Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 Superficially such a resolution might appear to have been no more than a minimum concession by the Federation in response to the seamen 's involvement in a wave of strikes by transport workers which had reverberated around the ports of Britain in the previous summer — an undertaking that it would withdraw its " ticket " if the union would do the same , so that neither side would attempt to control the supply of seamen and free labour disputes would cease .
32 The present-day National Union of Seamen was founded on the north east coast , which was also a major centre for the Seamen 's Reform Movement which recaptured the union for the rank-and-file in the mid-1960s .
33 No sense of urgency or enthusiasm here , just as there had been no promise of support in the seamen 's ballot of the previous June .
34 The uproar in the middle of the night when Bernard Murphy rolled home fighting drunk from the seamen 's club had to be heard to be credited .
35 The problems of demobilization were greatly eased by the Servicemen 's Readjustment Act ( 1944 ) , better known as the GI 's Bill of Rights , whereby war veterans received extensive unemployment payments and educational opportunities .
36 Before the 1979 election the party took advantage of the Winter of Discontent to toughen its manifesto proposals , promising to curtail flying pickets , or picketing away from the pickets ' place of work , and provide funds for pre-strike ballots of union members and for the election of union officials .
37 This was the donkey-boys ' stand .
38 In In re Laceward Ltd. [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 133 Slade J. went further and held the expression ‘ proceedings to recover costs ’ in the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 ( S.I .
39 Approve the amendment of the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 to provide for the Law Society to grant Remuneration Certificates to either [ i ] residuary beneficiaries in cases where the only executor is a solicitor acting in his or her professional capacity , with a review of the position one year from the date of implementation of the new SRO , or [ ii ] residuary beneficiaries in cases where at least one executor is a solicitor acting in his or her professional capacity .
40 Agree that the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 be amended to provide that the Society may require up to 50% of a client 's profit costs all disbursements and VAT to be paid during the process of application for a Remuneration Certificate , in accordance with guidelines to be issued by the Adjudication and Appeals Committee after consultation with the Lord Chancellor .
41 Agree either that there continue to be no lower limit for the remuneration certificate jurisdiction or that the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 be amended to provide for a lower limit of £100 profit costs .
42 Agree that the Solicitors ' Remuneration Order 1972 be amended to provide an upper limit to the jurisdiction of £50,000 .
43 The relationship between the personal representatives of a deceased partner and the trustee of a bankrupt partner and the continuing partners is considered further in Chapter 8. ( b ) Under the Solicitors ' Act Much of the work of a solicitor is now the subject of regulations made by the Law Society under the Solicitors ' Act .
44 The relationship between the personal representatives of a deceased partner and the trustee of a bankrupt partner and the continuing partners is considered further in Chapter 8. ( b ) Under the Solicitors ' Act Much of the work of a solicitor is now the subject of regulations made by the Law Society under the Solicitors ' Act .
45 The items of costs in the solicitors ' bill that Stamp J. was considering did not fall into the category of litigation costs .
46 If this trend is allowed to continue unchecked it may lead to more solicitors finding criminal defences unprofitable and yet another field of work will be lost to the solicitors ' branch of the profession generally .
47 They have little experience of the style of presentation in higher courts ‘ and it matters ’ and whilst a number of solicitors are extremely good others ‘ let themselves down in court ’ and in doing so let down the solicitors ' branch of the profession as a whole .
48 In marked distinction to the solicitors ' branch of the profession , the pupil barrister may not earn any money during the first six months of pupillage and there are only limited opportunities for earning in the second six months of pupillage .
49 Or you may transfer to the solicitors ' branch .
50 After three years ' practice , you could make a comparatively painless change to the solicitors ' branch , being exempted from articles , and also ( at discretion ) from some papers in the Final .
51 As between youngsters of the same ability , there is better assurance of reasonable success in the solicitors ' branch .
52 I am determined to avoid such division in the solicitors ' branch of the profession .
53 The paper was prompted by the Law Society 's concern over the increasing cost of defaults — it estimates that claims against its compensation fund will reach £20m annually , mainly attributed to defaults of sole practitioners ( defaults within partnerships usually fall on the solicitors ' indemnity fund ) .
54 An MNP will require cover under the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund in respect of its offices in England and Wales .
55 In addition to the above payments an RFL who is a partner in or held out as a partner in an MNP is required to produce evidence of payment of the appropriate contribution to the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund .
56 The Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules apply to multi-national practices — both MNPs and RBs .
57 Overseas branch offices also have compulsory cover under the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund , except in the case of an MNP having fewer than 75% solicitor principals .
58 Rule 12.18(b) of the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules 1992 reads as follows : —
59 The effect of this is that the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules , and not the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules , apply to the overseas offices in respect of indemnity .
60 Where a registered foreign lawyer who would , apart from this rule , be required to pay an annual contribution or special levy , claims , and the Council agrees , that he or she is so covered in respect of dishonesty or failure to account , whether by a compensation fund other than the Solicitors ' Compensation Fund , or by an indemnity fund other than the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund , or by compulsory insurance , that there is a substantial reduction in the risk to the Solicitors ' Compensation Fund in respect of his or her practice in comparison with the risk presented by a solicitor practising in a like manner , the Council may reduce that annual contribution or special levy to such amount as the Council thinks fit or to zero .
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