Example sentences of "to [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 Over the coming months , the cuts in interest rates since last September will be filtering through to homeowners ' pockets , and this should help to lift consumer confidence , Nigel Whittaker , chairman of the CBI 's distributive trades panel , said yesterday .
2 Government ‘ committed ’ to solicitors ' legal rights
3 The majority of these items related to solicitors ' charges , other professional advisers ' charges or receivers ' remuneration .
4 The court is able to give adequate protection to solicitors ' clients without straining the language of section 69 .
5 This exemption , it might be noted , will require amendment in the event that multi-disciplinary partnerships are to be permitted ( see below ) as in its present form it only applies to solicitors ' partnerships where all the partners are qualified solicitors .
6 Rules , in substance the same as those relating to solicitors ' accounts , and those concerning the permitted name of the firm and the need for proper supervision of offices , apply equally to overseas as to domestic practices , subject generally to the caveat that nothing in the Law Society 's Rules will override particular duties imposed on practitioners by the local law .
7 Whilst top-up insurance cover will be left to the discretion of individuals and firms , a recognised body corporate will have to effect cover of at least £500,000 on an each and every claim basis ( or £2 million pa on an aggregate basis ) over and above that available to solicitors ' partnerships through the Indemnity Fund .
8 It also emerged that the oil was a light crude , which meant it dispersed more easily and did not soak into sandy beaches or adhere to birds ' feathers in the way that the heavy crude of the Exxon Valdez had done .
9 The IFS argues that a similar change now needs to be made to employers ' contributions .
10 The Confederation of British Industry estimates that the move could add more than £40 billion to employers ' pension costs .
11 The NCC will continue to advocate the advantages of credit unions , to employers ' organisations , trade unions , and others who can help to make the movement grow .
12 In addition to the factors already discussed , the main stimulus to employers ' organisation in a number of countries appears to have been less that of a counter to growing union power , or an attempt to achieve market or labour force regulation , and more a response to what was perceived as a threat to common employer interests arising from increasing state intervention .
13 Employers , therefore , had less reason to associate for defensive purposes since although trade unionism did represent a challenge to employers ' power to manage ‘ it was manifest as a threat to specific employers in specific industries at specific times and places rather than as a general threat to employers as a class ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 286 ) .
14 The Ministry of Finance was sympathetic to employers ' insistence that their authority should not be undermined .
15 Women 's limited access to employers ' pension benefits are directly related to the traditional domestic division of labour which assigns the ‘ breadwinner ’ role to men , principally husbands , and the major responsibility for the unpaid work of the home ( especially child care ) to women .
16 I have received representations from various sources on the subject of a statutory payroll levy related to employers ' training expenditure .
17 Their significance for Woolf was in contributing to prisoners ' sense of injustice .
18 While posters are put up in prisons , it is ludicrous that there is no standard procedure for passing on details to prisoners ' wives .
19 The video , Right First Time , will not be appearing in the shops , but is designed to highlight the importance of a team approach to Inroads ' work .
20 Total Quality Teamwork ( TQT ) is the name given to INROADS ' latest initiative to embrace modern management practices .
21 If your husband dies , you will be entitled to widows ' benefit in the same way as any other widow .
22 For more information , see leaflet NP 45 A Guide to Widows ' Benefits .
23 A widow who has cohabited and loses her entitlement to widows ' pension will , if the cohabitation ends , be entitled to claim it again .
24 They are supposed to apply to widows ' pensions , war pensions , civil service pensions , family income supplement , child benefit — indeed , to every scheme which makes any special provision for widows and other people left on their own , or for people caring for children single-handed .
25 This critique , presented in an historical perspective , will focus both on women 's opportunities to generate eventual occupational pension scheme benefits themselves via paid employment , and on issues relating to widows ' benefits .
26 Chapter 17 examines the court 's policy in denying challenges to experts ' decisions and considers the consequences of this policy in the context of the growing use of expert determination to resolve general disputes .
27 Chapter 13 identifies two key concepts in the law of challenge to experts ' decisions : ( 1 ) the law of contract ; and ( 2 ) mistake .
28 Implied terms underpin the law of challenge to experts ' decisions , because some basic terms are not spelled out : namely , that the parties would not accept a final decision intended to have binding effect when that decision was vitiated by dishonesty , partiality or mistake .
29 The primacy of the law of contract in assessing challenges to experts ' decisions was reaffirmed by Sir David Cairns in Baber v Kenwood Manufacturing Co Ltd and Whinney Murray & Co [ 1978 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 175 at 181 .
30 It is therefore hardly surprising that the expression " judge-proof " is now being applied to experts ' decisions as in Jonathan Gaunt QC 's article cited in Further Reading : see also Chapter 17 .
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