Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [prep] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 The first effect is on banks ' balance sheets .
2 The proposal is for employers ' contributions to begin on the first pound of earnings .
3 His focus is on teachers ' understandings of , and attempts to cope with the situations they experience in schools , and the various pressures and constraints that shape the teaching environment and over which teachers have little control .
4 Whether or not you believe that such a move is in consumers ' interest depends on your point of view .
5 The Hungarian government issued a warning in February 1991 that all agreements and contracts with the Soviet Union were at companies ' own risk and that no government loans would be available .
6 In this chapter , however , our concern is with managements ' authority functions and their strategies in relation to their workforce .
7 The diesel-electric submarine was on contractors ' sea trials some 40 miles northwest of Lewis when the incident occurred .
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