Example sentences of "of the [noun sg] 's [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1723 , for example , the member of parliament for Stirlingshire was John Graham of Killearn , the chamberlain of the Duke of Montrose , a man chiefly remembered for having been relieved of the duke 's rents at pistol point by Rob Roy MacGregor . |
| 2 | The Baron Rebecque , waiting with a group of the Prince 's aides at the crossroads , seemed relieved to see Sharpe . |
| 3 | The Cabinet approved a timetable , putting forward an April 30 deadline , for the disarming of the country 's militias at a meeting held on March 28 . |
| 4 | We often had to work through the night to get the stage ready in time , but it was exciting to be in one of the Queen 's palaces at Christmas . |
| 5 | ‘ Agatha Christie was a guest at one of the Queen 's lunches at Buckingham Palace and she said to Agatha : ‘ I did enjoy The Mousetrap . ’ |
| 6 | Similarly , checklists completed by a teacher may not provide reliable information with respect to the child 's use of language at home and information provided by a parent , on the basis of the child 's abilities at home , ought not to be taken as an indication of the child 's performance in other settings . |
| 7 | The first was held at the conference hotel in Northampton on Saturday , May 30th , when members considered the voting rights of the Institute 's Officers at National Council meetings . |
| 8 | It is a purely cosmetic move , but Parker truly believes that many of the mainframe 's problems at the moment are cosmetic . |
| 9 | However , the long tail seemed to be encased in bundles of bony rods which could , like a conjuror 's segmented wand held erect by the pressure of the conjuror 's fingers at one end , lock it almost rigid . |
| 10 | A local magistrate had killed some of the gang 's dogs at Bagshot , and returned to find his house on fire . |
| 11 | Yet , by Party-State criteria , this represents an intelligent use of scarce resources ( as does use of the merchant , fishing and oceanographic fleets to furnish 70 per cent of the Navy 's supplies at sea ) . |
| 12 | The fullest retrospective account of the union 's difficulties at this time is contained in the " statement by the Edinburgh branch on the Female Question " , printed in the STC almost thirty years later in 1904 . |
| 13 | This could be dangerous from the tenant 's point of view and it is far better to settle the form of the guarantor 's covenants at the outset . |
| 14 | Men with widely differing occupations like the Collector of the King 's Customs at Plymouth , a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty , the Treasurer of St Bartholomew 's Hospital and a Chief Clerk of Session in Scotland all shared a common interest in the Gardeners Dictionary . |
| 15 | The speculation aroused by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer 's statements at the Ecofin meeting in September 1991 that there could be an inner core of eight countries served to emphasise the difficulties of reconciling such a proposal with a wider Europe and to draw attention to the two-speed concept . |
| 16 | In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the company 's affairs at 31 March 1991 and of its deficit and source and applications of funds for the year then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies ACT 1985 . |
| 17 | In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the company 's affairs at 31 December 19 .. and of its profit ( loss ) , total recognised gains ( losses ) and cash flows for the year then ended , and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 18 | In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the company 's affairs at 31st March 1991 and of its profit and source and application of funds for the year then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 19 | The market price of the Company 's shares at 31st March 1982 , adjusted for the bonus issue in 1985 , was 87.33p per share . |
| 20 | Group MD , centre , talks to 's MD and territory manager on one of the company 's stands at Crufts . |
| 21 | The miller 's wife was just as mean as her husband , but their daughter Neva was quite different ; she was happy.natured and kind-hearted , sang all day at her work " like a thrush , and was as beautiful as she was kind , with summer-blue eyes and hair the colour of the sun 's rays at noon . |
| 22 | My brief was to provide a large painting of London with the Thames and the Richard Rogers Lloyd 's building somewhere in view , to fit a space that was large , long and thin in one of the client 's boardrooms at the Royal Mint . |
| 23 | There was evidence in the form of a letter from a friend or neighbour and of another witness , a Miss Lobo , who spoke of the mother 's difficulties at this stage . |
| 24 | In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Association 's affairs at November 30 , 1992 and of its deficit for the year then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 25 | In our opinion the accounts give a true and fair view of the Association 's affairs at the thirtieth of September nineteen ninety two and of the surplus and cash flows for the year ended on that date and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act Nineteen Eighty Five and that report has been signed Chartered Accountants , registered Auditor . |
| 26 | The subscription price will be struck by reference to the market value of the offeror 's shares at the time of the takeover . |
| 27 | 6.2 The Lease and the counterpart shall be prepared by the Landlord 's Solicitors and an engrossment of the counterpart shall be delivered to the offices of the Tenant 's Solicitors at least [ 5 ] working days before the Completion Date Five working days is too short for most institutional tenants to execute and return documentation , particularly where the tenant 's solicitor has to check the engrossment against the agreed form attached to the agreement for lease . |
| 28 | Paul Rideout 's first league goal for Everton was also the first by one of the club 's strikers at The City Ground for almost 23 years - and brought their first league win at Nottingham Forest for more than 10 years . |