Example sentences of "[det] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was that the consultants ' own decision or were they prevented from consulting the NRA by the Cardiff Bay development corporation which originally proposed the Bill in close co-operation with the Welsh Office ? |
| 2 | But he made it clear when he arrived in Perth the next day that he disagreed with Marsh 's sacking , an interesting observation given that the players ' code of behaviour specifically states that they are not permitted to comment on selection decisions . |
| 3 | The director 's emoluments must also be included in the bandings in the note to the accounts unless all the directors ' aggregate emoluments do not exceed £60,000 ( Sch 6 para 1 and para 4 , CA 85 ) . |
| 4 | And now he 's back in one of the first ‘ recession vignette ’ commercials , selling all the directors ' company cars to maintain the work force 's wages . |
| 5 | ( c ) Where the regulations confer a discretion on directors with regard to the acceptance of transfers , this discretion , like all the directors ' powers , is a fiduciary one to be exercised bona fide in what they consider — not what the court considers — to be in the interest of the company , and not for any collateral purpose . |
| 6 | ( 1 ) The names of all the directors of a recognised body shall be stated either on the body 's stationery or in a list of the names of all the directors maintained at the body 's registered office provided that in the latter case the body 's stationery must state that such a list of all the directors ' names is open to inspection at the body 's registered office and must state the address of that office . |
| 7 | But despite all the authorities ' attempts to pretend that all goes well , the birthday celebrations are moving forward in the shadow of a public mood of national crisis , dramatised by the tens of thousands of East Germans struggling to flee to the West in recent weeks . |
| 8 | The second was the Bishop of Oxford , Tommy Strong ; the bishop with the most sensitive taste and rare learning and musical apprehension of all the bishops ' bench . |
| 9 | So were the boys ' band uniforms and all the girls ' clothing . |
| 10 | Their teacher , Sue Hewgill , of the Dance Studio , at Polam Hall School , said she was delighted with all the girls ' results . |
| 11 | Their teacher , Sue Hewgill , of the Dance-in Studio at Polam Hall School , said she is delighted with all the girls ' results . |
| 12 | It 's got on all the girls ' sch sch school stuff . |
| 13 | Nervous though we were , it did turn out to be reasonably straightforward — but this was after all the beginners ' course and the ingredients had been prepared ; even the chives had been chopped . |
| 14 | The system posed some obstacles to the monarch 's freedom of appointment , but it reflected above all the nobles ' concern to benefit from rather than to limit the power of the State . |
| 15 | A very rich and therefore powerful man , as head keeper of Newgate , Fitzosbert had the pick of all the prisoners ' possessions as well as the sale of concessions , be it beds , sheets , coals , drink , food , even a wench . |
| 16 | To compensate them for their lack of space , Chavez had paid for all the prisoners ' food and provided new plumbing and electricity . |
| 17 | All the Brownies ' mums are gon na be wasting away |
| 18 | Although there were profits and national prestige to be made out of all the Wardens ' privileges and untold opportunities for corruption , it was often difficult to find anyone to shoulder this particular responsibility . |
| 19 | Full knowledge of all the communities ' characteristics |
| 20 | Oxfam wo n't solve all the communities ' problems . |
| 21 | The truth is that , as the Co-operative Manufacturing Society was constituted , it was not — for all the Pioneers ' intentions to the contrary — a genuine co-operative . |
| 22 | Robson 's shown he can do it & both he and Hoddle will have ALL the players ' respect . |
| 23 | out , since all the investors ' margin was used up . |
| 24 | About as brief as all the models ' clothing . |
| 25 | Right now I should be putting the frighteners on the lot of them — by flinging Rainbow back behind the wheel , and sending the taxi southwards down the northbound carriageway at a speed so fast that all the aunties ' lives flash in a whizzing 360-degree pan before their eyes , or by rendering the whole equipage airborne while the driver uses the remnants of her chopped-chicken-liver-on-rye to strafe the unsuspecting Anglicans of Wherwell , Winchester and Nether Wallop . |
| 26 | In Caparo the House of Lords reviewed the statutory provisions relating to the position of auditors and concluded that although they undoubtedly created a relationship between auditors and shareholders , that relationship did not extend to the protection of all the shareholders ' possible interests . |
| 27 | The scheme , drawn up after pilot projects by a steering group under Duncan Graham , chairman of the National Curriculum Council , had the support of all the teachers ' and heads ' unions as well as the local authority employers . |
| 28 | He 'd ransacked all the chemists ' shops . |
| 29 | The Bank seemed to be implying that it was all the auditors ' fault . |
| 30 | All the lexicographers ' virtual machines will be given the same lexicographer priority , but those editing smaller entries are likely to be favoured over those editing large ones . |