Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Lawrence 's essays it goes along with that familiar stance of hard-earned adjustment whereby sickness is always someone else 's problem — the masses , the modern world , women , homosexuals , whoever . |
| 32 | ‘ Despite the victim 's slimness she looks agile and strong . |
| 33 | Whenever I hear talk of the problems of Northern Ireland 's peripherality I immediately think , peripheral from where ? |
| 34 | The Sergeant was a meaty slab of a man , of fifty years ' service , ruddy-faced as though surfeited with a Marine 's haemoglobin-plus blood ; and through one Lyman 's earlobe he wore an alien foetus pendant . |
| 35 | Some milk , ooh Becky 's milk you 're wonderful are n't ya , oh you 're wonderful turn it down too noisy , cos it 's loud |
| 36 | In other words they could overcome the debilitating impact of high unemployment and the government 's attempts it deflation which had clearly weakened the trade union movement 's powers of resistance during the early 1920s . |
| 37 | He seems to have taught for a while , but already politics called him , and with his father 's support he took ship for France . |
| 38 | With the trunk 's support I slid down to kneeling , leaning head and left shoulder against the bark . |
| 39 | We would wish to stress again , with the district council 's support I suspect , that that overshoot really it 's to sites within the urban area , as in windfall sites in general planning terms we have seen to be acceptable er in planning terms , but we would wish to stress that part part of that approach has been a continuing resistance to development on greenfield sites on the edge of the the urban area . |
| 40 | especially with the management 's support you get . |
| 41 | Rather language acts as a substitute for the thing , or in Derrida 's formulation it acts as a supplement . |
| 42 | In Porter 's terminology they are tangible and intangible interdependencies . |
| 43 | Following J. S. Coleman 's terminology we can say that ‘ the effect of political interest on awareness of opinion polls was 41 per cent ’ in the pre-Campaign Wave . |
| 44 | Although it is actually possible to regress a patient to babyhood and even to the mother 's womb , I felt that perhaps in Maxine 's case we should try past-life regression ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 45 | But in the Guardian 's case they are fortunate to have such high reserves . ’ |
| 46 | Caughey 's statement paralleled the ideas about ‘ British standards of justice ’ and the responsibility of the British government under the Government of Ireland Act which were later put forward by the CSJ and the CDU , but in Caughey 's case they were able to coexist with a strong commitment to republicanism . |
| 47 | There are criteria which determine the way in which a man thinks and acts , and in Gandhi 's case they are the religious and ethical ideals of his own form of life . |
| 48 | In Whessoe 's case they offered shareholders one new share for every four already held at a price of 185p to raise funds to purchase the Californian-based Varec . |
| 49 | The racial card has been used to effect in previous New York elections , but in Mr Giuliani 's case he is being criticised as an opportunist for his attacks on the city 's first black Democratic nominee . |
| 50 | In Nick Cole 's case he 's going to Miami , Milan and anywhere else the good work is . |
| 51 | Chapman 's handling of players was based on a calculated appraisal of each man 's temperament , and in Hulme 's case he obviously considered that a sharp rebuff and a spell in the third team would boost his determination to improve his game . |
| 52 | It can be seen that the raw material of creativity has a diverse background of information ; in Coleridge 's case he was an avid reader of all the explorations that were the rage at that time . |
| 53 | In Peter 's case he has put down a marker for next year , when he will still be young enough to try . |
| 54 | But in Fiona 's case he stressed : ‘ Our understanding is that any relationship that might have taken place did not com-mence until he was not a client of the service . |
| 55 | Erm Eric in , in Manchester from where he comes is extremely well known obviously within the G M B but his record he 's one of the individuals in the trade union movement that I think are becoming somewhat of a rarity these days I know that many of us when we first started in the movement were very easily able , and , and very relaxed about combining trade union and political activities together but of course as time goes on and , you do tend to become more involved in the one and the other , because of course it 's all time-consuming but I can honestly say that in Eric 's case he 's never deviated one iota from his commitment both to the trade union , this union in particular , and to the Party never deviated at all . |
| 56 | After hearing of Mr Hindmarch 's case he had contacted the firm , which agreed to send on the units . |
| 57 | However , in Stan and Ollie 's case I was reluctant to suggest that Stan be castrated immediately because Ollie was still maturing . |
| 58 | In the light of the quite different issue which was before the House in Gillick 's case I venture to doubt whether Lord Scarman meant more than that the exclusive right of the parents to consent to treatment terminated , but I may well be wrong . |
| 59 | Now of course that , it is the defendant 's case I anticipate , erm is er , although there 's nothing specific in the rule about it , is said to be er only a possibility for a plaintiff if the plaintiff when they sell , he or she served the notice to complete is in a position to be able to complete himself and here . |
| 60 | In keeping with this traditional matter went another , equally traditional : ‘ Spare the rod and spoil the child , ’ though in Leonard 's case it was not ‘ the rod ’ but the dog-lead that reminded him of his responsibilities , accurately wielded by his mother . |