Example sentences of "the [noun sg] on [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ban on keepers ' handling back passes has left dithering defenders panic- stricken . |
| 2 | never , the look on everybodys ' faces ! |
| 3 | The wear on horses ' teeth from thirty thousand years ago clearly shows signs commensurate with what we know as crib-biting and confirms that they were domesticated even then . |
| 4 | The petition is being organised by Stowmarket Traders ' Association , which is concerned about the effect on traders ' business of a pedestrian priority scheme introduced last August . |
| 5 | The effect on volunteers ' nails varied . |
| 6 | This helped to maintain the return on shareholders ' investment . |
| 7 | This chapter considers : ( 1 ) experts ' rights to fees and expenses ( 14.2 ) ; ( 2 ) arbitral immunity for experts pre — 1975 ( 14.3 ) ; ( 3 ) the change in the law on certifiers ' liability ( 14.4 ) ; ( 4 ) the current law under which experts are not immune ( 14.5 ) ; ( 5 ) the obsolete concept of the " quasi-arbitrator " ( 14.6 ) ; ( 6 ) the liability of experts for professional negligence ( 14.7 ) ; ( 7 ) three alleged duties of experts ( 14.7 – 14.10 ) ; and ( 8 ) the liability of experts in tort ( 14.11 ) . |
| 8 | These issues came to a head with the appointment of the Committee on Ministers ' Powers in 1929 . |
| 9 | [ F ] ew reports have assembled so much wisdom whilst proving so completely useless , as the Report of the Committee on Ministers ' Powers … |
| 10 | By way of response the Government established the Committee on Ministers ' Powers which reported in 1932 and has come to be known as the Donoughmore Committee ( Donoughmore , 1932 ) . |
| 11 | So the influence on teachers ' attitudes is probably greater than any immediate action taken as a result of analysing one child 's miscues . |
| 12 | After an excellent lunch , the meeting reconvened with the session on visitors ' questions . |
| 13 | Most of the tax on individuals ' gains is now charged at 40% . |
| 14 | Not that the Manner — which he intended should be so admired later in the week on Parents ' Evening — was particularly in evidence on the Monday , as he sat at his study desk and went over the plans for that event with his wife . |
| 15 | As the years have passed , he 's started waiting for us at the door on visitors ' days . |
| 16 | The data from WIRS did not always show that establishments where trade unions were recognised or where union density was high were also less likely than others to use temporary workers [ see Table 3.9–10 ] , but there were good reasons to explain this — not least the absence of a question in the survey on employers ' use of casual workers . |