Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But very often the major part of an individual 's activities stem from the duties and reciprocal obligations which fall to him by virtue of his roles as a social person . |
| 2 | Under the provision of the Companies Act 1989 the Secretary of State has powers to seek a ruling from the courts , under a new civil procedure , on whether a company 's accounts comply with the provisions of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 3 | It would be interesting to know how Mr Bishko 's shareholders feel about the future . |
| 4 | He had mentioned to them the possibility of a deal and even the likelihood of profit , and proposed that one of the laundress 's sons come with a ladder and pick the tree clean this autumn , before the mulberries matured to that soft ripeness that threatened any laundry hanging near . |
| 5 | Seldom do so many and varied examples of the mapmaker 's skills appear on the market at the same time . |
| 6 | Alternatively , Labour 's rules allow for the shadow Cabinet to choose an interim leader who would take over until the annual conference chose an official replacement . |
| 7 | While Microsoft 's plans call for the groupware-enabling of all its applications so that they work together , Wordperfect thinks this is fundamentally misguided . |
| 8 | She watched the kiln 's flames flicker on the walls . |
| 9 | Sinton 's views come after a summer of intense transfer speculation when he was linked with Blackburn , Arsenal and Manchester City . |
| 10 | Lamu 's latrines stand as a challenge to the old engineering belief that sewerage is the only feasible system of sanitation for crowded cities . |
| 11 | They do , however , have that guitar-played-as-bacon-slicer slam approach that ( too ) many of this label 's acts adopt at the drop of a record contract . |
| 12 | Ruth heard Adam 's teeth grit at the memory . |
| 13 | Felicity 's lips bend into a smile . |
| 14 | But all instances share one characteristic : the author 's words become for a time the transmitters of other voices , voices that come from inside someone else 's head . |
| 15 | In their time there was a general recognition of an ultimately important spiritual dimension to life that is lacking in our own — a sense of the universe given meaning by God so that man 's words interpenetrate with the Word , that whole transcendent meaning so fragmented and distorted by the Fall . |
| 16 | Jerry 's eyes stay with the sway of the beer , like a starving dog . |
| 17 | Pa 's eyes close above the tips of his fingers then pop back open , catching me out . |
| 18 | ‘ Last year , ’ said Kāli , as we walked along behind the houses , ‘ Mother and one or two other women started before the forest was officially opened — before ban pasāi — and people were so angry that they made the women 's husbands go to the headman and pay a fine of five rupees each . ’ |
| 19 | He heard the command , he heard the men 's feet slither in the snow as they pulled . |
| 20 | Stanislav 's bones lie on the floor around the study chair in which he died . |
| 21 | Katherine remained seated , listening to her daughter 's footsteps hurry up the stairs and then the ceiling creaked as she entered her bedroom which was directly above the sitting room . |
| 22 | He can see Zeke 's pectorals slide under the chest hair . |
| 23 | ( a ) Interim care and supervision orders Under s38(1) ( 2 ) the court can make an interim care or supervision order whenever the proceedings are adjourned provided it is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the child 's circumstances fall within the ambit of s31(2) . |
| 24 | A number of nurseries are offering it now , and you are likely to find it on the plant stalls of plantsmen 's gardens open to the public . |
| 25 | The man 's trousers snag on the stone and start to come down again , then the branch holding the grating shifts and the iron grid falls down , thumping into the man 's chest . |
| 26 | It 's also very pretty , as the promenade 's lights twinkle into the night . |
| 27 | An average cost basis is required to be returned in situations where : it is the existing , explicit , basis of valuation ; the Revenue has specifically left an employee 's affairs open pending the outcome of the case ; the benefits were first provided in 1991/92 ; or benefits have not been reported in the past due to fraud or negligence . |
| 28 | Jim Courier , of the United States , beat Holland 's Richard Krajicek to win the men 's singles title at the Japan Open in Tokyo yesterday . |
| 29 | ‘ Assault is proved by showing the accused 's actions come within the definition of assault at ( B ) 2 ante . |
| 30 | When the council 's officers work as a team the whole work of the staff will tick over smoothly . |