Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb -s] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming in a week , when an American judge told a rape victim she ‘ deserved what she got ’ for wearing a lace mini-skirt , and an English judge dropped a rape charge because his 16-year-old alleged victim had the mental age of seven , yesterday 's case has gone some way to restore their faith in the justice system . |
| 2 | THE fight for Cameron 's brewery has taken another twist with the announcement by the Sunderland Vaux Group that they are prepared to buy the Hartlepool brewery . |
| 3 | Only Southey 's description survives to give some impression of the effect produced by the towering limestone gorge on two minds eager to be astonished : |
| 4 | To justify its existence , a conglomerate 's headquarters has to add more value than an independent business unit could get from outside advisers and banks . |
| 5 | A management consultant 's study has found that office and warehouse space around the port and former burgh of Leith offers the best potential for growth , while giving a further boost to the area 's development plans . |
| 6 | Rosenfeld 's study seems to lend some support to the functionalist view that social stratification , at least in terms of power and prestige , is inevitable in human society . |
| 7 | To some extent this is true , since Michael Chisholm 's research has shown that subsistence land use results in settlements being not more than 1 kilometre ( ½ mile ) or so from most of their land ( Fig 59 ) and hence settlements should perhaps be expected to be 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart . |
| 8 | In the past decade Leapor 's work has received more attention than at any time since the 1750s . |
| 9 | One other feature of Richards 's work has had little impact in this country , but a much greater impact , as we shall see , in the United States : the demand that criticism be founded on theory . |
| 10 | Lek 's husband has taken another woman . |
| 11 | Although the User 's Guide does give some help , the user should be aware of his/her monitor and printer specifications . |
| 12 | Unix International 's specification has enabled all input methods to talk to each other and run on top of each other 's systems . |
| 13 | Certainly , Ivanisevic 's form has improved this year . |
| 14 | In going through this document , look at it from the viewpoint of the buyer as well as your own client , and if the buyer 's conveyancer has made any slip or omission , put it right ; you may yourself one day be grateful for a similar courtesy . |
| 15 | In other countries , notably West Germany whose history of having industry unions such as the Metalworkers ' Union has meant less demarcation between crafts , a series of possibilities about the organisation of maintenance have been discussed . |
| 16 | Just in case Reynolds ' letter has had any influence on venue managers or promoters , on my next trip up to London to see Blyth Power at the Robey , I 'd better be prepared to wear a tie . |
| 17 | Just in case Reynolds ' letter has had any influence on venue managers or promoters , on my next trip up to London to see Blyth Power at the Robey , I 'd better be prepared to wear a tie . |