Example sentences of "is a [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | THERE are always horses at Edelson House in Gainford if only because a part of the garden is a horses ' graveyard . |
| 2 | Eden Hall was extensively rebuilt in 1935 or thereabouts , and much of the original fabric removed at that time , today it is a girls ' school . |
| 3 | In her attempt to ascertain why anorexia nervosa is a girls ' rather than a boys ' disease , Selvini Palazzoli emphasises the manner in which the adolescent girl ‘ is exposed to lewd looks , subjected to menstruation , about to be penetrated in sexual embraces , to be invaded by the foetus , to be suckled by a child , etc . ’ |
| 4 | Here there is a visitors ' centre from which there are guided walks in the summer and plenty of books on sale to help identify species . |
| 5 | Now , it is a players ' market . |
| 6 | The official receiver or trustee can agree costs though if there is a creditors ' committee , they can require the trustee to ask for any costs payable out of the estate to be taxed . |
| 7 | A complete pride might contain two males , seven females , and some cubs , but the hunt is a females ' business . |
| 8 | Well of course erm the basis used to be that many courts erm had written above them ‘ Police Court ’ and I think some of the older courts where this was sort of carved in stone may still have this above them , but Magistrates have gone to great lengths erm in recent times to emphasise this is not a police court , this is a magistrates ' court . |
| 9 | This time it is a parents ' guide to assessment at Key Stage 3 . |
| 10 | At the moment , because it is coming up to Christmas and I have already started going to dinners , it is a Principles ' jacket . |
| 11 | Yet the regulatory regime he put in place is a meddlers ' charter . |
| 12 | In each of the three houses of Parliament there is a Ministers ' Council , each chamber having separate responsibility for the affairs of the population group it represents ( including housing , social welfare , health , education ) , while joint parliamentary responsibility is taken for " general " or national affairs ( including foreign policy , defence , finance , law and order ) , each of these functions at national level being reflected in a portfolio in the Cabinet itself . |
| 13 | In each of the three houses of Parliament there is a Ministers ' Council , each chamber having separate responsibility for the affairs of the population group it represents ( including housing , social welfare , health and education ) , while joint parliamentary responsibility is taken for " general " or national affairs ( including foreign policy , defence , finance and law and order ) , each of these functions at national level being reflected in a portfolio in the Cabinet itself . |
| 14 | But it is a lawyers ' word , and those not used to legal language might naturally think that it meant changing something or exchanging property for other property . |
| 15 | In addition many local Law Societies have technology committees and there is a lawyers ' PCW Club for Amstrad PCW users . |
| 16 | A family service guaranteed to pack the school hall is a mothers ' day assembly particularly if mums , including teachers , receive a gift of a small posy of spring flowers . |
| 17 | The Royal Oak pub is popular for families as there is a childrens ' room and large gardens outside , with tables and chairs in summer . |
| 18 | This is a collectors ' item ! |
| 19 | It is a dancers ' haven , surprisingly unplushy and ‘ laid back ’ but with a special atmosphere , friendly gassy , theatrical and kind . |
| 20 | In the Afon Argoed Country Park , five miles north-east of Port Talbot on the A4107 , is a Miners ' Museum , set up by the South Wales Miners Museum Committee , and a fine exhibition of the conditions and equipment of coal mining in the area . |
| 21 | It is a buyers ' market . |
| 22 | London 's most up-to-date professional bike shop is a workers ' co-operative . |
| 23 | If you want your holidays , you have them in the summer time and May Day is a workers ' day . |
| 24 | Caboc is a cows ' milk cheese made in small cylindrical shapes and rolled in toasted oatmeal to give it a more distinctive flavour . |
| 25 | This is a Back-Benchers ' day , and a motion has been tabled in the name of the hon. Member for Romford ( Sir M. |
| 26 | One is a plumbers ' merchant which specialises in plumbing goods . |
| 27 | Another major objective of the plan is a volunteers ' block , providing messing and hostel accommodation . |
| 28 | Conservatives are foolishly lulling themselves with their own rhetoric if they think that the reformed Labour Party is an image-makers ' fantasy . |
| 29 | it is an artists ' book of the first order , the making of which has been managed from beginning to end by the artist herself , thereby satisfying her desire for creative control over every aspect of its production . |
| 30 | They are clearly determined not to be beguiled and are prepared to trade quickly at the first sign that sterling 's recent advantage is beginning to dissipate — although they are also finding that the money market is an ants ' nest where one man 's guess is as good as another . |