Example sentences of "the [noun pl] ' [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is so notwithstanding any resolution of the creditors ' committee or of the creditors to the contrary ( r 6.148(2) ) . |
| 2 | The All Blacks have solid , experienced backs , but all New Zealand acknowledges that not one has the sheer pace of the Lions ' wings or Guscott . |
| 3 | The committee that produced this report was set up to consider how public schools ( defined as those belonging to the Headmasters ' Conference or the Governing Bodies Association , together with ‘ comparable schools for girls ’ ) could develop and extend their association with the general education system . |
| 4 | The thousands of miles of new hedgerows in the Midland countryside , when they came to full growth after a generation , added enormously to the bird population , especially with the extermination of the larger hawks and kites as pests , a process that is abundantly recorded in the church-wardens ' accounts or the field-reeves ' books of Midland villages . |
| 5 | ( c ) The most efficient delivery arrangement will be direct from the builders ' merchant or manufacturer to an individual site , rather than to the builder 's store . |
| 6 | The government turns its head aside from government support — apart from words — and says that it is either the employers ' responsibility or the employees ' … |
| 7 | Throughout this time the department will need , as a matter of routine , to respond to the information requests in several flavours , from government , the unions , the employers ' confederation or from individual managers or employees . |
| 8 | If any member wishes to see a copy of the R.H.A. plans or the branches ' report or would like to be involved in any way please contact myself of Lynn Inglis . |
| 9 | Tiger moths can also take their defence strategy a stage further , screaming out in ultrasound , which may jam the bats ' sonar or warn of their foul taste . |
| 10 | Scant consideration was given to getting the authors ' names or initials , or even their book titles , correct ! ) : |
| 11 | 6 Individual voters are rational and informed ; they have an appreciation of their own best interests ; and so they give the parties programatic support and vote according to the parties ' past or prospective action in office in the light of their own knowledge and interests . |
| 12 | When not in conflict with the parties ' agreement or with the CMI Rules , the Uniform Rules of Conduct for the Interchange of Trade Data by Teletransmission ( UNCID ) also govern the parties ' conduct . |
| 13 | Some controversy arose over whether the adjective " voluntary " in the Spanish text of the agreement ( desmovilización y repatriación voluntaria ) applied to the contras ' demobilization or to their repatriation . |
| 14 | It was not possible to know from the data available whether this was the defendants ' choice or magistrates declining to try them . |
| 15 | Acts done to forward or protect the defendants ' trade or business interests are clearly justified , but it is not essential that the interest promoted be a material one . |
| 16 | Most nights I go to the miners ' welfare or a pub , or a club . |
| 17 | The prospect of his receiving deputations as Prime Minister from the Miners ' Federation or the Triple Alliance , for example , is capable of causing alarm for the future relations between the Government and Labour — between moderate and less moderate opinion . |
| 18 | The order may give directions on : auditing , the revision of the directors ' report or any summary financial statement , steps to be taken to bring the order to the notice of persons likely to rely on the original accounts , and on such other matters as the court thinks fit . |
| 19 | The state forces children to be educated for a given period , if necessary against the parents ' wishes or indifference . |
| 20 | In many cases this is quite unlike the vernacular of the parents ' country or countries . |
| 21 | For the third period , that after the parents ' death or incapacity , I do accept the reasonableness of employing a nursing agency and therefore on this occasion I do accept Mr figure per year of sixty five thousand five hundred and thirty seven pounds and ninety six pence . |
| 22 | Assuming that no mature way can be found to speak from the workers ' culture or meaning system , as opposed to breaking it down and imposing on it other meaning systems such as that espoused by management , then passive individuals will be fostered . |
| 23 | For these reasons advance payments are rare , and instead most importers make an advance cash deposit , of say 10 per cent and provide final settlement on the goods ' delivery or documents pertaining to them . |
| 24 | When bankers say that a company is ‘ leveraged ’ , they mean that the company 's debt greatly exceeds the owners ' equity or share in the company . |
| 25 | While I do not want to detract from the bilinguals ' versatility or the value of their multicultural experience , I will argue in this chapter that in fact monolinguals have broadly the same range of linguistic " powers " as bilinguals have , though sometimes these are manifested in other ways . |
| 26 | The Gulamalis never received the agreement form , the tenants ' deposit or the first month 's rent . |
| 27 | Erm and as many a as many people I have contact with through either the tenants ' group or through the the Dayroom , which was erm set up in the probation office , but was for people who lived in the area , not necessarily for |
| 28 | However , this will not preclude other world faiths from that particular discrete area of the curriculum should their introduction be appropriate to the childrens ' experience or the particular theme , topic or unit of work being studied . |
| 29 | There were times when the writers ' arrogance or pomposity had the opposite of the intended effect of taking the often hapless victim down a peg or three . |
| 30 | Of course , it would be different if he deliberately memorized the customers ' names or made a copy of them . |