Example sentences of "be [prep] [art] [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If it had n't been for the Neds ' moral scruples , those garments could have been bigger and cooler than F**k .
2 If it had n't been for the Neds ' moral scruples , those garments could have been bigger and cooler than F**k .
3 Erm I support I V F treatment and I sympathize with the people that ca n't have children erm but my concern would be with the childrens ' right .
4 The Public Record Office has about 9,000 Nonconformist registers dating from 1775 , which were deposited when civil registration began ; these are on the Mormons ' International Genealogical Index microfiche , and of course other Nonconformist records have been deposited in local record offices .
5 The overgrown grass , hedges and piles of wood are a haven for mice , which are among the tawnies ' favourite food .
6 The appellants , suppliers of petrol to garage owners , entered into two agreements with the respondents in relation to two garages , M and C. The agreements were on the appellants ' standard forms .
7 There were no major artists on Virgin whose sensibilities were likely to be offended as there had been at the Pistols ' previous stopovers ; no American parent company to interfere .
8 The following is from the Guerrillas ' recent ‘ Letter to Uncle Sam and the News Media ’ :
9 Marie , who is in the Paras ' territorial battalion , is also the first woman to join the regiment 's elite Black Lanyards free fall parachute display team .
10 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 .
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