Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [adv] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 What is more , it is the individual speakers themselves who " identify the groups " on which they model their behaviour : the groups are thus the speakers ' own creations , not the creations of analysts .
2 Alida was really the sisters ' friend .
3 Conversely , in the case of the metalworking industry in all these five countries the main body is exclusively an employers ' association , since the great diversity and heterogeneous product range of the industry ( basic steel , cars , electrical equipment , etc. ) precluded representation via a single trade association .
4 WHILE The Stones appealed to the students , and the Beatles to the girls and their mums , The Who were always the lads ' band .
5 Sometimes , the sought-for object may be entirely predicted in advance , as with the ‘ discovery ’ of the planet Neptune in 1846 ( which in reality was just the astronomers ' confirmation of the mathematicians ' predictions ) .
6 From January 1992 to the voting hour on 3 November , however , health care was consistently the voters ' second greatest concern .
7 Fitness is totally the players ' responsibility , not mine . ’
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