Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.

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1 Seven o'clock an evening of entertainment with clairvoyant medium Brian Gibson is on at the Scout 's Headquarters on Lovers Lane at Newark tickets are two fifty there seven until nine .
2 The Caledonian Canal is right on the hotel 's doorstep and nearby Loch Eil and Loch Linnhe provide opportunities for boat trips .
3 The size and range of the country 's sex business may mean that Thailand is in for the world 's fastest upswing in HIV infection .
4 It 's obviously in the Treasury 's mind and that there will be a factor that is taken into consideration when they do their , er arithmetic er , er about the economy and in the run up to the budget if we can look that far ahead .
5 In the end , it is down to a person 's individual choice whether to be bad and to commit crime .
6 Such conduct is now conversion by statute but this is merely for the draftsman 's terminological convenience and has no effect on the concept of conversion at common law : for this reason , it must be kept separate in our analysis .
7 The balance should then be forwarded direct to the hotel , though if contacted some hotels do not require full payment in advance — this is entirely at the hotel 's discretion .
8 The emphasis is less on an individual 's inner resources than on the danger he or she poses to others .
9 It is obviously to the husband 's advantage in such circumstances to seek to persuade the first mortgagee to offer the wife a further advance of sufficient amount to repay the second charge .
10 It is obviously in the husband 's interest that the mortgagee receives a covenant from the wife to observe and perform the terms of the mortgage as this will put the mortgagee on further notice as to the primary responsibility notwithstanding that the husband is not released .
11 Bob is away on a day 's painting course today , so I am catching up with my letters before the Christmas deluge .
12 The index finger is thus under the ferret 's throat and the thumb goes round the top of the neck .
13 it is not worth the salesperson 's time to let the buyer finish .
14 Unlike those of the Philistines his worst fears have been realized , and the cry he hears go up in the town is not for the ark 's arrival , but for its capture .
15 However , it is known that the subject of disclosures of uncertainties is not on the ASB 's agenda and that , in any event , the ASB has other priorities .
16 If , for example , the local authority is unable to find a suitable placement for the child because of a shortage of foster parents the court may decide that a care order is not to the child 's benefit despite the shortcomings of his own parents .
17 All applications are to be made , in the first instance , to the registrar , unless the judge has given a general or special direction to the contrary or the order sought is not within the registrar 's power to make ( r 7.6(2) ) .
18 In some cases the technology involved is not within the company 's competence ; in others it is so critical to the performance of the product that the company wishes to have it under direct control .
19 In some cases the technology involved is not within the company 's competence ; in others it is so critical to the performance of the product that the company wishes to have it under direct control .
20 ‘ A woman 's love is not like a man 's .
21 It is not in a plant 's interest to provide copious and unlimited supplies of nectar .
22 The Minister shakes his head , which shows that that is not in the Government 's mind .
23 It is not in the company 's interests to encourage its consumers or its employees to abuse alcohol .
24 But for most conservation and environmental issues , there is no market , so it is not in the farmer 's interest to buy some advice . ’
25 Occupations can feature predominantly , even where the victim is not in the person 's charge ( e.g. SEX OFFENCES OF FORMER M15 MAN ; TOWN CRIER 'S SEX ATTACK ON GIRL , 9 ; MARINE IN BED WITH TOT , 3 ; MARKET MANAGER IN INDECENCY CASE ) .
26 I feel that these difficulties have gone on too long for there to be a realistic prospect of change in time for these children and given their improvement whilst in foster care , where they are not brought up in their parents ' conflict , it is not in the children 's interests for them to go and live with the father and that they need to be placed in an environment with permanent substitute parents , who can meet the boys ' physical , emotional , educational and social needs .
27 I recommend it not only for its excellent chapter on 17th century siege warfare , but also for the many clues it throws up en passant about where you might begin searching if you know of , or read about , a siege in your locality that is not in the book 's contents list .
28 I mean , you might think ‘ well , what goes on in the staffroom does n't get round to the kids ’ but it does , it does , even if it is just through the teacher 's own attitude .
29 Not , erm , not in the sense that there are in manufacturing because erm , simply from the fact that , in the scale of production , is n't really erm it 's not under the farmer 's influence as much as manufacturing production is under the erm , certain enterprise 's influence , because it 's er , risky
30 Surely it 's not in the industry 's interests to support moderate drinking ?
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