Example sentences of "the [noun pl] ' [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fantasy is compounded in ads for sports shoes by Nike or Reebok , in which the superstars ' looks are almost as spectacular as their talent . |
| 2 | Already the labourers ' wives were returning from the village , long loaves tucked under their arms . |
| 3 | It is plain that the solicitors ' claim was not prepared with proper care . |
| 4 | In the logbook at the Climbers ' Club 's May Cottage we wrote up the details and history of all climbing activity in Range West . |
| 5 | Unlike the articles of association , the shareholders ' agreement is not normally a matter of public record . |
| 6 | If the company or its ultimate holding company is a quoted company , the sale of such assets may also constitute a Class 4 transaction for which the shareholders ' approval is required under Stock Exchange rules . |
| 7 | In the diary Mr Springhall reports how the emigrants ' luggage was searched going aboard for intoxicating liquor , and how the ‘ stress of weather ’ kept the ship in port before before setting sail . |
| 8 | The emigrants ' discomfort was aggravated by tantalising radio reports of the steaming soup tureens , hot water and clean clothes waiting for them at the reception centre in Hof , West Germany . |
| 9 | Organised by the Henry Moore Foundation , the City of Paris and the British Council , the exhibition is the first important show devoted to Moore in France since 1977 , when sculptures and drawings were shown in the Orangerie and the Tuileries gardens and the artists ' graphics were exhibited in the Bibliothèque Nationale . |
| 10 | Where manufacturers produce both an artists ' and a students ' paint , the artists ' range is the larger of the two , with the basic colours repeated in both ranges . |
| 11 | Where manufacturers produce both an artists ' and a students ' paint , the artists ' range is the larger of the two , with the basic colours repeated in both ranges . |
| 12 | The creditors ' committee is appointed ( except where the official receiver is trustee ) to assist the trustee generally and in particular to determine the trustee 's remuneration , though this power is subject to the overriding jurisdiction of creditors generally and the court . |
| 13 | The main function of the creditors ' committee is to determine the remuneration of the trustee ( r 6.138(3) ) . |
| 14 | The defenders ' questions are much more difficult — but they should no longer be evaded . |
| 15 | Accordingly , he held that the defenders ' intention was irrelevant . |
| 16 | The defenders ' plight was no longer so desperate . |
| 17 | His place in the defenders ' final is in jeopardy because of it , for Bill Koch 's America beat her stable-mate , Kanza , on Thursday , to boost the chances of the two Koch yachts meeting in the final . |
| 18 | Two comments on the courts ' approach are warranted here . |
| 19 | Now it could well be argued that the very object of judicial scrutiny is to force the bureaucracy to consider a broader range of policy choices ; that the courts ' role is precisely to ‘ redress ’ the tendency of officials to adopt a very narrow bounded rationality which thereby forecloses policy choices . |
| 20 | Tarry 's first mount , Bright as a Button , was out-galloped in the Restricted by John Sharp on five-year-old Aldington Baron , but the riders ' roles were reversed in the Maiden ( Div 2 ) when Tarry forced St Laycar up to beat Sharp on River Spirit . |
| 21 | The birds ' echolocation is , however , limited by the frequencies that they can hear . |
| 22 | The birds ' health is being monitored all the time at the trust . |
| 23 | The squirrels too , who come to steal the birds ' nuts are a constant source of entertainment . |
| 24 | The Clothiers ' Delight is a compendium of them . |
| 25 | But one thing going in the prisoners ' favour is exactly that . |
| 26 | Essentially all previous studies of the Prisoners ' Dilemma are confined to individuals or organized groups who can remember past encounters , who have high probabilities of future encounters ( with little discounting of future pay-offs ) , and who use these facts to underpin more-or-less elaborate strategies of cooperation or defection . |
| 27 | In its standard form , the Prisoners ' Dilemma is a game played by two players , each of whom may choose either to cooperate , C , or defect , D , in any one encounter . |
| 28 | The Prisoners ' Dilemma is an interesting metaphor for the fundamental biological problem of how cooperative behaviour may evolve and be maintained ; alternative approaches involve , for example , studies of how the patchiness that can be created by limited dispersal or population ‘ viscosity ’ might favour the evolution of altruism through the elevation of inclusive fitness within kin groups . |
| 29 | The paring of hooker and tight-head going for the opponents ' ball is a great skill which will serve them well in the adult game . |
| 30 | The Homeowners ' account was adversely affected by weather claims , including the East Coast snow storms . |