Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're now a growers ' co-operative , ’ David Gardner explained . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not a children 's plaything to be toyed with , ’ he shouted . |
| 3 | After this remarkable visit , the volcano continued to be active for a week or two , but the explosive activity died down somewhat , and it began to look as though the eruption was going to be just a nine-days ' wonder , and would soon fade away and be forgotten . |
| 4 | Skilful lobbying has meant that its place has been taken by wrestling on the curious promise that there will be both a men 's and women 's competition in 1994 even though women have never established a real presence in freestyle wrestling as they have in judo . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Trust is not an anglers ' or owners ' association and takes no side in the arguments between the supporters or sporting and commercial fishing , but it does believe that salmon should be taken only in their rivers of origin or their estuaries so that the total level of fishing effort can be controlled in order to ensure that enough fish reach the spawning sites to maintain stocks naturally . |
| 7 | So far , shorting is still a specialists ' game , but a growing one . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There is also a Girls ' Choir and a Primary Boys ' Choir . |
| 10 | There is also a children 's play area , and it is just east of Market Bosworth on B.585 . |
| 11 | There is also a children 's pool , shops and a tennis court . |
| 12 | Mozzarella was originally made from buffalos ' milk but it is now a cows ' milk cheese . |
| 13 | The residents have their own furniture and are self-sufficient , although there is often a meals ' scheme as well as a communal laundry . |
| 14 | Billet , codling , flatfish , mackerel and whiting from the piers or the beach ; there 's even a children 's corner in the harbour . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , the latter insult is somewhat inaccurate : animators have a long history of injecting a little ‘ adult ’ spice into what is essentially a children 's medium . |
| 17 | What had been essentially a workers ' party , fifty percent of the membership workers based predominantly in the big cities and towns becomes a party of intellectuals and peasants . |
| 18 | There was no amorous intent about it , because Matt had assured her that Silas was not a ladies ' man . |
| 19 | Did it have any connection with the Castle Museum opposite the court , which was once a women 's prison ? |
| 20 | As Young and Willmott ( 1973 , p. 227 ) say ‘ there was still a women 's world and a men 's , in social contacts as in other ways . ’ |
| 21 | The late Tim Brookshaw , not famous for faint-heartedness , danced an eloquent jig on top of the last fence at Leicester to show how hard it was , and one day there was almost a jockeys ' strike at Plumpton . |
| 22 | Okay , well , the thing is why was there a women 's army , we all know that . |
| 23 | It was the fact that this was essentially a planters ' system which ensured that the stations were built of a standard and elegance which a plantocracy could use with comfort . |