Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor are social workers ' preconceptions changed by the experience of using residential placements . |
| 2 | Distributed on the two mezzanine floors are six servants ' rooms , which include the menservants ' bathroom with a water closet and the butler 's bedroom . |
| 3 | The early redemption penalties are six months ' interest on the one-year deal ; four months on the two-year one ; and on the five-year loan , four months interest in years 2 , 3 and 4 and three months in year 5 . |
| 4 | Her choice , we 're nine years ' on now . |
| 5 | This continuity existed among both employers and employees in many cases so that there are many farmers ' sons who also had to ‘ serve their time ’ alongside the hired labour force before taking over the farm and many elderly farm workers who can remember instructing their current employer in the ways of the farm when he was a small boy . |
| 6 | Children are many parents ' only source of security in old age . |
| 7 | I 'm 18 years ' old and we have two children . |
| 8 | It would be five minutes ' work to beat this ignoramus . |
| 9 | it up again here , so I did n't mi wish to discuss it like this so as I said it 's gon na be twelve months ' time . |
| 10 | In private , many of the more orthodox Muslim nobles furrowed their brows and wondered how the crown prince could possibly declare , as one noble put it , infidelity and Islam to be twin brothers ' . |
| 11 | It hardly needs saying that if there is no audit there will not be any auditors ' report to be sent to members , laid before a general meeting , or delivered to the Registrar . |
| 12 | The capacity of these may be several days ' supply , and , with a more or less continuous inflow , the level changes little , and there is a substantial amount of clarification while standing . |
| 13 | Wigan are hoping to complete a deal for a top Aussie centre , thought to be Western Suburbs ' Andrew Farrar , in time for their first home match of the season against Hull on Sunday week . |
| 14 | The correct sentence would have been nine months ' detention in a young offender institution , and that sentence would be substituted . |
| 15 | They were private developers ' schemes , yet the Town and Country Planning Association — which tends the flame of Ebenezer Howard 's garden city ideals — endorsed them . |
| 16 | Their huts were 12 hours ' journey from the nearest main road , and the occasional and always unexpected arrival of the maximo lider was a cause for rejoicing and an indication that somebody , somewhere actually cared for them and took an interest in their otherwise isolated and neglected lives . |
| 17 | The text states : ’ An EC spokesman admitted there were conceptual problems ' in compiling the statistics , but it was the nearest they could get to being comparable . ’ |
| 18 | Previously there were many beginners ' boards available but most were supplied with a massive 6.5m 2 sail which stretched and distorted to make it unmanageable in more than a few knots of wind . |
| 19 | Being Ten Years ' History of the Union of Democratic Control , 1924 , and I Have been Young , 1935 . ] |
| 20 | There were four nurses ' rooms each of which was to contain one bedstead , a flock bed , pillow and bolster and two blankets , two pairs of sheets and two pillow-cases ; the porter 's room was similarly furnished . |
| 21 | In the revealing words of one antislavery minister , he and his fellow Unitarians were theological negroes ' . |
| 22 | The scorers of Scotland schoolboy 's under-15 team 's goals in the win over England at Wembley on Saturday were both Rangers ' signings and Brown 's most promising players at Scotland Youth level are signed to the Ibrox club as well . |
| 23 | Are other countries ' programme buyers more in touch with their audience than ours ? |
| 24 | Bearing in mind the provocation , and the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , the sentence was far too lenient , and a proper sentence would have been two years ' immediate imprisonment : that sentence would be substituted . |
| 25 | ( e ) Private Members ' Bills By long-standing tradition , Friday is Private Members ' day . |
| 26 | Cottage cheese is granular as it is skimmed cows ' milk curds , drained and washed before being coated in a very thin cream . |
| 27 | The cornerstone of our democratic system is hon. Members ' right to ask questions and to have those questions answered . |
| 28 | The first and most obvious change is to increase the duration of each exercise , but keeping the rest periods constant , that is 30 seconds ' exercise followed by 1 5 seconds ' rest . |
| 29 | Gossip is Old Wives ' Tales . |
| 30 | Tarzan is top gals ' top guy |