Example sentences of "[be] [num] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was the day before my estimated delivery date , which also happened to be one of the children 's birthdays and half-term holidays , so I was very busy . |
| 2 | Law and order should be one of the Tories ' strongest cards , but record crime figures have tarnished their record . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was ‘ policy in love ’ , ‘ policy ’ being one of the Elizabethans ' two or three most derogatory words , denoting hyper-cunning and treachery . |
| 6 | Such a conference is one of the students ' demands . |
| 7 | This pretty village is one of the Moors ' ‘ honeypots ’ . |
| 8 | The crossing of borders artistic , national , and generational is one of the founders ' main intentions , and the projects currently being planned are all multi-media . |
| 9 | There will be no sections for the different media : the crossing of borders artistic , national , and generational is one of the founders ' main intentions , and the projects currently being planned are all multi-media . |
| 10 | 1.10 am , Birmingham Selly Oak : Anthony Beaumont-Dark is one of the Tories ' most voluble MPs and if he loses the country will be a quieter place . |
| 11 | The Commission welcomes the much improved standard of instrumental playing which is one of the schools ' greatest recent success stories . |
| 12 | According to some , code-breaking was one of the allies ' most important weapons . |
| 13 | The Scots ' other two tries came from the St Andrews wing , David Hall , both scores resulting from crisp handling in the midfield , where Peter Flockhart at inside centre was one of the Scots ' big successes . |
| 14 | He had no doubt it was one of the verderers ' horses and that it was dying ; indeed , even as he watched it the spasmodic movements seemed weaker and less purposeful . |
| 15 | It is worth remembering that the London merchant Richard Lyons , who had been impeached in 1376 , was one of the rebels ' victims five years later . |