Example sentences of "is [adv] [art] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 George could not face a life on his own , though I do n't think he would consider marrying because he is not a ladies ' man .
2 It is not the authors ' intention to give it this gloss .
3 Fitness is totally the players ' responsibility , not mine . ’
4 So far , shorting is still a specialists ' game , but a growing one .
5 there is still the stars ' brightness
6 Her Henley card of 72 gross ( handicap 4 ) in 1969 , is still the Ladies ' record 5.3.5.3.4.4.3.5.4. ( 36 ) 4.3.5.3.5.4.3.4.5(36) .
7 That is still the insects ' solution .
8 Male sterilization is more normal among middle-class couples ; among working-class couples it is more the wives ' responsibility ( General Household Survey 1984 ) .
9 What is clearly a dealers ' market is often signalled by the invention of a brand name to group together a variety of material , perhaps rather disparate .
10 There is also a Girls ' Choir and a Primary Boys ' Choir .
11 That sewer , with its ‘ phosphorescent scraps of rotten fish … bubbles of poisonous gas , and bloated carcases of dogs , and lumps of offal , floating on the stagnant olive-green hell-broth ’ , is also the occupants ' water-supply .
12 Mozzarella was originally made from buffalos ' milk but it is now a cows ' milk cheese .
13 ( See the earliest drawing ) , was unsatisfactory , so in September 1908 a trial tee was constructed somewhere near what is now the ladies ' winter tee on the 16th , the 17th green being more or less as we know today , although at this time a twin green with the first .
14 Johnson , who had been assistant coach with the national under-21 team , is now the backs ' mentor with Scotland ‘ B ’ as well as succeeding Dixon as Glasgow 's district coach .
15 The residents have their own furniture and are self-sufficient , although there is often a meals ' scheme as well as a communal laundry .
16 Although the planners , writers , illustrators and publishers of textbooks and children 's books in general have the power to influence attitudes and to develop a sense of equality and respect for all , it is frequently the teachers ' selection of texts on a ‘ gender-aware ’ basis , and with a view to the overall literary diet of pupils , which is a deciding factor .
17 Conversely , in the case of the metalworking industry in all these five countries the main body is exclusively an employers ' association , since the great diversity and heterogeneous product range of the industry ( basic steel , cars , electrical equipment , etc. ) precluded representation via a single trade association .
18 It takes visual sensitivity to realise that a meandering medieval street is quite different from the traffic engineers ' meandering street and this is why the consultants ' perspective drawings look so horribly wrong .
19 The government turns its head aside from government support — apart from words — and says that it is either the employers ' responsibility or the employees ' …
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