the open . |
| 9 | She ran up the corridor to the gents ' loos and barged open the door . |
| 10 | the coach to the breeders ' evening that 's what I mentioned before , we paid for the refreshments and the rent show secretary has only claimed two pounds which is a scandal really she 's probably paid twenty out , twenty pounds |
| 11 | This decision was the decision to provide the benefit to the taxpayers ' children and this decision involved no further expense on the college . |
| 12 | If these steps are not taken , the council can take the offender to the magistrates ' court and a fine of up to £2,000 may be payable — and the fine may be repeated on a continuing basis if the notice is still not complied with . |
| 13 | Masklin crept back through the grass to the nomes ' camp , if that 's what you could call a tiny dry space under a scrap of thrown-away plastic . |
| 14 | The participants talked in abstract and theoretical terms , rarely relating the subject to the listeners ' experience . |
| 15 | As the door to the parents ' room opened , she held her breath . |
| 16 | There was a thin slice of light showing under the door to the boys ' room . |
| 17 | The door to the servants ' quarters in the attics had been nailed up . |
| 18 | Where a registered foreign lawyer who would , apart from this rule , be required to pay an annual contribution or special levy , claims , and the Council agrees , that he or she is so covered in respect of dishonesty or failure to account , whether by a compensation fund other than the Solicitors ' Compensation Fund , or by an indemnity fund other than the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund , or by compulsory insurance , that there is a substantial reduction in the risk to the Solicitors ' Compensation Fund in respect of his or her practice in comparison with the risk presented by a solicitor practising in a like manner , the Council may reduce that annual contribution or special levy to such amount as the Council thinks fit or to zero . |
| 19 | It is obviously irrelevant to speculate on what if anything was in the mind of the clerk or other subordinate officer who actually received the money , or in the mind of the officer ( whoever he or she may have been ) who paid it into the bank to the defendants ' credit . |
| 20 | It is hoped that study of supply side aspects of macro-economic behaviour would increase the relevance of the model to the researchers ' studies of problems which are at the moment ill-fitted to discuss . |
| 21 | Pausing only to send a page running to fetch her maid , fitzAlan marched her all the way to the ladies ' solar , deliberately avoiding the crowded hall . |
| 22 | JOHN COLE The way to the voters ' heart Trades unions may be coming back into fashion |
| 23 | It also includes the subscription to the Students ' Association , athletic clubs and other facilities . |
| 24 | She wandered across the concourse to the Travellers ' Fare buffet and sat warming her hands around a cup of coffee while she waited for her train to arrive . |