Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moran said : ‘ Director Jack Walker 's money has enabled the manager to put down a good foundation and if we can get Roy coming in alongside the likes of Alan Shearer , the club will really be going places . ’ |
| 2 | John and Maureen took their first-ever fortnight 's holiday in their 16 years in the Harrow and returned to be told the Benskin 's board had rejected the plan to turn the pub over to management . |
| 3 | But to get them , Midland 's board has put a price on its business , and is left with no defence against a bidder prepared to offer more . |
| 4 | Special considerations : the appellant 's counsel had informed the sentencer that the appellant was prepared to sell his house to raise the funds to pay compensation , and that the house was subject to an offer to purchase which would leave the appellant with an equity of almost £17,000 . |
| 5 | Whatever the fate of the Picassos , there can be no doubt that the Minister 's decision has altered the character of Dutch museums fundamentally . |
| 6 | However , by February 1991 the idea of bringing the WEU within the EC 's orbit had gained the approval of WEU Secretary-General van Eekelen , and NATO Secretary-General Manfred Wörner ( Germany ) had also welcomed an increased EC involvement . |
| 7 | If the husband 's shirt has lost a button , he says , ’ Mary , Mary , why is my shirt without a button ’ , to the Black ’ girl ’ not to his wife . |
| 8 | Where the defendant 's negligence has placed a person in danger and the plaintiff has attempted a rescue , the court will be slow to find the rescuer contributorily negligent . |
| 9 | When assessing the plaintiff 's conduct the court will make allowance for the fact that the defendant 's negligence has placed the plaintiff in a dilemma . |
| 10 | If there is uncertainty as to whether the defendant 's negligence has caused the damage , it has to be determined what degree of probability of damage occurring has to be established by the plaintiff . |
| 11 | A MYSTERY Santa 's honesty has saved a pensioner 's holiday of a lifetime . |
| 12 | Norton 's Coin had won the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 13 | All this and David 's Mum having saved the day saying , ‘ Do n't worry , I 've called the press . ’ |
| 14 | Now Fergie 's mum has entered the fray . |
| 15 | Jan 's mum has acquired the status of a legend . |
| 16 | The group 's chairman had visited the North in January . |
| 17 | Tony 's GP had prescribed the medication for his sleeping difficulties , but he had only taken it on two occasions , finding the tablets to be of little help . |
| 18 | Miranda 's heart had looped the loop as she happily accepted an invitation to lunch at Rules , his favourite restaurant . |
| 19 | As Fen spoke , Robbie 's heart had lightened a fraction . |
| 20 | It said it could n't understand why the British Amateur Weight Lifter 's Association had reached the decision not to take action against the two weighlifters . |
| 21 | * The ( US ) Chemical Manufacturer 's Association has published a survey claiming that the release of toxic pollutants to the environment from the chemical industry was reduced by 35 per cent in the four-year period ending 1990 . |
| 22 | The Rambler 's Association has accused the Forestry Commission and the Ordnance Survey of entering into a " secret deal " to exclude details of public access to forest land from the Survey 's maps ( the definitive public maps on sale in Britain ) . |
| 23 | Why else should the notion of Frankenstein 's monster have affronted the imagination of generations if it was not their intuition of God that was affronted ? |
| 24 | Yussuf 's unhappiness had spread a cloud over the whole orderly room . |
| 25 | ( The most important of these is of course that that person should as a result of the testator 's intention have received a benefit under his will . ) |
| 26 | If Ludo 's club had reached the spieler 's head it would have caved his skull in . |
| 27 | The Lord Chancellor 's Department has produced a consultation paper proposing a new estate in land — commonhold — following a preliminary study of " condominium' legislation in other parts of the world . |
| 28 | Later , Lucien realised just how fortunate he 'd been when Mandru 's agent had made a bid for him at Por Tanssie . |
| 29 | Yet , despite the financially less favoured position granted to those areas of the curriculum which are not perceived as ‘ national priorities ’ , every LEA surveyed in the writer 's research had established the arts as a local priority , and assigned funds to support it . |
| 30 | Fortunately , today the rundown could be short , as Faye 's condition had given no cause for concern at all . |