Example sentences of "[prep] the defendants ' [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 The plaintiffs contended that their business plan was confidential , that the items of information relied upon were sufficiently confidential to be protectable after termination of the defendants ' employment and that it could be inferred that the defendants had used those items by virtue of alleged similarity between figures appearing in the respective business plans .
2 The plaintiffs relied upon the defendants ' report and as a result lost some £17 000 in monies owed by E on advertising contracts when E went into liquidation .
3 Conversely , if United States shippers were to sue the carriers in Great Britain , where most of the sources of information on the defendants ' diligence and assets were located , they would be bound by exemption clauses that the United States courts had voided .
4 A fire broke out on the defendants ' premises and spread to those of the plaintiff .
5 On the defendants ' appeal and application for leave to adduce fresh evidence : —
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