Example sentences of "the defendant ' [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 A fire broke out on the defendants ' premises and spread to those of the plaintiff .
2 It was not possible to know from the data available whether this was the defendants ' choice or magistrates declining to try them .
3 He agreed the team had infringed the defendants ' rights when they wrote a book on the case .
4 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 .
5 Kerr L.J. , delivering the court 's affirmative answer , mentioned the Crown 's arguments , which had included reliance on Lawrence , and the defendants ' concessions that appropriation had occurred and ( in the light of Lawrence ) that the absence of the owner 's consent was no longer an essential ingredient of theft .
6 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 .
7 The judge rejected the defendants ' argument that the information was made publicly available at the race meeting and that they were accordingly free to publish it .
8 Acts done to forward or protect the defendants ' trade or business interests are clearly justified , but it is not essential that the interest promoted be a material one .
9 638 dismissing the defendants ' application that the action brought by Tina Burton for negligence be dismissed on the ground that the statement of claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action .
10 On the defendants ' appeal and application for leave to adduce fresh evidence : —
11 The Court of Appeal of Bermuda allowed the defendants ' appeal and gave judgment for them on their counterclaim .
12 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 .
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