Example sentences of "[noun sg] of a [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If this is so , then the issue should be formulated as one of whether the existence of corporate power is sufficiently objectionable to defeat the prima facie justificatory force of a rights ' claim .
2 Service companies The attractiveness of service companies in the administration of a solicitors ' practice will by and large depend upon the perceived fiscal advantages at any particular time ( see Chapters 5 and 10 ) .
3 It is not the purpose of this or the following chapter to present a comprehensive guide to the administration of a solicitors ' practice or to advise as to the ways in which its profitability can be increased .
4 In addition , in February 1974 , these interlocking groups had special reasons for wanting a Conservative government returned apart from the fear of a miners ' victory leading to anarchy and national bankruptcy .
5 Another possibility worth considering is taking articles with the clerk of a magistrates ' court with a view to this type of appointment .
6 He was RTS television reporter of the year in 1977 , when the award was first introduced , for his coverage of a mercenaries ' trial in Angola .
7 This demonstration was the first independent action on the part of a teachers ' association ; previously , they had been government controlled .
8 However , this depends on the existence of a sellers ' market ( exporters in a strong bargaining position ) which might not always exist ; the importer might insist on being invoiced in his own currency .
9 ( 2 ) The primary function of a students ' association of a college established under this paragraph shall be to represent the interests of students of such college .
10 He 's a bit of a ladies ' man , ’ he said , adding ‘ Nigella Lawson — she 's very tasty , nicer than in her picture .
11 While holding this post he arranged the building of a scholars ' gallery at the Church , from which later Masters derived a small income .
12 They may lead to the award of a masters ' degree , a postgraduate diploma or certificate , a post-experience diploma or certificate , or a second degree .
13 The Cornwallis Stakes also has the look of a bookmakers ' benefit , but the rugged Somethingdifferent , who ran so well behind Welney in a high-class event at Newbury , could be hard to contain .
14 In the ordinary course of a solicitors ' practice the partners will meet at regular intervals to discuss the affairs of the firm ( Clause 17.03 ) .
15 Since in the case of a solicitors ' partnership all parties to such agreements should be taken as being familiar with the legal principles governing covenants in restraint of trade as well as with the particular circumstances of the practice with which they have all been involved , it might be thought that the court would be unwilling to substitute its own ideas as to what might constitute reasonable protection for the business .
16 Nevertheless , estimates had already been obtained for the provision of a nurses ' recreation room and tennis courts for the nursing staff .
17 By contrast requiring a case to be stated , just like the appeal by way of case stated from a decision of a magistrates ' court or the Crown Court described in chapter 7 , obliges the tribunal to set out its decision and the reasons for it together with a formulation of the questions to be considered by the High Court .
18 Today , jury trials are out of fashion , because censorship of the media is more easily achieved by an injunction , granted by a judge sitting in secret , or by a directive from a regulatory body like the Independent Broadcasting Authority , or by the decision of a magistrates ' court .
19 ‘ When I was 16 , I sang outside the window of a girls ' school .
20 ( a ) Meetings and their conduct Whatever may have been agreed as to the taking of decisions by unanimous or majority vote , as much a matter of good management as of good faith is the need to ensure that all relevant information is given to all the partners before a vote is taken : the requisite majority of partners should not purport to take decisions and act on them behind the backs of the minority unless such has been expressly authorised or the need for immediate action precludes the convening of a partners ' meeting ; and even then there should be no delay before all partners are acquainted with the circumstances and invited to ratify any decision taken in their name .
21 Ever the gentleman he even managed to pick a Michael Fallon sticker off the bottom of a ladies ' shoe , only to get it stuck on his own .
22 A useful example is the erection in a prominent place of a parents ' notice board where details of sales , wants , baby sitters , child minders , community activities , thank you letters , etc are displayed .
23 ( b ) Professional conduct Given the nature of a solicitors ' practice , even in the absence of a written agreement it would readily be implied that each partner owed a duty to his co-partners to observe the professional conduct regulations promulgated by the Law Society .
24 Ken Tyrell , head of the Tyrell Racing Organisation and leader of a members ' action group opposed to the deal , says : ‘ I 'm not involved in this business anymore , but I 'm sure the new board will sort it out .
25 A national system of appraisal might also encourage the teacher unions to unite in a demand for the establishment of a Teachers ' Council which could be made responsible for regulating entry to teaching and for establishing a code of conduct ( particularly important when teachers are able , in appraisal schemes , to judge their colleagues ) .
26 — ( 1 ) Where , at the beginning of the transitional period , there is no students ' association established for the students of the college , the college council shall , as soon as is practicable after that date ( after consultation with such persons as appear to them to be representative of students of the college ) , make a scheme for the establishment of a students ' association for students of the college .
27 In Mexico , where revolution had antedated the Russian uprising by seven years , the establishment of a bourgeois ' republic in the 1917 Constitution of Querétaro had highlighted the lack of an effective organisation of the working-class .
28 A vice-principal of a teachers ' university probably spoke on behalf of many party members in positions of responsibility when he said that some young comrades lacked the ‘ backbone of Marxism-Leninism ’ , especially those studying liberal arts subjects .
29 This is a very out of focus picture of a drapers ' shop .
30 Farr-Jones said the whole notion of a players ' company was for all the players to be involved , not to feather the nests of a select upper echelon .
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