Example sentences of "be [adv] the [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is more , it is the individual speakers themselves who " identify the groups " on which they model their behaviour : the groups are thus the speakers ' own creations , not the creations of analysts . |
| 2 | Er those were only the setups o as a result of breaking something else down and putting this bearing on . |
| 3 | WHILE The Stones appealed to the students , and the Beatles to the girls and their mums , The Who were always the lads ' band . |
| 4 | Nield , J , was unable so to hold for two reasons — ( 1 ) since the Counter-Inflationary Order made under the powers of the Act preserved the lease as lawful and valid though prohibiting payment of rent above the standard rate , and ( 2 ) since even if it had been otherwise the plaintiffs ' contract for payment for professional services was not an agreement collateral to the lease so as to be tainted by any illegality in the lease if such illegality had existed . |
| 5 | Fitness is totally the players ' responsibility , not mine . ’ |
| 6 | there is still the stars ' brightness |
| 7 | Her Henley card of 72 gross ( handicap 4 ) in 1969 , is still the Ladies ' record 5.3.5.3.4.4.3.5.4. ( 36 ) 4.3.5.3.5.4.3.4.5(36) . |
| 8 | That is still the insects ' solution . |
| 9 | Male sterilization is more normal among middle-class couples ; among working-class couples it is more the wives ' responsibility ( General Household Survey 1984 ) . |
| 10 | That sewer , with its ‘ phosphorescent scraps of rotten fish … bubbles of poisonous gas , and bloated carcases of dogs , and lumps of offal , floating on the stagnant olive-green hell-broth ’ , is also the occupants ' water-supply . |
| 11 | ( See the earliest drawing ) , was unsatisfactory , so in September 1908 a trial tee was constructed somewhere near what is now the ladies ' winter tee on the 16th , the 17th green being more or less as we know today , although at this time a twin green with the first . |
| 12 | Johnson , who had been assistant coach with the national under-21 team , is now the backs ' mentor with Scotland ‘ B ’ as well as succeeding Dixon as Glasgow 's district coach . |
| 13 | Although the planners , writers , illustrators and publishers of textbooks and children 's books in general have the power to influence attitudes and to develop a sense of equality and respect for all , it is frequently the teachers ' selection of texts on a ‘ gender-aware ’ basis , and with a view to the overall literary diet of pupils , which is a deciding factor . |
| 14 | The government turns its head aside from government support — apart from words — and says that it is either the employers ' responsibility or the employees ' … |
| 15 | It is therefore the children 's own decision which virtues they develop , as too it is a personal decision later which other aspects of knowledge , types of capabilities , one develops ( Overing 1985 , 1988 ) . |
| 16 | I think it is certainly the members er input is required to balance and weight perhaps individual criteria when they have a body er of information before them , but certainly er there is no intention to er er to er weight the criteria or to imply that er one is er more or less important than twelve . |
| 17 | This was obviously the pigeons ' favourite delicacy : at the sight of the tin can , the pigeons leapt in the air and fluttered above us waiting to dive down on the first grains ; others landed flirtatiously on Fardine 's arms and shoulders . |
| 18 | But erm another funny story that er always sticks in my mind is er when we sent memos to the Clerks ' Department and there was only the Clerks ' Department , they were , they were trying to erm improve their public image as |
| 19 | The big worry for Town is that Arsenal 's goal came from the prolific Ian Wright , his 23rd this season , although it was only The Gunners ' fourth goal in 15 games . |
| 20 | Sometimes , the sought-for object may be entirely predicted in advance , as with the ‘ discovery ’ of the planet Neptune in 1846 ( which in reality was just the astronomers ' confirmation of the mathematicians ' predictions ) . |
| 21 | It was once the Friends ' Meeting House , and a flight of stone steps led to it when I first knew it . |
| 22 | Alida was really the sisters ' friend . |
| 23 | By an Act of 1934 an adopted child acquires the same rights as a natural child to benefits under what was then the Workmen 's Compensation Act 1925 ( this Act is now replaced by the Social Security Act 1975 ) . |
| 24 | From January 1992 to the voting hour on 3 November , however , health care was consistently the voters ' second greatest concern . |
| 25 | It was undoubtedly the polls ' worst performance in any election . |