Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] is [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want your holidays , you have them in the summer time and May Day is a workers ' day . |
| 2 | London 's most up-to-date professional bike shop is a workers ' co-operative . |
| 3 | In her attempt to ascertain why anorexia nervosa is a girls ' rather than a boys ' disease , Selvini Palazzoli emphasises the manner in which the adolescent girl ‘ is exposed to lewd looks , subjected to menstruation , about to be penetrated in sexual embraces , to be invaded by the foetus , to be suckled by a child , etc . ’ |
| 4 | Showing Out and Pass The Mic yield some surprisingly good dancers and singers , but the choice of Pass The Mic winner suggests that breast size is the judges ' main criterion . |
| 5 | A family service guaranteed to pack the school hall is a mothers ' day assembly particularly if mums , including teachers , receive a gift of a small posy of spring flowers . |
| 6 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |
| 7 | Charlie boy is the punters ' darling |