Example sentences of "be [verb] the [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | From being the bogey of bankers , we are becoming the bankers ' friend . |
| 2 | Sharon Greensitt , 18 , and Debbie Walton , 17 , both of New Marske , are to receive the Girls ' Brigade Queen 's Award . |
| 3 | Other scientists are investigating the compounds ' role in treating breast , brain , liver and skin cancers . |
| 4 | Something has been stealing the farmers ' chickens and carrying off the young sheep from the hills . |
| 5 | Until 1988 it was known as the Archbishop of Canterbury 's Certificate , but as it is now open to Roman Catholics has been renamed the Archbishops ' Certificate ( ACertCM ) . |
| 6 | But meanwhile , the hospital workers had been dug in for another kind of long war which ca n't be won the miners ' way . |
| 7 | Sir — Mr. Edminson 's letter ‘ Equal Play , Equal Pay ’ in the November 1990 issue airs the possibility that one way for clubs to find extra subscription income would be to increase the ladies ' subscriptions , or , in his words , to ask them ‘ to make a more equitable contribution to their golf club 's finances ’ because of their increased activity . |
| 8 | Given the inadequacy of the democratic control mechanisms , it was contended that an appropriate response might be to enhance the courts ' monitoring function . |
| 9 | We would be imitating the Bolsheviks ' own rose-tinted over-concentration on their favourite study topics ( like the proletariat state and collective farms ) if we lingered here too long . |
| 10 | Returning to the car , or as it could be called the reps ' mobile office , there followed an impressive schedule of administration . |
| 11 | The powerful Federation of Niger Trade Unions ( USTN ) was reported on Sept. 4 to be supporting the soldiers ' action . |
| 12 | I 've been championing the suppliers ' cause for some time now and I really feel let down . |
| 13 | On the second day of the hearing when the reasons were given the parties ' legal representatives were there with the exception of the representative of the guardian ad litem . |
| 14 | Events were to confirm the bishops ' implied intent to oppose the granting of divorce as a civil right . |
| 15 | The main problem was that if the new devolved NHS services were to replace the asylums ' treatment , then a structure of long-term support would be needed for those who , albeit now being able to live in the community rather than vegetate as long-term inpatients , still mostly required structured day care or home visiting or occupation . |
| 16 | Their first attempts were to win the prisoners ' ‘ Co-operation ’ by bribing them with the offer of better conditions . |
| 17 | They had engaged soldiers for a year , but had been deprived by the truce of most of the ransoms which were to pay the troops ' wages for the second half of the year . |
| 18 | A spokesman for the department said they were studying the consultants ' report on new signposting , highways improvements and restricted access to prevent motorists taking shortcuts through residential areas . |
| 19 | That depends crucially on how seriously we are to take the actors ' own accounts of what they do . |
| 20 | Xerox Corp announced yesterday that it had developed an advanced ink-jet technology that uses a 128-nozzle print head for desktop computer printers , and that it has retained Tokyo Electric Co Ltd to assemble the printers ; Xerox is manufacturing the printers ' ink-jet cartridges at its Canandaigua , New York plant ; it notes that the 128 nozzles enable faster print speeds than competing printers ; the printer will ship later this year . |
| 21 | The way in which the finance ministry is handling the banks ' bad-debt problems shows clearly how low a priority it attaches to fostering a competitive banking industry . |
| 22 | At the Earth Summit in Rio Britain along with the other major powers agreed to limit its greenhouse gas emissions and the Environment Secretary believes the only way to cut consumption is to hit the consumers ' pocket . |
| 23 | A major question posed is the extent to which the professional bodies , including the Engineering Council and the institutions , can be said to be performing a mediating role between the members of the profession and the government ; that is representing the memberships ' interests while also entering into agreements with the government which are likely to limit their members ' freedom of action . |
| 24 | She 's won the womens ' championships for the third year running . |
| 25 | It is passing the market-makers ' responsibility on to the companies ' own stockbrokers , who will match buyers to sellers . |
| 26 | ‘ Hundreds of companies have been duped this way , ’ said a detective with the Northumbria Fraud Squad , which is investigating the Brandmakers ' case . |
| 27 | For example , Andre Agassi uses Kevlar for the main ( vertical ) strings and Babolat VS gut for the cross strings to add ‘ resilience ’ to the strings — that is improving the strings ' ability to regain their original shape after impact with the ball . |
| 28 | On the one hand , the supporters need to learn how not to collude with any counterproductive dynamics of the institution they are trying to serve ( such as the expectation of direct advice , collusion with which would further heighten the expert image of the ‘ deskilling ’ specialist come to deliver solutions ) ; on the other hand , since their primary task is augmenting the teachers ' own skills , they must be able to cope with attributed evasion of responsibility , with not knowing their job , with letting people down . |
| 29 | Your only option when sending money at the last minute to arrive by Christmas is to use the banks ' electronic money transfer services which take from 24 hours to around five days depending on the bank and whether you use an express transfer . |
| 30 | Your only option when sending money at the last minute to arrive by Christmas is to use the banks ' electronic money transfer services which take from 24 hours to around five days depending on the bank and whether you use an express transfer . |