Example sentences of "and [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saynor was acclaimed as the supporters ' player of the year and as the players ' choice . |
| 2 | Darryl Williams was handed two trophies the club 's player of the year and as the players ' player of the year . |
| 3 | Well I 'm very grateful to Mr for raising this in such a way and for the members ' contribution . |
| 4 | I have no doubt that by voting for the Bill and for the Conservatives ' record of achievement the arts will prosper far more than they would under the dogmatic , doctrinaire , interfering and bureaucratic solutions proposed by Labour . |
| 5 | But since her captivity , a babel seethed around her constantly , the cries and demands of Sycorax , the commands of the men on guard over her , the hammering and planing of the pales for the stockade and for the settlers ' other plans ; the shouts of the men from the boat-building on the beach , the barking of orders to bondsmen brought from England on the ship that had returned , the yells of slaves whom they had loaded in Dahomey or Yoruba on the journey back , and roped and chained and put to work under the whip , and the bellowing laughter now and then of the overseer , a tall African who had been taken out of chains himself to hold the lash over his fellows . |
| 6 | And despite the Ramblers ' Association suggestion of management etc , we have not made too good a job of protecting other wilderness areas open to the public . |
| 7 | There are rights of appeal against decisions of the Law Society and of the Solicitors ' Disciplinary Tribunal . |
| 8 | Phillips and Williams ( 1982d ) suggest a ‘ positive ’ approach to transfer management in the rural sector in which housing visitors ‘ scout ’ tenants and try to suggest ways in which a small ( and diminishing ) stock can be better used both in terms of persons per dwelling and of the tenants ' patterns of spatial behaviour . |
| 9 | The second required the establishment of boards of governors for polytechnics and other LEA-maintained colleges , and the specification of the governors ' functions vis-a-vis those of the LEAs and of the colleges ' principals . |
| 10 | The other residents who had legal standing were the sisters and younger brothers of the karanavan , and the children of the sisters and of the sisters ' daughters . |
| 11 | The Crown Prosecution Service were informed of Buckley J. 's order and of the plaintiffs ' intention to appeal from the decision of Wright J. , and were asked whether they wished to intervene or make representations in the appeal . |
| 12 | Again , and like the Workers ' Party in the same election , they were disadvantaged . |
| 13 | He 'd studied acting with Stella Adler , a follower of Stanislavsky 's principles , and with the Actors ' Studio , bringing his ‘ method ’ acting to the New York stage as early as 1943 . |
| 14 | Hugh Thomas , the technical delegate , stressed that the changes have been made because of the conditions and with the horses ' safety in mind . |
| 15 | But we do say that its object [ has ] been gained , and that after all the stir and excitement , the inconvenience … we are back where we wished to be , and with the miners ' case under negotiation . |
| 16 | Then up to the ground floor again and into the Ladies ' Reading Room . |
| 17 | Owen ran down the corridor and into the bearers ' room . |
| 18 | Men and horses were decorated with green , yellow and red silks and shields covered with gold and silverwork ; and round the horses ' necks were hung the bloodstained cloaks and trophies of the men each rider had killed . |
| 19 | The data about the number of audit firm partners ( defined under the audit regulations as ‘ responsible individuals ' ) was obtained from the computerised public audit register as at November 1992 and from the institutes ' lists of members . |
| 20 | The role of the zebra in the relationship seems too innocent and wronged to warrant the pejorative ‘ enemy ’ But individual zebras do everything in their power to resist being eaten by lions , and from the lions ' point of view this is making life harder for them . |
| 21 | Kalashnikov-toting guards were everywhere and armed carabinieri escorted teams to and from the Athletes ' Village — the hotels Ergife Palace and Princess . |
| 22 | Consequently , many of the recent developments in deep-fat fryers have resulted from the demands of these large customers and from the manufacturers ' experiences in supplying machinery designed to survive the hectic pace of the fast food industry . |
| 23 | These figures suggest that where items are available at all times ( as in the case of items housed in the Main Building , which are accessible whenever the Library is open to the public ) and can be delivered relatively quickly ( as is again the case with items from the Main Building ) readers will tend not to make advance reservations , but where access is restricted ( as in the case of material from the Annexe and from the Advocates ' Library , both of which have restricted hours of service ) or where delivery may take some time ( as is particularly the case with Annexe materials ) advance orders will more frequently be placed . |
| 24 | Times are hard , and from the employees ' point of view the possibility of something is better than the certainty of nothing . |
| 25 | This strategy is based upon the work of Slobin and Welsh ( 1973 ) , and upon the authors ' own extensive research regarding the imitative abilities of mentally handicapped children . |
| 26 | In fact , no player received the required three votes to qualify and in the players ' ‘ Player-of-the-Year ’ award each player voted for himself . |
| 27 | They are all unclean ; and in the boys ' initiation rites we find that the mudyi tree also has its part to play in the symbolism of circumcision . |
| 28 | In policy-making meetings in which the School Development Plan is reviewed , in ‘ staff development ’ meetings at which ‘ student participation ’ is debated , and in the governors ' meetings , the interests of students are represented by others . |
| 29 | This is in principle an ideal source and in the investigators ' initial work has already displayed important and robust relationships between post tax prices , commodity expenditures and other household characteristics . |
| 30 | Generators out of action , ’ incomplete fire-fighting pumps , inflammable plastic in the ships and in the sailors ' clothing were some of the reasons , given . |