Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [prep] the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It showed British football is behind the Germans ' in technique . |
| 2 | Here , the focus is on the temples ' place in the growth of the towns . |
| 3 | The meeting is in the Friends ' Meeting House , Cambridge Road , Linthorpe , at 7.30pm . |
| 4 | But the swirling breeze was at the hunters ' backs , and the big bull suddenly lifted his muzzle to scent in their direction , and a moment later the whole herd was running towards the shelter of the trees . |
| 5 | His shop was in the merchants ' quarter of the city — a maze of buildings which had been divided and sub-divided , so great was the demand for space , which lay within the strictly enforced boundaries of the streets which radiated from the Golden Yurt like the spokes of a wheel . |
| 6 | His name was on the voters ' list as occupying Moat Hall , the small mansion Burden had found deserted , but plainly he had left it months before . |
| 7 | But while you were still a miner did you have any trouble being in the miners ' association when the Spencer Union was ? |
| 8 | The most well-known example is in the Solicitors ' Indemnity Rules 1989 , at General Condition 6.1.1 of Schedule 3the " Master Policy " covering the first layer of claims against all solicitors . |
| 9 | If competition is perceived to be open , the ‘ rules ’ are seen to be fair , and the determinants of success are within the competitors ' control , competition can be extremely fruitful . |
| 10 | Logic is on the banks ' side . |
| 11 | The intervention of the audience is through the communicators ' perceptions and images of the unknown audience . |
| 12 | The regionals argue that their presence is in the consumers ' interests . |
| 13 | The second contribution is in the investigators ' particular focus on the manner in which young people 's social and personal environment influences their developing understanding of economic and political issues . |
| 14 | The Press enclosure was in the Members ' Stand and the scene around us was indescribable as the staid ‘ more English than the English ’ burghers of Adelaide and their wives stood up booing and shaking their fists . |
| 15 | Ironically the offices of the Darlington Association on Disability are in the Friends ' Meeting House , Skinnergate . |
| 16 | Her time was at the delegates ' disposal . |
| 17 | The referee was on the Lions ' side in the first half , before finding that their style did not suit him . |