Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | These seven matters are only Customs ' view and are not the law , but the tribunal would probably consider most of the matters relevant to the majority of cases . |
| 2 | It 's just a matter of er , i I mean all we need to do is , is , is sort out a sort of formal agreement with Elliel that , you know , and how , how the management company or the limited company 's going to sort of manage the place and th then we 'll er got to , you know , we 've got two people who 've got a , a very successful business they 're actually drinks ' suppliers , Morecambe Bay Wines and Spirits er , who are gon na come in and have er they 'll sign the cheque for the rent there and then , I mean it 's er it 's a matter of just th you know , all it is is , is they 're saying well , you know what actually is the formal arrangement ? |
| 3 | There are also dependants ' pensions . |
| 4 | Two fine 18th century dolls are at the centre of the notable doll collection , and there are also dolls ' houses from the 19th century and the 1920s and a model of a German kitchen . |
| 5 | These early nineteenth-century guidebooks are now collectors ' items . |
| 6 | The only other clear winners from a protracted contest would be both firms ' lawyers . |
| 7 | By contrast , the central bodies in Sweden and West Germany ( the SAF and BDA ) are exclusively employers ' associations . |
| 8 | There were only cows ' names in the 1919 catalogue . |
| 9 | Many colleges were originally teachers ' colleges which diversified their provision in the 1970s to include broad-based arts , social science and science degrees . |
| 10 | The moneylender dealing in small sums was also often ‘ a poor woman , who lets us have money when we needs it ’ ; the 1917 survey found that these were sometimes soldiers ' wives lending their separation allowances , bigger sums being lent by men . |
| 11 | Where government introduces measures that exclude people from resources long since used by them , the people come to view the project as a zero-sum game ( Thomson in Glantz , ed. 1977 ) , where their loss is exactly others ' gain , and conservation will not in the long run lead to an increase in their incomes . |
| 12 | If companies do decide to charge the employee interest , the rate is usually bankers ' base rate plus a percentage such as 1 per cent ( at Cadbury Schweppes ) or 1½ per cent ( at Pilkingtons ) . |
| 13 | For in common with all extensional definitions , it provides no criteria for the inclusion or exclusion of further phenomena that may come to our attention ; at best one can say that what warrants pragmatic treatment for some new topic is simply linguists ' consensus based on intuitive " family resemblance " to more familiar pragmatic topics . |
| 14 | ( She joined the Club in 1910 , aged 13 ) , she was also Ladies ' President for many years and made an Honorary Member in 1965 ) . |