Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] are by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cap , then , falls within an overall grand vision of chanciness and risk ; Liputin 's teeth are by no means the only things that hang by a thread . |
| 2 | The bride 's parents are by tradition not permitted to accept the hospitality of her in-laws . |
| 3 | Lonsdale 's ladies are by no means all aristocrats or the daughters of schoolmasters and clergymen ; they include washerwomen , milkwomen and servant girls ; the disreputable and the priggish , the contented spinster and the erring Duchess ; loving wives , bluestockings , governesses , actresses and invalids are all represented . |
| 4 | ‘ Lonsdale 's ladies are by no means all aristocrats . ’ |
| 5 | For Althusser 's claims are by no means easy to understand , and one reason for this is the fact that they are all exceedingly general , so that it is often unclear how they are to be used for the vital task of explaining particular states of affairs . |