Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [be] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silayev 's election was given the necessary approval by a large majority in the Russian Congress on June 18 . |
| 2 | By the time they are five or six , most children 's breathing is going the opposite way of what nature intended . ’ |
| 3 | Roscoe 's ambition was to drain the whole wetland , and to this end he organized ditching , marling , and importation from nearby Manchester of boatload upon boatload of human ordure , which was forked by hand on to the moss . |
| 4 | Mussolini took advantage of these largely theoretical impositions to say that the League 's intention was to destroy the Italian economy and , surprising as it may seem today , the people of Italy reinforced what proved to be his growing megalomania by demonstrating , when inspired to do so by the press , that they were ready to make any sacrifices that might be asked of them . |
| 5 | One approach to investigating Hymen 's characterization is to identify the other roles for male sopranos in Lully 's ballets in order to establish what kind of affect they may have had . |
| 6 | Could Satan 's plan be to belittle the miraculous element of Christianity by ‘ aping ’ it ? |
| 7 | As the chief of the Army of the South , Franco 's plan was to occupy the western provinces of Badajoz and Cáceres ; link up with Mola 's troops , which were driving south-westwards from Navarre ; and advance eastwards on Madrid , following the natural line of penetration provided by the valley of the River Tagus . |
| 8 | One purpose underlying Althusser 's work was to rationalize the French Communist Party 's continued adherence to a pro-Moscow line and admiration for the Eastern-bloc system . |
| 9 | Surely a Government 's job is to address the overall rise in crime that has taken place while they have been in office , and also to deal with this new phenomenon — the amazing increase in youth crime . |
| 10 | Brian Leith 's job was to film the political campaign of a Sarawak conservationist , when the last thing the campaign needed was Western broadcasters hanging around . |
| 11 | This would be the most natural way of questioning any of the predicative adjectives in ( 30 ) — and could be used just as well for the second and third cases of ( 28 ) : ( 30 ) his accountant was sensible Helen 's profile is striking the new coin is octagonal Just as the contrast between how ? and which ? reflects the contrast of structural position between postnominal attributive and predicate qualifier , so the contrast of question words between how ? and what ? or what … like ? allows us to infer that an adjective in ordinary predicative position is not a plausible origin for the predicate qualifier . |
| 12 | The project 's aim is to map the current position by concentrating on the perceptions of the major actors in the cereals policy community . |
| 13 | Others say there is no political will for real land reform , since the leadership 's aim is to keep the previous system intact and in working order , not to break it up . |
| 14 | Owen 's aim is to repair the moral order breached by the challenge to the teacher 's authority and the assumptions of intrinsic worth upon which it is founded . |
| 15 | The Chancellor 's aim is to reduce the administrative burden on small businesses , and the reform will be accompanied by a document examining the need for the statutory audit for small incorporated businesses . |
| 16 | Chant 's body was discovered the following day by 93-year-old Albert Burke , who found it while looking for his errant mongrel , Kipper . |
| 17 | Antonio Gilvan da Cruz 's body was found the following morning . |
| 18 | Caird 's achievement is to capture the sheer energy of the piece while also doing justice to its underlying darkness . |
| 19 | Barnard 's achievement was to develop the ultraviolet microscope ( invented in Germany in 1903 ) for the study of viruses . |
| 20 | The thrust of Peter Roper 's paper is to outline the practical use that can be made of computer technology in Industrial Relations applications , not to give detailed descriptions of programs or suites . |
| 21 | The individual 's responsibility in conversion is to repent and believe ; God 's initiative and response are his gift of forgiveness and his gift of the Holy Spirit ; and the church 's role is to welcome the new believer into fellowship , symbolizing this publicly in the act of baptism . |
| 22 | Lesk 's method is to compare the various sense definitions of a word with the definitions of other words in the immediate sentential context . |
| 23 | Even though things can look bleak for the unemployed , Mr Scott 's advice is to take the long-term view — sooner or later an opportunity is bound to arise . |
| 24 | On the jumping front , Laura 's Beau is to miss the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Monday and will now rest until next season . |
| 25 | ‘ The Government 's objective is to keep the underlying rate of retail price inflation within the range of 1 to 4 per cent . |
| 26 | It so happened that the very train that ended Mr Cubbage 's life was carrying the delayed mail and in one of the mail bags was a letter from Coleen agreeing to Mr Cubbage 's proposal of marriage and saying that she was coming home to her lover . |
| 27 | McEwan 's company was bringing the live World Cup feed to New Zealand through Los Angeles and also sold the feed for all 32 games into Canada . |
| 28 | Crapper 's triumph was to invent the pull-chain foolproof flush . |
| 29 | That case also arose out of a motor accident at the time when the infant 's mother was carrying the unborn child . |
| 30 | Robson 's solution was to enhance the judicial process and cultivate the judicial spirit within the administration by developing a rational system of administrative courts . |