Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're now a growers ' co-operative , ’ David Gardner explained . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So far , shorting is still a specialists ' game , but a growing one . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There is also a Girls ' Choir and a Primary Boys ' Choir . |
| 7 | There is also a children 's play area , and it is just east of Market Bosworth on B.585 . |
| 8 | There is also a children 's pool , shops and a tennis court . |
| 9 | Mozzarella was originally made from buffalos ' milk but it is now a cows ' milk cheese . |
| 10 | The residents have their own furniture and are self-sufficient , although there is often a meals ' scheme as well as a communal laundry . |
| 11 | Billet , codling , flatfish , mackerel and whiting from the piers or the beach ; there 's even a children 's corner in the harbour . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Did it have any connection with the Castle Museum opposite the court , which was once a women 's prison ? |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Okay , well , the thing is why was there a women 's army , we all know that . |
| 19 | 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 . |