Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were 37 attempted and full burglaries and once more hi-fi and electrical equipment has been top of the burglars ' list . |
| 2 | Floy had been interested in the Gnomes ' sketches ; like Fenella , he found the Gnomes rather attractive , friendly people and he thought their designs were clever and subtle and beautifully drawn . |
| 3 | I expect you 're busy with the ladies ' altar guild and the old people 's picnic . |
| 4 | Peter married a woman with two sons , aged non and 12. he had always been impressed by the boys ' good behaviour and had n't realised it was because their mother hits them whenever they do the slightest thing wrong . |
| 5 | The Russians have apparently been impressed by the cars ' reliablity . |
| 6 | Much will depend upon the degree to which divisional/ SBU ROI figures are important in the managers ' reward system . |
| 7 | Neither jet-lag nor anything going wrong has been evident at the tourists ' training , which has been comfortably the most impressive seen in Cardiff since … well , since the last time the All Blacks were there in 1980 . |
| 8 | Now can we look at his pay cos you all been busy on the directors ' pay and this chartered secretary is really important and so that he could be available on a Saturday afternoon if he was wanted . |
| 9 | ( c ) The most efficient delivery arrangement will be direct from the builders ' merchant or manufacturer to an individual site , rather than to the builder 's store . |
| 10 | Kim suggested that he wished to hold an early meeting with Roh , but that this would be dependent upon the Premiers ' talks yielding " visible results " . |
| 11 | Gynaecologists , however , will be dismayed at the authors ' apparent lack of understanding of the management of a common medical complaint . |
| 12 | Analysis of ceramic material from a cremation and inhumation cemetery on the Isle of Wight revealed that cremation urns , which may also be early in the cemeteries ' histories , were made from local clay sources , whereas more unusual forms of pottery were made from sources foreign to the island and were found as grave-goods with inhumations ; they are types most commonly found in Kent . |
| 13 | However , this will not preclude other world faiths from that particular discrete area of the curriculum should their introduction be appropriate to the childrens ' experience or the particular theme , topic or unit of work being studied . |
| 14 | Building up parental confidence in these techniques can sometimes present a problem as they may be contradictory to the parents ' viewpoint . |
| 15 | This can not be good for the employees ' self-esteem . |
| 16 | Flushed and triumphant after this orgy of extravagance , they left the store at last , keeping an eye on the time because Mabel must n't be late with the boys ' tea whatever happened and then they had a long , annoying wait at the bus-stop . |
| 17 | For instance , housing units should not only be available for the planners ' notion of the traditional nuclear family , but for a range of different relationships . |
| 18 | Law and order should be one of the Tories ' strongest cards , but record crime figures have tarnished their record . |
| 19 | and all these teams have to be aware of the others ' needs . |
| 20 | But generally speaking the criteria they tended to use was , if if it was work that would normally be superannuable under the teachers ' scheme then that that was work that would affect re-employment earnings . |
| 21 | But we should not be surprised by the Tories ' attack on public services . |
| 22 | Erm talking about the various types of pension that are available under the teachers ' scheme . |
| 23 | Phrases such as ‘ the ‘ boyo' body-language kept breaking through ’ are reminiscent of the tabloids ' anti-Welsh campaign against Kinnock , and it is deplorable that a once-eminent socialist writer should use them . |
| 24 | However , the conference decided that the government should take action against those guilty of the deaths of Sikhs in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi 's assassination in 1984 [ see pp. 33220-21 ] , which had been one of the Sikhs ' main demands . |
| 25 | About 400 sick conscripts were discharged ( this having been one of the demonstrators ' demands ) , as were those who had served 18 months of their two-year service . |
| 26 | Does this really show that the public of are worried about the Trusts ' hospitals . |
| 27 | A government statement of July 22 denied the existence of guerrilla forces and noted that recent incidents between the Kaitseliit and Russian troops involving arms were attributable to the Russians ' violation of Estonian law . |
| 28 | Being ‘ dog people ’ they were interested in the poodles ' performance and commented on what lovely dogs , ‘ Pity you do n't know how to show them to their best advantage . ’ |
| 29 | There were elements in its thinking , however , which were akin to the Keynesians ' views . |
| 30 | Neither was it within the second type of loss above , because the sellers were unaware of the buyers ' chance of obtaining those lucrative contracts . |