Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [prep] [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the light had been turned out again , slowly , inch by inch , Charlie continued his crab-like advance , now more fearful of a stray bullet from his own side than from the enemy 's . |
| 2 | With no less force than on the dog 's behalf might the third-party claim that the law should intervene to see the job is done , but there would be no inclination to talk of the right of the grave to be maintained . |
| 3 | Members of the Islamic Nahdah movement ( Mouvement de la renaissance ) , led by Rachid Ghanouchi , were reported as saying that they had not put up candidates because of the government 's continued refusal officially to recognise the party . |
| 4 | President Alfredo Cristiani , who had threatened on Nov. 11 to break off UN-sponsored peace talks in Mexico because of the FMLN 's continuing sabotage of electricity installations , said that the government would take action to consolidate the ceasefire , and on Nov. 21 he announced that troops would suspend aerial bombardment and artillery shelling of guerrilla positions . |
| 5 | The chairman of its Scottish council , Dr Mac Armstrong , told a press conference in Edinburgh : ‘ This should be one of the most exciting enterprises the NHS has ever engaged in but the enthusiasm for this initiative — which is there — may turn to scepticism because of the Government 's commitment to it . ’ |
| 6 | In Sanders v Parry , the defendant whilst in the plaintiff 's employment as an assistant solicitor was told by another member of staff that she was dissatisfied with her employment . |
| 7 | The guard 's sorrow had been caused by the vet 's mistaken optimism as to the dog 's ailment . |
| 8 | ‘ Rape , to my mind , imports at least indifference as to the woman 's consent … . |
| 9 | They should also inform shoppers as to the product 's environmental friendliness from cradle to grave — evaluated according to standardized criteria . |
| 10 | The court will not validate a transaction where there are serious doubts as to the company 's solvency , such that continued trading could reduce the value of the assets to the prejudice of the company 's creditors or shareholders , such as by continuing to incur trading losses . |
| 11 | But just to prove what a bunch of contrary bastards they can still be , ‘ Arms Control Poseur ’ , combining a relentless bass drum with Smith 's diffident sneering , soars about the mêlée , shattering any doubts as to the band 's continued well-being . |
| 12 | But just to prove what a bunch of contrary bastards they can still be , ‘ Arms Control Poseur ’ , combining a relentless bass drum with Smith 's diffident sneering , soars about the mêlée , shattering any doubts as to the band 's continued well-being . |
| 13 | These two expressions leave doubts as to the testator 's intentions . |
| 14 | With a floating rate loan the borrower incurs uncertainty as to the loan 's cost over its term but benefits if market interest rates decline from their initial level when the loan was granted . |
| 15 | They concluded that the wary response is more characteristic of the social circumstance than of the individual 's level of development . |
| 16 | He dismissed Mr Crook 's argument that the judges should have made orders postponing publication until after the jury 's verdict , instead of excluding the press and public . |
| 17 | The latter , although a mainly psychic state ( albeit drug induced ) , can be mistaken for non-responsiveness because of the patient 's agitation and apparent suffering ; it responds rapidly to reduction in opioid dosage . |
| 18 | Fleury was beside himself with distress , but more for Louise 's sake than for the Doctor 's ( he had privately come to consider his prospective father-in-law as an opinionated old fool ) . |
| 19 | I 'm just you 're just making me think actually because I saw in one of the papers this morning erm a headline , if I can find it , it said something to the effect that — yes here it is , in the Independent , it says ‘ TV soaps are first to survive rescheduling ’ and it goes on to tell us that the British television schedules as we all know were the first casualties of war in the Gulf except for the nation 's daily diet of Australian soap . |
| 20 | Racist attacks in Germany , particularly those by neo-Nazis against Gastarbeiter ( " guestworker " ) hostels in the east [ see p. 38447 ] , attracted most attention because of the country 's Nazi past . |
| 21 | Hoyle suggested that this field 's lines of magnetic force manage to twist themselves up every 11 years because of the Sun 's rapid rotation ( once every 34 days or so at the Sun 's equator ) . |
| 22 | Relations between this group and the government had been strained for some years because of the sect 's links with Libya and its occupation of a disputed eight-acre site west of the capital , where it had built a commune . |
| 23 | This tragedy , which acquired a certain celebrity because of the sculptor 's art , illustrates a problem that must necessarily perplex religious people : in a religion teaching moral purpose , reward and punishment , what can be the meaning of early death in a pious family ? |
| 24 | When terrestrial objects are viewed through a telescope , it is possible to separate the viewed object from aberrations contributed by the telescope because of the observer 's familiarity with what a tower , a ship , etc. looks like . |
| 25 | Bush 's choice was of particular importance because of the Court 's current delicate political balance . |
| 26 | I was not certain I had heard aright , then knew I had , and I suddenly felt a very British rush of embarrassment because of the senator 's frankness . |
| 27 | Possibly a subsequent review stimulates action that would not have taken place but for the committee 's initial probing . |
| 28 | The value of this procedure is much diminished by the decision In the Estate of Wipperman [ 1955 ] P 59 ; [ 1953 ] 1 All ER 764 , that an examiner may not include in the deposition any opinion as to the witness 's credibility ( Ord 20 , r 13(5) ( e ) ; note 39/13/1 in The Supreme Court Practice ) . |
| 29 | The court will then be in a position to enable it to form its own opinion as to the plaintiff 's chances of success . |
| 30 | The ITN version suggests that the pickets are still largely to blame for the violence , but the police contribution to disorder is given more emphasis than in the BBC 's bulletin . |