Example sentences of "at the [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The possibility of postal misdelivery and of an administrative mishap at the suppliers ' office may be taken into account and it may be appropriate to send out reminders prior to the closing date . |
2 | There was also what was to become a recurrent feature of Gilkes 's reports — as indeed it had been for a half a century already — regret at the parents ' lack of faith or courage , which resulted in boys leaving early and not going on to University . |
3 | The model presented here of working with parents enables the clinician to progress at the parents ' rate of change and understanding . |
4 | He never put in an appearance at the parents ' meeting . |
5 | Before this age parents can be given ideas about encouraging children to go to the lavatory before going to bed , and waking them at the parents ' bedtime so providing another chance to empty their bladder . |
6 | When I were at the parents ' evening I said does that mean er he never sits still and he 's always tearing about and |
7 | Erm , no yo I 've , er I 've asked him at the parents ' evening what he expected us to do for economics , right ? |
8 | A factor for some of us in so doing was the fact that we have been saddened and sickened at the supermarkets ' attitudes in exploiting the European difficulty . |
9 | Less the arm the figure is complete in itself , but it was part of a larger whole : a four-horse team , the charioteer in the car holding the reins , possibly the dedicator as a warrior behind him on the ground or mounting , probably a groom at the horses ' heads ( a small-scale arm was found , as well as scraps of the horses ' legs and tails ) . |
10 | There is no room between him and the chariot for a groom corresponding to the one holding the reins in the opposite wing ; nor , if the girl is rightly placed , was there one at the horses ' heads . |
11 | As the dragoons beside the cannon prepared to advance , the Highlanders dashed forward and slashed at the horses ' noses , which sent the unfortunate animals , maddened with pain , into headlong retreat , scattering the supporting line behind them . |
12 | An enterprising firm of potters anywhere in the Province could supply batches of their wares , so crates of vessels arriving at the quartermasters ' stores could have come from any available source . |
13 | He tells me to meet him at the magistrates ' court the following morning , tells me to keep away from the scumbags . |
14 | If witnesses have already given evidence at the magistrates ' court the Crown Prosecution Service might be persuaded to discuss the impression that they made . |
15 | At the magistrates ' court , chairman of the bench Pat Partridge said : ‘ I think we are all aware of the signs in the area and I think my colleagues would agree that it 's not a very good excuse . ’ |
16 | He was educated at the Friends ' School , Rochester , and Grove House , Tottenham . |
17 | Mr Douglas recalled the Spartan , but nourishing life at the Friends ' School . |
18 | This was the claim of her friend and associate Lee Lacey who said that he had received messages of love from Doris during her memorial service at the Friends ' Meeting House , Euston Road , London . |
19 | Yeah May the twenty third , it 's a Saturday two to five pm at the Friends ' Meeting House , Bury . |
20 | Members of the Darlington Association on Disability expressed concern about how members were to reach their headquarters at the Friends ' Meeting House in Skinnergate . |
21 | Chelsea continued to dominate with Graham Stuart and Dennis Wise running dangerously at the visitors ' defence . |
22 | The leader of that team , Frenchman Patrice Palanque , said it would depart today after a day off at the Iraqis ' request on Friday , the Muslim sabbath . |
23 | A flouncy negligee and a pair of tights lay over one chair ; the tiny television was perched on another ; a soggy packet of frozen spinach lay beside the gas-ring ; on the crumpled candlewick of the bed an Evening Standard was open at the entertainments ' page so she could decide which film to go and see . |
24 | Inquisitive fish , like Tiger Barbs , may nibble at the snails ' tentacles , but do not seem to cause any damage . |
25 | At the islands ' police headquarters they were detained for questioning for four and a half hours . |
26 | We stopped at the farmers ' market for cheese and grapes . |
27 | She picked the papers up hurriedly and put them back before anyone should see , but it seemed Mr Bradford , who was a powerful man at the Doctors ' Commons , had complained that they were out of order . |
28 | Dr John Bradford was a judge at the Doctors ' Commons , a very highly respected man at the top of his profession , and Elizabeth , his wile , was well known for her hospitality . |
29 | Er for instance look at the doctors ' leaflets , the brochure goes on about er how much the money has been saved for the health council and all the rest of it . |
30 | The drama might be unfocused , but we can now ask each group to look at the others ' work as examples of what 's going on elsewhere in the street . |