Example sentences of "[num] 's [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No. 42765 's boiler is now ready for inspection by British Rail , which will then see the re-tube . |
| 2 | The TBM 700 's purchase price includes two type ratings , and the usual practice is for the owner-pilot to bring a professional flier with him to take the course . |
| 3 | True , DF 118 's predilection for improvisation results in one yawn-inducing instrumental howler entitled ‘ Preacher Dub ’ ( foolishly placed at the start of the set ) , and they 're daft enough to return to clichéd ranting on '60 Seconds ’ ; but by the time proceedings close with ‘ Chainsaw ’ , they 're looking like people who could take on more established named and win hands down . |
| 4 | The resulting mixture of haunting female vocals and high-tech clatter is surprisingly intoxicating , and the brew is strengthened by DF 118 's penchant for metallic slabs of guitar that turn tunes like ‘ Blasphemy ’ and ‘ Kinky Sex ’ ( ! ) into wonderfully menacing beasts . |
| 5 | This theme was also found in the embroidered textiles listed in Clement V 's inventory of the papal treasury in 1311 . |
| 6 | Above the chimney piece and marble hearth is Ambrose McEvoy 's portrait of the Princess Royal , King George V 's daughter . |
| 7 | Thierry 's remote connection with the family of Godfrey de Bouillon , along with his marriage with Sybilla of Anjou , Fulk V 's daughter , gave him some claim to the throne of Jerusalem ; as a consequence , the aristocracy of Outremer viewed him and Philip with mixed feelings , expecting much of them , yet fearing their ambitions . |
| 8 | L's utterance in line 45 begins with a comment on the photograph in London English ( " that 's me " ) but after a pause she switches to Creole to comment on V 's photography : " Valerie cut me off there , boy ! " which she follows with a laugh . |
| 9 | Had the French not been so proud , the anonymous chaplain of Henry V 's household asserted , they would have recognised that earlier defeats which they had experienced ( he was referring to the battles fought at Sluys in 1340 and at Poitiers in 1356 ) , constituted a clear sign of divine arbitrament , and much bloodshed would have been avoided . |
| 10 | The same attitude can be seen in the matter of Edward V 's household . |
| 11 | The same attitude can be seen in the matter of Edward V 's household . |
| 12 | The way that most materialists try to reconcile their flight from behaviourism with their materialist world picture is to say that when V sees something , and BS observes V 's brain , BS knows everything about V 's mental states that V himself knows , but that he knows about it in a different way . |
| 13 | It might be interpreted as saying that V has a mode of access to his own brain different from any modes of access to V 's brain available to BS ; or that V has a different mode of access to the external world , and that this constitutes the difference between him and BS . |
| 14 | Mary seems at first sight to have carried still further the process of reversion : ‘ numbers cause great confusion , ’ remarked Count Feria , Charles V 's ambassador . |
| 15 | Similarly , if in a much more restrained manner , the Englishman , John Page , himself a soldier in Henry V 's army , described in detail and in passages of considerable emotion the sufferings of the helpless civilians during the six-month-long siege of Rouen which ended in January 1419 . |
| 16 | V 's response is a denial — the expected response to an accusation — and is in London English : " no I never … |
| 17 | In 1124 , when the king summoned the great army to meet the threat of the Emperor Henry V 's invasion , he bore the standard of St Denis at the head of his troops . |
| 18 | Such , briefly , was Henry V 's inheritance from the fourteenth century . |
| 19 | Similarly , a Spanish defeat by the French is put down to Charles V 's stubbornness ; the lackadaisical course of the war with the Turks is attributed to the Spanish lack of funds ; and so with many other examples . |
| 20 | Charles V 's coronation , and the feast which followed it , cost the city over 7,712 livres , according to Varin 's Archives Administratives de Reims . |
| 21 | On top of this military expenditure , the government had to find the cost of Edward IV 's funeral ( £1,886 ) and the cost of Edward V 's coronation , now rescheduled for 22 June . |
| 22 | At this critical moment my father had to escort an Abyssinian Mission , headed by Ras Kassa , to England to attend King George V 's coronation . |
| 23 | On top of this military expenditure , the government had to find the cost of Edward IV 's funeral ( £1,886 ) and the cost of Edward V 's coronation , now rescheduled for 22 June . |
| 24 | Robert 's grandfather , Thomas , created the marvellous cake pictured here to celebrate George V 's coronation in 1911 . |
| 25 | Whereas in ( 1 ) B's talk is received seriously — without laughter , in fact with silence followed by supportive agreements — in ( 2 ) , V 's talk is met with laughter and is clearly perceived as joking . |
| 26 | In the period before Edward V 's deposition only a handful of references to his household survive , but all the men named were former servants of Edward IV . |
| 27 | By the time Shaw preached his sermon , informed opinion recognized Gloucester 's accession as inevitable , and this helps to explain the apparent lack of interest with which the most nearly contemporary chroniclers treat the grounds for Edward V 's deposition . |
| 28 | Given Mancini 's scenario , their role is clear : they selfishly overturned Edward 's wishes and set in motion the train of events which led directly to Edward V 's deposition . |
| 29 | In the period before Edward V 's deposition only a handful of references to his household survive , but all the men named were former servants of Edward IV . |
| 30 | By the time Shaw preached his sermon , informed opinion recognized Gloucester 's accession as inevitable , and this helps to explain the apparent lack of interest with which the most nearly contemporary chroniclers treat the grounds for Edward V 's deposition . |