Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [be] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to Thornton 's surprise , Horsley assured him that NoS 's naïvety was its greatest asset . |
| 2 | Consistently lauded by his manager , Liam Brady , the 22-year-old central defender 's winner was his second goal in two matches . |
| 3 | Consistently lauded by his manager , Liam Brady , the 22-year-old central defender 's winner was his second goal in two matches . |
| 4 | Rob 's car is his only base and he finds the sense of homelessness hard to cope with at times . |
| 5 | John Arlott 's armour was his honest thought and simple truth . |
| 6 | Even when Martha Sissons was a hundred years old , her father 's disapproval was her strongest memory : |
| 7 | Kelly 's dream was one most girls of 11 would expect to come true . |
| 8 | I decided that a rapid look through the papers which were piled into two filing trays on Jefferson 's desk was my best bet . |
| 9 | In overall charge of the Empress 's Household was her Grand Master , General Count Tascher de la Pagerie , descendant of the family of the Empress Josephine , who had under his control the five court chamberlains plus a private secretary and a librarian . |
| 10 | A measure of the Toyota Previa 's desirability is its strong resale value . |
| 11 | Appearing during a period that has seen a stream of reassessments of the discovery and development of penicillin , Gordon 's work is his fictional version of the same episode — together with some real events and characters . |
| 12 | It may be assumed that the manufacturer 's motive is his own advantage . |
| 13 | All the words were in place — ‘ I would not wish this on my worst enemy ’ ; ‘ Sam 's safety is my only concern ’ ; ‘ I appeal to the public to help in any way they can ’ ; ‘ I beg those who are holding her to let her go ’ — but the heart seemed strangely absent . |
| 14 | So there at Janet 's Foss was my first school trip of the season . |
| 15 | Also in line to become Princess Diana 's escort is her debonair army pal Major James Hewitt . |
| 16 | Bob Ivie 's speciality was his Hawaiian Punch , made to a secret Hawaiian recipe which became less secret every time he mixed up another batch before an audience , and which changed in its details anyway . |
| 17 | Gimson 's furniture was his supreme achievement , the only relatively modern work to bear comparison with that of the great English cabinet-makers of the eighteenth century . |
| 18 | ‘ This dear child 's loyalty is my greatest pleasure , and so useful . |
| 19 | Posterity 's loss was the art world 's gain , as the recipient of the tetchy man 's largesse was his adopted son , the late William McCarty-Cooper , whose remains of the Cooper legacy , comprising important paintings and drawings by Gris , Picasso , Braque and Leger , are due to be sold by Christie 's New York on 11 May . |
| 20 | An individual 's sexuality is their own affair and they will come to terms with it when they are ready to . |
| 21 | A nation 's youth is its greatest asset . |
| 22 | If the only attributable cause of his father 's demise was his inadequate mastery of bourgeois culture , the most effective way forward for the son was to aim for total acquisition of the cultural identity that his father manifestly lacked . |
| 23 | One of the reasons for the Midland 's survival was its close links with the Bank of England . |
| 24 | I am conducting an investigation ! ’ 'That 's as may be , but a man 's harem is his own affair . ’ |
| 25 | … et les pantalons peut-être mouillé , " Aunt Tossie 's French was her own invention : " Ou plus pierre , " she added thoughtfully . |
| 26 | True , Emily 's mother was his own mother 's sister , but his sole contact with her was a book token every Christmas ; a token never quite generous enough for the book he wanted . |
| 27 | Master Parry , pray pardon also a summons at such short notice , but the case we have to judge concerns you nearly , and I make no doubt that your daughter 's wellbeing is your first anxiety . |
| 28 | A unique property of elemental diet , which might account for its effectiveness in acute Crohn 's disease is its hypoallergenic nature . |
| 29 | The reason for the friendliness is that Thorpe 's victim was his identical twin brother , Steve . |
| 30 | His last-minute header from Paul Stewart 's cross was his 200th league goal in England and his first Premier League goal at Anfield . |