Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [noun] 's [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assuming , still , that Ermold wrote to please , it follows that Hugh and Matfrid must have been especially close to Judith in 826 , which in turn implies that she had indeed been successfully cultivating Lothar 's sympathy for the interests of herself and her son . |
| 2 | We can only experience God 's happiness for ourselves when we grow in contemplative prayer . |
| 3 | Defeat in Canada merely sharpened France 's desire for revenge in Europe and as October gave way to November conditions in the Channel and Bay of Biscay worsened , making it ever harder for the British squadrons to hold their stations . |
| 4 | Two days after the debate , on 6th August , 1859 , a leader appeared in The Times which not only questioned Scott 's suitability for the appointment , but also the new attitude of the professional architect towards his client . |
| 5 | I greatly admire Owen 's work for different reasons — the cleverness and subtle uses of words and rhyme schemes to create tone and emotion and the genuine quality of what he says . |
| 6 | She still only had Fen 's word for that . |
| 7 | This announced , quietly but determinedly , that Balfour did not want Asquith 's backing for the Admiralty : |
| 8 | That did not suit Bonaparte 's desire for order and was inconvenient to his need for conscripting recruits to his army . |
| 9 | managing director could not fund company 's litigation for one third of damages recovered net of company 's direct losses and legal costs . |
| 10 | A great many Greek politicians and officials who at the time said privately that they thought the thing was a nonsense heard themselves publicly using arguments which did not improve Greece 's reputation for honest debate . |
| 11 | He could not understand Modigliani 's disregard for both his health and his money and found it shocking . |
| 12 | She could not see Finn 's neck for the hair . |
| 13 | Other observers of the international situation did not share Franco 's preference for inaction . |
| 14 | She could not lead Liza 's life for her . |
| 15 | Just to invoke God 's name for what one chooses to do is no guarantee whatever that the thought , word or action really is God 's will , or is creative and positive as opposed to being destructive and negative . |
| 16 | Yet this was not to represent journey 's end for Chesterton 's political development . |
| 17 | It presents its evidence impartially , and so is useful to those who do not accept Russia 's need for shock therapy as well as to those who do . |
| 18 | We thus establish Sylvester 's theorem for the expansion of P(A) , viz. unc where unc The unit rank matrices unc which are known as the constituent matrices of A , have interesting and important properties . |
| 19 | The Court therefore excluded the confession wrongly obtained by the police and went on to quash Samuel 's conviction for armed robbery . |
| 20 | Ferguson had alighted on what was rapidly becoming Hollywood 's formula for entertaining America through its difficult times . |
| 21 | ‘ Given that an angry parent might just conceivably break Gray 's neck for , as you put it , touching up his youngster , why should he go to the trouble of severing the head , and then putting it in the Cathedral font ? |
| 22 | Rose clung to Dieter 's hand and refused to budge ; there followed a heated altercation between Dora and Dieter until Jack intervened and managed , using a quiet diplomacy that further increased Melissa 's respect for him , to persuade them both to withdraw . |
| 23 | The justly famous building that replaced it once more illustrated Wren 's genius for combining classical and Gothic themes . |
| 24 | Petipa and Massine also met Newman 's requirement for the balancing and treatment of episodes . |
| 25 | He probably shared Khruschev 's contempt for conservationists and the defenders of the national heritage , who stood in the way of progress and tried to suborn Communist officials from their duty to demolish the redundant vestiges of the old order . |
| 26 | These scores also combine Congress 's support for the president 's proposals with the president 's support for bills and resolutions emanating from Capitol Hill not sponsored by him . |
| 27 | Delegates voted by a large majority for the immediate introduction of a multiparty system , emphatically rejecting a proposal by Bongo that democratic pluralism be introduced over a three- to five-year period ; delegates also rejected Bongo 's proposal for a new single party , the Gabonese Social Democratic Rally ( RSDG ) [ ibid. ] , encompassing various political groupings , which was to have replaced the Gabonese Democratic Party ( PDG ) , the sole legal party since 1968 . |
| 28 | This concern for purity and order — for that is what the legislation is about — both reflected society 's concern for its own racial integrity and social cohesion , and in turn served to promote them . |
| 29 | ASTON VILLA 'S Earl Barrett has been called up to reinforce England 's squad for the World Cup ‘ double header ’ in Poland and Norway . |
| 30 | Tony also co-ordinated Chester 's effort for the lobby of Parliament on Tuesday , December 1 as part of the Churches National Housing Coalition . |