Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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1 | In construing the Act without reference to the Parliamentary proceedings , he treats it as decisive that in this case the taxpayers ' children were only occupying surplus accommodation and that it lay in the discretion of the school whether to grant such benefit to the taxpayers . |
2 | For example , in this study the patients ' sex and the length of time since diagnosis were both significantly associated with glycaemic control , as were the treatment group and number of diabetes related events in the previous 10 years . |
3 | Questions of construction may be involved on what is said in Parliament and I can not see how if the rule is modified in this way the parties ' legal advisers could properly come to court without having looked to see whether there was anything in the Hansard Report on the Bill which could assist their case . |
4 | In March of this year the Ladies ' Captain , Mrs. Spratt , donated the bell by the 6th green and the Superintendent at Henley Police Station , Ralph Wastie , ( Audrey Luker 's father ) donated the Veterans ' Cup for golfers of 55 years or more . |
5 | This time the employers ' resistance was rigid and the workers ' ability to go without pay was soon exhausted . |