Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ My only extravagance is gulls ' eggs .
2 An alternative indicator of demand for labour is employers ' notification of vacancies .
3 In addition to the Patti Berg range are ladies ' versions of the 1200 Gear Effect with special cosmetics , and a modified X-31 model with graphite shaft options .
4 De Niro 's other appointments have included : as designer , a friend of a production aide , whose normal line of work is women 's wear ; as site manager , a former Disney executive ; and as architect ( 20 were interviewed ) , the relatively unknown Lo-yi Chan , whose inexperience was blamed by some for the renovations to the Martinson building going $350,000 over budget .
5 The fourth issue is women 's lack of control in their own political process .
6 On the way to Upper Halling we find that the names have come down to us unaltered , to our right we have Yew Tree Kill , which has disappeared into the chalk quarry , also the Vicarage Close , further on and still on our right is Foxes ' Hole , a name that has continued down to this day .
7 Along with the Etudes on the fourth disc is Children 's Corner , and here again the playing often strikes me as dull , as in the ‘ Serenade of the doll ’ and ‘ The snow is dancing ’ , which are both on the slow side .
8 Consumer magazines : These magazines cover all kinds of popular subject such as motoring , gardening , photography and sports , but by far the largest group is women 's magazines .
9 It can be seen from the dares and sites of his drawings that he was an intrepid walker in regions where the only places of rest were shepherds ' cottages .
10 Doctors think nursing is women 's work and that the girls will take the crumbs from the medical table .
11 One frequent source of judicial comment was commoners ' rights over the Downs , frequently abused it would seem .
12 In terms of the stage of the disease , the majority were Dukes ' stage B ( 35% ) or C ( 33% ) , with only a few in Dukes ' stage A ( 12% ) .
13 ‘ Science has finally confirmed what many a mere male has long suspected — that the troubles of the world are women 's fault , and if there were fewer of them , things would get on a whole lot better .
14 When pressed to give her views on Fatima , the daughter of the prophet Mohamad ( whose birthday is Women 's Day in Iran ) she praised Fatima but added that she belonged to 14 centuries ago .
15 With the current policies of privatisation being pursued by the government , women are most adversely affected ; 80% of the jobs currently under threat are women 's jobs .
16 We want to be able to challenge the whole idea of housework being women 's work , just as we want to challenge whether engineering or surgery or being a crane driver or a football referee , whether any of those are men 's jobs .
17 Its famous dictum was nuptias non concubitus , sed consensus facit : ‘ marriage is not in the intercourse but in the consent . ’
18 Of particular interest are patients ' abilities to wash , dress and toilet themselves , to carry out tasks in the kitchen and in dealing with electric or gas appliances , mobility and social integration .
19 Of especial interest is students ' perception of science and scientists : is their view of science , like the scientists ' view of humanities , limited and partial ?
20 Perhaps this addiction comes from having writing in her blood : her father is the author and historian Richard Hough , and her mother is children 's author and illustrator Charlotte Hough .
21 The company most committed to deliver cocoa to the market is Sucres et Denrees , the French commodity trading house .
22 The female half of the population had to wait even longer for an equal political voice : not until substantial numbers of women had moved out from the shelter of the home to take an independent place in the labour market was women 's claim to a voice in the political market allowed .
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