Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [noun] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geography was somewhat manipulated as Mr. Spencer 's empire included the Metropolitan Electric Tramways , the London United Tramways , the South Metropolitan and Croydon Corporation Tramways , while Mr. Thomas had the L.C.C . |
| 2 | No one much doubted that Mr Major 's political doom was sealed if the poll predictions were fulfilled and the Tories lost the election . |
| 3 | The judge referred to the ‘ mother 's fervent belief in the sin of blood transfusion ’ and that Miss T. had reached her decision under the influence of her mother , but none the less found that Miss T. 's decision was not vitiated by any undue influence . |
| 4 | That a single volume is no longer sufficient to cover every thing an undergraduate should know about igneous rocks merely means that Daniel Barker 's book will never completely replace others concentrating on more particular aspects of the subject . |
| 5 | He suddenly remembered that Stephen Blufton 's information about drug smuggling was due to be put to the test that day . |
| 6 | Ardmore 's runway is more generously dimensioned and better levelled than North Shore 's but North Shore is perfectly adequate too . |
| 7 | Zoologists today have widely accepted that Jane Goodall 's field research , apart from its own merits , has supplanted much observation of captive animals , showing that their behaviour is often disturbed and even psychotic . |
| 8 | People know the evidence of their pockets and are unlikely to be easily persauded that Mrs Thatcher 's Britain has been , or has yet become , the economic disaster area which Mr Kinnock depicted . |
| 9 | In all the circumstances , I do not consider that Mr. Glick 's argument , powerful though it is , is persuasive enough to deter me from recognising , in law , the force of the justice underlying Woolwich 's case . |
| 10 | I do not believe that Mr. Wall 's submission that the welfare of the children could only be taken into account if the terms of article 13 ( b ) had been established is a correct analysis of the position . |
| 11 | However , given that a demand must be served before proceedings could be taken , it does not follow that Mr. Thomas 's second proposition is correct . |
| 12 | Perhaps it is not generally known that David Farrington 's research on criminal careers suggests that the single most effective crime prevention policy is nursery education , which is denied to so many children in inner city areas . |
| 13 | That does not prove that Sir Peter 's participative style is reponsible , but it does prove that it is not irresponsible — as many bosses would claim . |
| 14 | I can not pretend that Mr James 's book attains the same degree of enlightenment . |
| 15 | A source at the meeting would not deny that Mr Havel 's candidacy was being actively considered . |
| 16 | A source at the meeting did not deny that Mr Havel 's candidacy was discussed , while Father Vaclav Maly , a leading Forum activist , said he wanted to see Mr Havel as head of state . |
| 17 | The UN further agreed that South Africa 's Namibian army , the South West Africa Territory Force , should deploy three battalions . |
| 18 | Hammer quickly responded when Dave Pappa 's long free-kick found Wright who headed straight into Wilson 's arms . |
| 19 | His forthright emphasis on unity yesterday came as East Germany 's bewildered and beleaguered leaders announced new reforms and a fresh round of sackings from the ruling politburo yesterday , coupled with a public promise of free elections . |
| 20 | They also recommended that Dr Darsee 's earlier studies done at Emory University and elsewhere be reviewed to make certain they contained no fraudulent material . |
| 21 | But I also know that Gordon Wilson 's view is the only one worth aspiring to . |
| 22 | It also theorises that Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT presents the biggest dilemma for Sun : if its application base migrates to NT , Sun would be forced to provide NT , thereby ruining the prospects of Solaris-on-Intel and seriously weakening SunSoft Inc . |
| 23 | It was also known that Mrs Thatcher 's closest advisers , Charles Powell and Bernard Ingham , were implicated in the leak , and it seemed improbable that the Prime Minister should have been totally ignorant . |
| 24 | ( He also felt that Gubby Allen 's ranting and raving ’ in the Old Trafford dressing-room in 1961 was ‘ disgraceful ’ and ‘ undermined morale ’ during the crisis hours of that memorable Ashes Test . ) |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Sally-Anne respectfully , thinking of her mother 's splendid garden , but she also thought that St Jude 's garden was an oasis in the wilderness . |
| 26 | But I also remembered that André Gide 's letters to me had shown this tendency very clearly . |
| 27 | The evidence in this extract is conclusive , and it can therefore be definitively stated that Agatha Christie 's source for the character of Hercule Poirot was Speke , Parot . |
| 28 | Even TV commentator Bruce Critchley correctly diagnosed that Per-Ulrik Johansson 's heart ‘ would be beating ’ after the poor lad muffed a bunker shot at the 71st hole to take 6 and finish joint second . |
| 29 | Clara often thought that Mrs Maugham 's attitudes towards the television typified her whole moral outlook ; before acquiring it , she had considered it infinitely vulgar and debased ; after acquiring it she considered all those without it as highbrows , intellectual snobs , or paupers , while still managing to retain her scorn for all those who had had it before the precisely tasteful , worthy and perceptive moment at which she had herself succumbed to its charms . |
| 30 | It took some time for all the records to be checked , but it 's now agreed that IBM Corp 's full year net loss for 1992 of $4,965m goes down in history as the largest corporate loss on record , taking the baton from General Motors Corp . |