Example sentences of "is [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( e ) Private Members ' Bills By long-standing tradition , Friday is Private Members ' day . |
| 2 | Cottage cheese is granular as it is skimmed cows ' milk curds , drained and washed before being coated in a very thin cream . |
| 3 | The cornerstone of our democratic system is hon. Members ' right to ask questions and to have those questions answered . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Gossip is Old Wives ' Tales . |
| 6 | Tarzan is top gals ' top guy |
| 7 | The penalty for early redemption is three months ' interest . |
| 8 | In Scotland , the penalty for a summary offence is three months ' imprisonment or a fine , but not both . |
| 9 | Next there is these theologians ' view of salvation . |
| 10 | It bounces along wonderfully , with Caine obviously having a whale of a time , and is ideal kiddies ' Christmas fare . |
| 11 | The only building of note is All Saints ' church , standing on what is for Holderness an eminence . |
| 12 | Fire is all animals ' natural enemy , no animal is gon na go through fire of its own volition , erm and again the point , just moving away from the cats , which I 'd agree , the cat was hanging on to that platform , looking very stressed , signs of its tail , course it 's not gon na jump . |
| 13 | Another familiar face on the starting grid is Valli Harriers ' Kevin Forster , who has twice finished runner-up at London in 1984 and 1988 , but has not tackled the event for a couple of years . |
| 14 | Unger ( 1983 ) argues that epistemological certainty is feminist psychologists ' main enemy . |
| 15 | The maximum penalty is ten years ' imprisonment , compared with a maximum of five years for the lesser offence of violent disorder . |
| 16 | The USA is United Distillers ' largest single world market . |
| 17 | Bradford City Centre interchange is five minutes ' walk from the Museum with rail , bus and taxi service under one roof . |
| 18 | The Lower Tier is five minutes ' walk away . |
| 19 | Moreover , the maximum penalty for the section 47 offence is five years ' imprisonment , with no apparent justification for the strange approach of making the penalty equivalent to the higher offence on the ‘ ladder ’ ( the section 20 offence ) , and the fault requirement equivalent to the lower offence on the ‘ ladder ’ ( common assault , with a maximum of six months ' imprisonment ) . |
| 20 | This is small boys ' ideas of sex |
| 21 | The current maximum is one years ' pay and 18 months of medical coverage . |
| 22 | The maximum loan to property value is 85 per cent , the arrangement fee is £295 and the early redemption penalty is nine months ' interest in years one to three , six months ' in year four and four months ' in the final year . |
| 23 | It is several critics ' testimony that John 's awakening re-awakens the reader to John 's sleeping presence ( or , rather , immanence ) . |
| 24 | Half-century show is young farmers ' best |
| 25 | The anomaly is increased by the fact that , under the present law , two young men under 21 who consensually commit ‘ gross indecency ’ are both liable to conviction for the offence : the rule in Tyrrell is inapplicable here , but the maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment where the offender is under 21 , compared with five years where he is over 21 . |
| 26 | The final stage is two years ' apprenticeship to an established solicitor , known as articles of clerkship , which can be regarded as the clinical stage of training during which the skills of managing an office , interviewing clients , writing letters , instructing counsel and handling client money are learned . |
| 27 | The maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment or an unlimited fine . |