Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's election pledges had included a clampdown on crime , but Simmons , taking charge of a new portfolio which included jurisdiction over the police , prisons and fire service ( hitherto the responsibilities of the Attorney General ) , faced immediate controversy when he supported the use of flogging with the cat o " nine tails . |
| 2 | Show jeopardy : Langbaurgh 's budget economies have cast a shadow over the future of East Cleveland 's annual show . |
| 3 | The Open Software Foundation 's Research Institute has gotten a three-year multi-million dollar research contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) and the Air Force Material Command to develop a distributed operating system for high-performance computing . |
| 4 | The Open Software Foundation 's Research Institute has won a three-year multi-million dollar research contract from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Air Force Material Command to develop a distributed operating system for high-performance computing . |
| 5 | The museum 's south courtyard has become a sculpture garden conceived as a winter garden in which the more monumental works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries such as Dufy 's ‘ Cours de la Seine ’ are shown . |
| 6 | OFFICIALS in Elvis Presley 's home county have filed a lawsuit demanding the state of Tennessee to launch a new investigation into the singer 's death . |
| 7 | The Institute 's Tax Faculty has issued a guidance note setting out its correspondence with the Inland Revenue about Statement of Practice SP 5/92 , Non-resident Trusts ( p 99 ) . |
| 8 | The Institute 's Tax Faculty has issued a guidance note setting out its correspondence with the Inland Revenue about Statement of Practice SP 5/92 , Non-resident Trusts , in both its draft and final forms . |
| 9 | The Institute 's Tax Faculty has issued a guidance note on a company 's exposure to penalties on submitting a corporation tax Pay and File return containing estimated figures . |
| 10 | In more concrete terms , the city 's tourist industry hopes to receive a massive boost from the year 's events : visitor numbers are expected to double from two million to four million in 1993 . |
| 11 | Patriot anti-missile system maker , Raytheon Corp , has licensed DEC 's Alpha chip intending to build a line of military-specification compatibles around it . |
| 12 | THE ECHO 'S champion chippy has taken a battering from a fire . |
| 13 | EUROPE 's video war has taken a series of bizarre new twists as the European Community 's new rules on imports of video recorders from Japan produce results in the market place that nobody predicted . |
| 14 | Simon O'Connor , spokesman for the British Sports Association for the Disabled , said the town 's Dolphin Centre had gained a reputation as one of the best leisure complexes in the country . |
| 15 | Simon O'Connor , spokesman for the British Sports Association for the Disabled , said the town 's Dolphin Centre had gained a reputation as one of the best lei sure complexes in the country . |
| 16 | The county council 's tourism department has released a new edition of its guide , Essex — Places to Visit , to help local families or visitors to the region choose their destination . |
| 17 | In these circumstances , the group 's trading performance has suffered a setback . |
| 18 | In a deal worth £500,000 , Sun Microsystems Inc 's SunPro unit has struck a deal with National Algorithms Group Ltd for the UK , Oxford-based outfit 's Fortran 90 technology which SunPro will use to update its Fortran 77 compiler and developer environments . |
| 19 | In a deal worth $700,000 , Sun Microsystems Inc 's SunPro unit has struck a deal with National Algorithms Group Ltd for the UK , Oxford-based outfit 's Fortran 90 technology which SunPro will use to update its Fortran 77 compiler and developer environments . |
| 20 | Voting will not be announced until this morning — but gay campaigners were cheered by delegates when they protested that the party 's policy review had replaced a commitment to ‘ full equality ’ for gays with ‘ greater equality ’ . |
| 21 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 22 | Russia 's space industry has won a contract to launch its first western satellite . |
| 23 | Charles 's daughter Sarah had made a prudent marriage , and quite late in life , too : the ceremony at St John 's had taken place on her thirty-fifth birthday , with sister Mary as witness . |
| 24 | Finally , Japan 's manufacturing industry has staked a lot in the past 10 years on installing advanced production techniques , and has attained a substantial advance in the use of robots and other automated systems . |
| 25 | Miss Keeler 's love life had provided a sensational scandal in that a ‘ coloured friend ’ , moved to desperate jealousy by her behaviour , had opened fire at the window of her home and been arrested and charged for that offence . |
| 26 | Thanks to technology , golfers now propel the ball prodigious distances and even America 's Cup sailing has become a computerised nightmare . |
| 27 | Winterthur 's symphony orchestra has achieved a reputation outside Switzerland through its recordings . |
| 28 | Peter feels that CCG 's training policy has played a major role in staff attitude and professionalism : it has an impact on existing businesses and is viewed favourably by potential clients when visiting our operations . |
| 29 | Darlington Council 's housing committee agreed to make a big cash commitment to establishing the drop-in advice centre in Hammond Drive , on Skerne Park . |
| 30 | BBC 's Radio Shropshire hopes to broadcast a recording of the service at 5 pm on the same afternoon . |