Example sentences of "is [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Them steppin'-stones is t' Brownies ' Bridge , ’ Aunt Nellie told Jenny .
2 Just as bewildering is the Times ' depiction as ‘ curious ’
3 It is the evaluators ' belief that the impressive rhetoric contained in this part of the proposal describes an ideal which the school could not realistically be expected to achieve , without an across-the-board change amounting to a curriculum revolution .
4 It is worth describing in some detail the evolution of the Inservice Panel , since it is the evaluators ' judgement that a number of lessons might be learnt from its somewhat chequered career .
5 It is the evaluators ' impression that the responsibility for producing agendas , convening and chairing meetings , and producing and circulating minutes has most often fallen to the Principal Adviser for Educational Resources and the ACL:E&SS but has remained throughout an area of uncertainty and indecision .
6 It is the evaluators ' conclusion that the creation of such a framework may well be imminent , but through the period of the evaluation itself the existing arrangements can not be said to have been adequate .
7 Clearly , there were points at which the link person or the DCSL could exercise considerable power over a school 's proposal , but it is the evaluators ' impression that this power was not abused .
8 It is the evaluators ' opinion that a greater flexibility in the number and size of grants would be desirable and that this might be achieved if the standard awards were replaced by a sliding scale with lower and upper limits .
9 Without denigrating the work of the Coordinating Team , it is the evaluators ' belief that decisions will be made on better grounds than they have been if something like this proposal becomes a reality .
10 Showing Out and Pass The Mic yield some surprisingly good dancers and singers , but the choice of Pass The Mic winner suggests that breast size is the judges ' main criterion .
11 The other governing body for barristers is the Bar Council whose membership derives much less from the Inns ; it is the barristers ' elected representative body .
12 Mick 's wife Christine is the scouts ' secretary .
13 Professor Leslie is the authorities ' safety consultant .
14 It is the managers ' job to help staff plan their holiday entitlement appropriately to ensure that the workload is .
15 Miss Agnes Fogerty is the infants ' teacher in a temporary building across the playground .
16 PW 's review states that the financial information in the interim report is the directors ' responsibility and has been approved by them .
17 So , just who is the hairdressers ' choice ?
18 This in effect is the behaviourists ' approach .
19 Occasionally official syllabuses contain very detailed advice for teachers and in one case ( Botswana ) , a separate , loose-leaf file has been prepared for each grade , but in many cases it is the teachers ' guide , or even the pupils ' text which provides the real plan from which the teacher works .
20 I have argued that it is the teachers ' task to mediate through everyday pedagogic activity : it is their exercise of pragmatism which should achieve the double objective of learning outcome and professional development .
21 Sometimes this may be unfortunate pupils who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time ; but often it is the teachers ' families who begin to bear the brunt , and whose reserves of tolerance and goodwill may also , after a while , begin to dry up in turn .
22 The teaching of values is up to the school , she argues , as it is the teachers ' opinion that children respect .
23 The worst is the girls ' room , Faye and Roberta .
24 Underlying these concerns is the bankers ' need for a fair document of title , and fairness requires first of all honesty .
25 READERS of this column last week were introduced to Mr Shaun Woodward , the former television producer who , since he is the Conservatives ' ’ Director of Communications ’ , and therefore the senior Conservative spin doctor , was referred to here as Dr Woodward .
26 Crime is the Conservatives ' ace-in-the-hole , claims Tory candidate Simon Fowler , with their record of giving the police greater resources , increased community-based policing in the North-East and tougher sentences for criminals , including joyriders .
27 This is the students ' turn to show what they can do with the new language .
28 Turns out — and I learned this not through Miguel but our second guide who has n't said much most of the trip — that thkarni is the Indians ' name — well , one of their many names , to be precise — for you-know-what .
29 It believes that it is the shareholders ' responsibility to take action if a company qualifies its statement of compliance .
30 Charlie boy is the punters ' darling
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