Example sentences of "[adj] on the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It allows the world the chance of proving it wrong , though ‘ the world ’ can only do this on the scientists ' terms . |
| 2 | The prices quoted below are , unless otherwise stated , the cheapest on the agents ' lists for shared twin-bedded rooms . |
| 3 | In addition , employing such a model effectively is dependent on the managers ' understanding of a number of important issues : the nature of transformation , the implications of transformational change , the organizational conditions and behavioral changes that are necessary for transformation to succeed , and the challenges and dilemmas that are likely to be encountered . |
| 4 | Effective communication , of course , is dependent on the communicators ' several abilities within the verbal language component , notably those of thinking , speaking , listening , reading and writing ( Fig. 7.3 ) . |
| 5 | The doctor 's elbows were awkward on the youngsters ' shoulders , one high and jolting , one low and smooth . |
| 6 | The lesson proceeded slowly and hauntingly , the flow of French conversation was not at all brisk on the girls ' part and the constant pauses began to irritate Mademoiselle . |
| 7 | The BHS Training and Exams Committee have organised this to give those on the Instructors ' Register a fair chance of attending a refresher course . |
| 8 | Pakistan manager Khalid Mahmood 's suggestion of ‘ home ’ umpires being selected by the visiting team may have some merit , but only as long as the visitors have sufficient knowledge of all those on the umpires ' panel — ED . |
| 9 | Now can we look at his pay cos you all been busy on the directors ' pay and this chartered secretary is really important and so that he could be available on a Saturday afternoon if he was wanted . |
| 10 | However , in other situations Customs have deemed that there is a non-monetary consideration in addition to the price paid and that VAT is therefore due on the goods ' normal selling price . |
| 11 | They entered for all parts of the competition , and their designs for the Foreign Office and the War Department were both placed seventh on the assessors ' lists , but Burn did not put them so highly , and in the end both designs were rejected by the judges , and their block plan , which had not even been seen by the assessors and presumably never tested against the conditions , was awarded third prize . |
| 12 | Led by Trude Unruh , 64 , the chair of the Grey Panthers who had been elected to the Bundestag in 1987 on the Greens ' list , the party 's main concerns were to be campaigning for better pensions and for better conditions in nursing homes and countering " ageist " attitudes . |
| 13 | Unfortunately for Albert he was made 12th man and , with no substitutes allowed in those days , spent the match idle on the players ' bench . |
| 14 | Secondly , in the Fearon case it was not the right to exercise an economic activity which was conditional on the shareholders ' satisfying the residence requirement , but merely immunity from compulsory acquisition measures adopted under legislation governing the ownership of rural land designed to ensure as far as possible that the land belonged to those who worked it . |
| 15 | Apart , they could be breathtakingly sharp on the others ' shortcomings but together their individual selves gathered into something very close to a single presence . |