Example sentences of "is [art] [noun] of [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty here is the shortage of MPs ' time and perhaps energy . |
| 2 | The other reason is the extent of teachers ' own knowledge about language . |
| 3 | Another aspect which should be considered is the input of clients ' in-house departments in the design process . |
| 4 | A second important moderating factor is the strength of workers ' need to ‘ grow ’ in the job . |
| 5 | The example cited is the impossibility of auditors ' giving an opinion on the code recommendation that non-executive directors are to bring independent judgment to bear on issues of strategy , performance , and so on . |
| 6 | On the other side of the member/Society partnership , there is the network of members ' groups all over Britain and Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | The increased number of pensioners in the top half of the income distribution is the result of pensioners ' average net incomes rising by a third or more in real terms because of the policies of the Government . |
| 8 | Any fluctuations in measured unemployment which may , from time to time , be observed is the result of workers ' fluctuating preferences between work and leisure . |
| 9 | Even worse for IBM is the nature of customers ' new affiliations : they are international , not local , subjecting IBM to price comparisons on a global basis . |
| 10 | ‘ Background ’ is the bane of experimentalists ' lives . |
| 11 | Thus , in comparing alternative economic structures the most efficient is defined as the one that generates the greatest total surplus , where that total surplus is the sum of consumers ' and producers ' surplus . |
| 12 | One thing Margaret Thatcher asked him to concentrate on in his Whitehall travels is the quality of departments ' planning machinery . |
| 13 | Doyle 's greyhound is a pair of electricians ' pipes , which he lights upon , paints and plays , producing a doleful sound that soothes him — it is like mumbling your mantra or telling your beads . |
| 14 | I do not wish to carp but what this book lacks is a list of MPs ' secretaries together with their personal details , buttressed where necessary with photographs . |
| 15 | In this case , the accounts are addressed to the shareholders and the balance sheet is a statement of shareholders ' financial position while the income statement is the change in shareholders ' financial position . |
| 16 | In our terms , this book is an account of migrants ' moral careers , albeit careers constrained by the demands of a thriving capitalist economy . |
| 17 | This is an analysis of countries ' environmental characteristics , and the classification of countries as ‘ hot ’ , ‘ moderate ’ or ‘ cold ’ on the basis of these characteristics . |