Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [noun] 's [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was art — or rather Michael 's habit of putting the family and its idiosyncrasies straight into his plays — that finally came between them . |
| 2 | The emphasis on God 's revelation and on the faith that apprehends it raised the further question of what theology itself can speak about directly — the revelation , or merely faith 's apprehension of it ? |
| 3 | While the coach waits for a satisfactory fitness test , Steadman , already out of tomorrow 's game with Wakefield , said : ‘ I hope to be ready for a reserve game on Saturday or possibly Monday 's game at Hull but I am confident I will be fit before Wembley . |
| 4 | Similarly , the pre-First World War diction now creates moments of unintentional comedy , as when the figure of Christ says to John , ‘ You must play fair , ’ or when John 's plunge into the pool of faith is described as ‘ he took a header ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't be shy — call me Naylor ! ’ he thundered , and suddenly Leith 's sense of humour got the better of her , and she burst out laughing . |
| 6 | In the dramatic trial that followed — the so-called " Monkey Trial " — the literal view of the Bible was put forward by the chief prosecution witness , William Jennings Bryan , presidential candidate for the Progressive Party in the 1896 election and later Wilson 's Secretary of State . |
| 7 | In the same year the gardens at Longleat were begun , and also London 's association with the court architect William Talman [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | However , less flattering reports were beginning to reach the Mission School and also Vincent 's family in Etten . |
| 9 | As I was saying : they dig up that and also Francis 's moment of passion when he made himself a father — which must have been more than twenty years ago ! |
| 10 | And now SGI 's acquisition of MIPS is complete , the company is re-organising internally to accommodate the changes . |
| 11 | Lawrence McGinty , late of these pages and now science 's man on Channel 4 's news programme — had the indignity of being the first to be ejected from the balloon . |
| 12 | You made enquiries — you learnt he 's still unmarried , and so here you are — ’ And then Silas 's appearance at the door brought a halt to her flow of words . |
| 13 | In fact , women often do not have equal access to information , due to such factors as restricted mobility outside the home , lower educational levels , and sometimes men 's control over information or media technology . |
| 14 | That is , in major part , modernization for Bourdieu — and again Weber 's conception in ‘ Politics as a Vocation ’ , ‘ Science as a Vocation ’ , and the methodological articles on the world religions serve as a model — lies in the differentiation and autonomization of fields . |
| 15 | In most years , the Boards had spent more than their budget , and neither Whitehall 's control of the Central Authority , nor the Central Authority 's control over Area Boards and other spending units , was capable of accuracy within margins as large as five per cent ( a margin by no means unusual in the private sector also ) . |
| 16 | Talks on privatising Deutsche Bundespost Telekom have entered a critical phase , with a key decision due next month , Germany 's postal and telecommunications minister Wolfgang Bosch told Reuter at Hannover on Friday : ‘ In a few weeks we will know whether or not there will be a change to the constitution , ’ he said , noting that decision will not only affect privatisation of Telekom but also Bonn 's position at the upcoming talks with the European Commission — an agreement on privatisation would pave the way for Bonn to approve the Community plan to open domestic and international telephone calls to competition ; the current strategy to get agreement from Germany 's opposition socialists is to win over the postal union , which so far rejects turning Telekom into a joint stock company for fear of massive job losses . |
| 17 | Only Paul Smith and Colin Harvey ( I thought his full-time job as Howard Kendall 's assistant at Everton would have kept him too busy to put pencil and crayon to paper ! ) got close to producing something workable , but even Smithy 's attempt in green would have fallen foul to Mr Clough 's watchful eye . |
| 18 | But then Bunny 's idea of a subtle chat-up is a sock full of sand . ) |
| 19 | In October 1990 Environment Minister Lalonde ( a critic of the Greens and founder of the rival Ecology Generation ) offered key positions to Greens in nascent environmental authorities but again Waechter 's preference for non-acceptance prevailed . |
| 20 | Certainly the author of ‘ The Man Who Was King ’ for whom savages were interesting , if rather silly , became the reader of the romantically tinged Frazer , but essentially Eliot 's view of ‘ civilization ’ went deeper than gramophones . |