Example sentences of "by the [noun pl] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a considerable number of references to solicitors in existing legislation and , when S.9 was brought into force , these references were applied to incorporated practices by the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practices Order . |
| 2 | [ as amended by the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Repeals Rules |
| 3 | The overseas office of an MNP is in a slightly different position ; the solicitors practising from that office ( including all the solicitor partners , whether resident overseas or not ) are governed by the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules 1990 , and solicitor partners will be responsible for ensuring the office 's compliance . |
| 4 | By the moonbeams ' mystic light 'T IS the shadow on the wall . ’ |
| 5 | A year earlier he witnessed the Sex Pistols debacle at the Lesser Free Trade Hall , Manchester , a legendary bombastic event bludgeoned into rock history books by the Pistols ' typical blind arrogance and contrived but destructive chaos . |
| 6 | This argument is crucial , if not yet fully absorbed , by the Conservatives ' current strategists . |
| 7 | The crowd is delighted by the gods ' high spirits and pleasure in the dance . |
| 8 | In hotel and catering accounts , the sales day book is replaced by the visitors ' tabular ledger , which is simply a form of analysed or columnar book-keeping . |
| 9 | My sister Pat , aged thirteen was in theory being educated at home according to a syllabus devised by the Parents ' National Educational Union , and which worked on a postal basis in much the same way as the Open University does today . |
| 10 | This irony was only accentuated by the refugees ' initial belief that their exile was to be brief , a few days perhaps , at most a month , after which — in the manner of other civilians who had abandoned their homes in the midst of battle — they would return to their houses and fields to resume the life which had been interrupted by war . |
| 11 | The technique is very reminiscent of that used by the amphibians ' far distant and antique cousin , the lungfish . |
| 12 | This conclusion was the result of misinterpretation of data , presumably prompted by the scientists ' preconceived idea that they were on to something very important . |
| 13 | There was no longer anywhere for me to hide , and I knew I would be cut to pieces by the giants ' sharp knives . |
| 14 | This was the first independent radio station in the republic and was to be run by the students ' official youth organization . |
| 15 | Walesa 's call was supported by the Citizens ' Parliamentary Club , a pro-Walesa parliamentary caucus , and by the Centre Alliance and the Green Party , but was opposed by the Democratic Party and the Democratic Left parliamentary groups which argued that the dissolution issue should be broached only after the electoral law and constitutional amendments had been adopted . |
| 16 | By the watchfires ' waning light he could discern a handful of ghostly figures flitting about nearby . |
| 17 | It 's still a child 's guide to sexism : children may be unconvinced , especially by the boys ' latent gallantry ( ‘ They 'd kick her , I mean him ’ ) , and adults may find the story a touch contrived , but it 's a good read . |
| 18 | Peter married a woman with two sons , aged non and 12. he had always been impressed by the boys ' good behaviour and had n't realised it was because their mother hits them whenever they do the slightest thing wrong . |
| 19 | And the already intolerable misery of the attackers was now exacerbated by the Germans ' increased use of mustard gas . |
| 20 | Without taking away from the association 's present main activities in forming international teams and organising international events — mirrored by the clubs ' heavy orientation towards racing — it was agreed that the whole base of the sport needed widening . |
| 21 | A hard-hitting and versatile set , the album is distinguished by The Afros ' singular lingo ( a dictionary accompanies their current US high-pitched whine . |
| 22 | His skilful efforts to put the Assembly in the wrong were abetted by the deputies ' seeming determination to alienate the masses from the regime , attempts which culminated in an electoral law of 1850 which disenfranchised some 3,000,000 voters on the basis of a residence qualification . |
| 23 | Although the MacDonald defection did much to justify this claim it did not lessen the resentment created by the Communists ' verbal and physical attacks on the rest of the Left . |
| 24 | Possibly in response to the stimuli given by the bishops ' public statements , the bishops found that local councils were coming to their aid and support in opposing the proposed educational revolution . |
| 25 | The Orkney parents were never informed by the Islands ' Social Work Department of their own legal rights and the statutory powers , duties and roles of the agencies involved . |
| 26 | Beneath my feet and beside me to my right , were the sheer pale grey rocks that were the andesitic relics of all the ancient turbulence and torture which had been and was still being caused by the plates ' gentle , turgid but quite inevitable meeting . |
| 27 | For Newcastle , having built up a two-goal lead could have been caught by the Bees ' stirring comeback . |
| 28 | Used for 30 years on British potatoes , tecnazene is now under investigation by the Governments ' Advisory Committee on Medicines for its possible impact on aquatic and human life . |
| 29 | Soviet and US experts , whose presence was thought to give momentum to the talks , were on hand to offer " technical " advice on the practicalities of a ceasefire [ for March agreement by the protagonists ' principal backers to work for a settlement to the civil war see p. 37365 ] . |
| 30 | The Eden was contaminated with ammonia in 1987 by Express Dairies who were recently forced to pay £113,000 in compensation following action by the Anglers ' Cooperative Association . |