Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An enormous number of Polish nobles , therefore , had survived the government 's attempts to relegate them to lesser estates . |
| 2 | Wallace 's attempts to establish himself at United have been hindered by the player 's desperation to become a Stretford End hero as Fergie explained : ‘ He tried too hard to make himself popular . |
| 3 | He was amused by Claire 's attempts to introduce him to attractive women . |
| 4 | In 1707 , for example , when one of the Duke of Montrose 's associates found himself in legal difficulties , he begged for his chiefs intervention , pointing out that ‘ my pursuer is laterlie marryed to a near relative of the Justice Clerks and My Lord Arnistons , which makes it more necessar Your Gr[ace] should interest your self to take it away by arbitratione ’ . |
| 5 | Although Smith 's contemporaries held him in high regard for his remarkable administrative skill and consummate powers of conciliation , few had any understanding of his real scientific achievement until the Academy 's prize brought him posthumous international recognition . |
| 6 | The firm curd is squeezed through the cheesemaker 's fingers to break it into small particles — they must be small or the finished cheese will be of an uneven texture . |
| 7 | On the handling of the union 's finances , Wilson 's enemies attacked him with equal vituperation . |
| 8 | At the Police Federation 's annual conference , which opened in Blackpool yesterday , they protested strongly against Mr Clarke 's plans to subject them to new disciplinary rules . |
| 9 | If this passage does have central and significant relevance to contemporary working relationships , we must begin by clarifying in what ways the issues touched upon by Paul 's words address themselves to current situations and concerns . |
| 10 | The grounding Mr Morrison received at James Dowling 's feet stood him in good stead . |
| 11 | Her resistance to Generalissimo Franco 's Nationalists endowed her with legendary status . |
| 12 | Zoe 's efforts to push him into unsuitable employment had been annoying and resistible . |
| 13 | In fact , Laplace transformation of an entire equation that has been obtained by invoking one of Kirchhoff 's laws converts it from integro-differential form into algebraic form . |
| 14 | Hrun 's eyebrows twisted themselves in unaccustomed calculation . |
| 15 | Fielding 's novels contain plenty of barbarous squires , who would as soon hunt down a parson as a fox , and whose houses are too muddy and unruly to be in any sense comfortable , much less seats of self-fruition . |
| 16 | In both of the novels a heroine is involved for committing herself to do something important enough only as itself for example , Elizabeth Bennet walks three fatiguing miles to Netherfield to pay a visit to her ill sister ; Fanny Price opposes her cousins ' attempts to include her in amateur theatricals . |
| 17 | In contrast the Barbarians ' tries owed everything to thrilling running , crisp passing and a surprisingly high level of understanding between what was a hugely-talented collection of players , but nevertheless a scratch side . |