Example sentences of "of [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lethal as a sliver of glass , he scythed a flying header through a ruck of defenders ' armpits to put United ahead after nine minutes . |
| 2 | The main concern of the chapters on international relations is with facts revealing the changes of states ' attitudes . |
| 3 | Of course , there have been plenty of Lions ' tours which brought no such dividend , 1951 being a case in point . |
| 4 | But the University was n't responsible for the cuts or the erosion of lecturers ' salaries . |
| 5 | There is no direct authority on this point , although the differences between arbitration and expert determination should be sufficient to ensure that enforcement of experts ' decisions under the section would not be permitted . |
| 6 | The Court of Appeal considered whether an adjudicator 's decision in a construction contract ( see 6.8.5 ) was enforceable as an arbitration award , and decided that it was not , but their judgment was based on the interim nature of the adjudicator 's decision pending arbitration to which the decision would be subject , and not on any of the usual characteristics of experts ' decisions : the interim nature of adjudicators ' decisions is itself untypical of experts ' decisions . |
| 7 | The Court of Appeal considered whether an adjudicator 's decision in a construction contract ( see 6.8.5 ) was enforceable as an arbitration award , and decided that it was not , but their judgment was based on the interim nature of the adjudicator 's decision pending arbitration to which the decision would be subject , and not on any of the usual characteristics of experts ' decisions : the interim nature of adjudicators ' decisions is itself untypical of experts ' decisions . |
| 8 | Based on the United Federation Of Planets ' battles with the Romulan empire , the player takes the role of Captain Jean-Luc Picard . |
| 9 | The words come from one of the in-depth interviews carried out by George Street Research , as part of our extensive survey of 418 businesses corresponding to the overall profile of Scotland 's industrial and commercial community , and are considered representative of its attitudes to and uses of solicitors ' services . |
| 10 | Registered foreign lawyers are not permitted to carry out activities reserved to solicitors , but MNPs may employ assistant solicitors to perform the full range of solicitors ' services for clients of the practice . |
| 11 | According to a recent Law Society survey , some 22 per cent of solicitors ' firms in England and Wales are considering merging with another practice : that percentage rises to 47 in the City of London . |
| 12 | Many of the more intractable problems involved with merger of solicitors ' firms will be within the province of the accountancy profession : and the best advice as to how to reconcile the apparently irreconcilable will be obtained not through the pages of any book but from a fellow professional who has actually and successfully observed the process at first hand . |
| 13 | The society will consider carrying out a survey of solicitors ' charges for conveyancing to compare them with those of competitors here and with professions in other countries . |
| 14 | There is a somewhat abstract quality about this body which currently operates out of solicitors ' premises somewhere in Berkshire . |
| 15 | Contrary to what our readers may believe the above is not a description of Europe after the arrival of solicitors ' rights of audience . |
| 16 | In the case of a demand for payment of solicitors ' costs , one of the circumstances will be the date when the bill was served and the client 's attitude towards taxation of the bill . |
| 17 | The Committee has expressed concern that these reforms , particularly those concerning conveyancing and the Bar , may lead to a breakdown in the network of solicitors ' offices , especially in rural areas , and a diminution in the quality of service to legally aided clients . |
| 18 | Somehow they regrouped and recouped their losses , making as much as they could out of their connection with the king 's court , and rebuilding their followings by recruiting men to their retinues and councils on a less feudal basis , distributing money rents and patronage instead of knights ' fees . |
| 19 | One way in which the 1975 legislation can be said to have further endorsed the domestic division of labour is by making provision of widows ' pensions by occupational schemes one condition of approval by the Occupational Pensions Board . |
| 20 | The suspicion is that members of creditors ' committees had used information gained in that role to deal in the equity market , or to trade the relevant junk bonds directly . |
| 21 | ( Problems With Debt : A Survey of Creditors ' Perceptions and Practices , May 1989 ) |
| 22 | This was on top of much bigger write-downs of creditors ' claims under chapter 11 deals — on average 47% of pre-deal face value , compared with 23% in workouts . |
| 23 | The Court heard that one of the directors had acted while an undischarged bankrupt , aided and abetted by the others , and that they had caused the company to trade without reasonable prospect of payment of creditors ' claims , to retain Crown monies to finance insolvent trading and to abuse banking procedures . |
| 24 | They could have it done professionally , he supposed , wearily imagining a pile of builders ' estimates . |
| 25 | The businesses include two in waste disposal — essentially landfill operations — two in quarrying , two in the manufacture of scientific instruments plus a chain of builders ' merchants and a maker of specialised grouts . |
| 26 | This coincides with the normal trading and credit arrangements of builders ' merchants and suppliers . |
| 27 | The largest yet , an offer of £629m for Magnet , a chain of builders ' merchants , went to shareholders this week . |
| 28 | Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) has awarded its " Green Con of the Year Award " for 1992 to Meyer International , owner of the Jewsons chain of builders ' merchants , for attempting to persuade the public that the timber trade has a marginal or even beneficial role in the battle to save the world 's forests . |
| 29 | Damian ffrench-Farce , their ‘ brilliant , totally undiscovered ’ interior designer , scoured dozens of builders ' yards , hunting down just the right sort of town-house brick , thrown out in the course of demolishing other houses of similar vintage ; when the supply ran out , bricks were made specially for them by local craftsmen . |
| 30 | , Cecil ( 1899–1970 ) , Jewish historian , was born 5 March 1899 in Dalston , north London , the youngest of the four sons of Joseph Roth , manufacturer of builders ' supplies , and his wife Etty Jacobs ; his third brother , Leon , became a philosopher of distinction . |