Example sentences of "be [art] [noun] [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first six issues are the gardening collectors ' items of the year . |
| 2 | I bet there 's been a lot ducks ' nests washed away though . |
| 3 | And there are no estate agents ' fees to pay when you buy , unlike in France , where all fees — from 10 to 25 per cent of the purchase price ( the cheaper the property the higher the fees ) — including four or five per cent for the estate agent , notarial costs , taxes and other liabilities , must be paid by the purchaser . |
| 4 | There is the rumbling , heard during the election campaign , that his organisation ‘ United We Stand America ’ is far from being the grass-roots citizens ' army that he says it is , more a body tightly controlled by Mr Perot and a handful of lieutenants in Dallas . |
| 5 | This is the cotton workers ' equivalent of Repetitive Stress Syndrome . |
| 6 | Some time later , I was persuaded to try for a spot in the formidable writer 's Waterloo that is the NME Subs ' Room . |
| 7 | And if the breeders reply that it is the puppy dealers ' fault , how could any self-respecting breeder sell puppies to dealers in the first place ? |
| 8 | What use is the Staples Singers ' exhortation ‘ respect yourself ’ , if the notion of self-respect is still bound to conventional notions of respectability ? |
| 9 | The most notable example is the London Boroughs ' Association ( LBA ) which acts both as a representative of the boroughs to outside bodies , and as a forum ‘ to advise and assist the constituent councils in the administration of their powers and duties ’ ( Rhodes 1972:446 ) . |
| 10 | The £1 million is the particle physicists ' share of the extra cost of Britain 's subscriptions to international laboratories , such as CERN , caused by the weakness of the pound . |
| 11 | Following the success of two pilot studies earlier this year , work is now being continued and this is the marathon paddlers ' chance to get involved . |
| 12 | Though we are note able to book hotels en route for you , a useful directory is the AA Travellers ' Guide to Europe , available from AA centres and most bookshops . |
| 13 | That 's the cellphone dealers ' verdict on the new ‘ low-cost ’ phone systems . |
| 14 | Er right welcome back B B C Radio York Whaley 's on until er two this afternoon and before we do anything else er a little bit I saw in the paper , Unions about turn , that 's the shop workers ' union known as USDOR erm have done an about turn and they now say because they saw the writing on the wall , that they think Sunday trading is okay , well more or less . |
| 15 | Similarly it is worth considering the separation above the lower roof areas of accommodation , say , where the office is only two storeys and against the full height of the end wall of the warehouse — as there is no Building Regulations ' requirement for the fire resistance of the interior surfaces of a roof . |
| 16 | But curious growths appeared : Green Grow The Rushes ( 1951 ) was the film technicians ' union 's attempt to make a go of it . |
| 17 | Copies were presented to the hotel which was the squadron Officers ' Mess during the Second World War and to the chairman of the 617 Squadron Association John Langston CBE . |
| 18 | The reason for this vacuum , and the consequent Conservative dominance of Dukeries ' politics , was the colliery companies ' hegemony , according to Waller , especially with respect to local government elections . |
| 19 | All he wanted was the estate agents ' advertisements . |
| 20 | For senior management an important lesson was the trade unions ' capacity to absorb change and to become its agents . |
| 21 | It was unfortunate for Mary that she had to raise enthusiasm in new members of staff and there was no INSET teachers ' group and no support team . |