Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she really was , she , she 's on the antipology 's staff |
| 2 | You know you know Sonia' been kicked out of her house and she 's in a children 's home somewhere or something . |
| 3 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 4 | She is on the Speaker 's panel of chairmen for Commons committees , so has experience of the chair . |
| 5 | Ros does n't recommend bringing age into the open , unless you 're certain that it 's on the interviewer 's mind . |
| 6 | When you begin to feel guilty , remind yourself that it 's for the child 's sake . |
| 7 | But you have to admit , it 's for the dog 's own protection to wear muzzle , as they can pick up all sorts of things in the street which can poison them . |
| 8 | Yeah that 's what it 's for the dog 's bean bag |
| 9 | ( e ) Receipted mortgages Unless the mortgagee has his or her own solicitor , it 's for the seller 's conveyancer to prepare and obtain the discharge of any mortgage over the property , and this is a reminder to prepare , in the case of a registered title , the Discharge of Registered Charge ( LR form 53 ) , or in the case of an unregistered title the usual statutory receipt endorsed on the original mortgage . |
| 10 | It 's in the swans ' interests to belong to someone , because it means they 're being looked after . |
| 11 | … When it comes to [ discovering ] pollution it 's one in a thousand that you 'll [ do so ] by sampling — it 's in an officer 's technique … ‘ |
| 12 | I think it 's from the organization 's point of view , from our statement of purpose , business plan , yeah , we do want people to achieve certain things , and therefore we provide them with the training to be able to do that . |
| 13 | Well it 's against the bible 's prophecy is n't it ? |
| 14 | of the ward on the right erm , and er , it 's like a mens ' ward . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's like a winter 's afternoon , not a summer 's one , ’ commented Maggie , switching on her lights Charlie nodded . |
| 16 | Aye yeah that 's that that that I mean I 've went to that doctor and and it 's like a doctor 's surgery surely is should be sacrament yo you should n't , know what I mean ? |
| 17 | It 's like the scout 's room in an Oxford college . |
| 18 | This may be all good fun , but is it justified when it is at the composer 's expense , and does not pay any regard to the evident persistence of the mensural tradition so obvious in the composer 's manuscripts ? |
| 19 | Anyone who decides to intervene in a family 's problems , even though it is at the family 's request , has a professional duty to be able to demonstrate the effectiveness ( or otherwise ) of the methods used . |
| 20 | The commander view would say that the superannuation fund balance sheet should be consolidated : the authority is responsible for managing the fund , although it is on the employees ' behalf not the community 's . |
| 21 | It is to the school 's credit that such a successful attempt was made to keep life as normal as possible . |
| 22 | Those who during the week at Lake Nona took the opportunity to ask questions about the running of America 's LPGA circuit , are convinced that it is to the players ' advantage that they leave the running of the association to its staff while they themselves concentrate on their golf . |
| 23 | It is to the band 's eternal credit that the piece of plastic within the sleeve was worthy of the attention focused upon it . |
| 24 | It is to the plaintiff 's advantage , therefore , to avoid these subsections if at all possible . |
| 25 | The shareholders enjoy an additional layer of protection with regard to gratuitous payments , in that in order to show that a payment is authorised by the company 's memorandum it will usually be necessary to establish that it is reasonably incidental to the company 's business purposes , in essence , that it is for the company 's benefit , which is an objective question . |
| 26 | But why not kill a child if it is for the child 's good ? |
| 27 | But it is accepted by physicalists of all kinds that the meaning or semantic value of internal states must be analysed in terms of their causal relations to stimulus and response , just as it is for the behaviourist 's dispositions , and is not something they possess in their own right , or of themselves . |
| 28 | Even simple activities , such as the right way to hold and use a pair of scissors , may need to be shown to a pupil with very poor vision , not because it is beyond the child 's capacity , but because defective vision may make it difficult to see exactly how to manipulate utensils and objects without precise demonstration on how to do so . |
| 29 | With such constructive criticism , and the possibility of a separate prize for quasi-official organisations dependent on government grants , it is worth every charity 's while to enter next year 's awards . |
| 30 | Whatever it is about the cuckoo 's gape that acts like a drug on the host 's nervous system , it must have originated as a genetic mutation . |