Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are essentially of two kinds : ‘ fair rent ’ , a system by which tenants pay a rent determined by a rent officer , and ‘ co-ownership ’ , where part of the tenant 's rent goes towards partial ownership of the dwelling . |
| 2 | In fact , the brochure shows that more than 90% of the company 's holidays are package deals . |
| 3 | The ‘ foreign interests ’ of the Federal Republic of Germany , in terms of Blackmun J. 's tripartite analysis , were seen as particularly compelling and no good cause had been shown for doing other than resort to the Convention 's procedures . |
| 4 | From the ivory tower of a teaching hospital this may seem unfair , but Dixon may be surprised to learn that of the 60 or so practitioners participating in the Gloucester Independent Dentists ' Group , fewer than half were drawing more than 80% of the government 's target net income before the reduction in fees , which , incidentally , was 17.5% gross rather than the publicised 7.5% . |
| 5 | A mysterious strike at Bangkok 's port , which handles more than 80% of the country 's trade , was settled only after the general intervened . |
| 6 | Finally , by teaching mothers about the lobon-gur mixture by word of mouth , the fact that more than 80% of the country 's population was illiterate became of no consequence . |
| 7 | Both Mr Mitterrand and Mr Balladur seem happy to accept that foreign policy and defence should now be shared ( domaine partagé ) rather than part of the president 's exclusive preserve ( de Gaulle 's famous domaine réservé ) . |
| 8 | Green 's memorandum reflected the WEA 's dissatisfaction with its original 1932 representation on the RAC in that although the District was recognised by the Board of Education as the most important providing body for Chapter III courses in the region , it had less than 25% of the committee 's membership which thus failed to recognise the WEA 's national or regional status . |
| 9 | More than 10% of the city 's hospital beds closed in the 1980s , including more than 20% of the beds in the municipal hospitals . |
| 10 | Thinking of a boy 's name is harder than thinking of a girl 's . |
| 11 | The wearing of pig badges by a large group of staff , many of whom were members of middle management , after the Deputy Head , Peter Moors , had suggested that pork was less suitable than turkey for the school 's Christmas dinner , since it prevented Muslim boys from taking part . |
| 12 | Since then campaign organiser Ann Robarts and her team have raised more than £100,000 towards the building 's £1m construction costs and the £650,000 which will be needed to cover its running costs for the first year . |
| 13 | This has since been employed in the wide variety of commercial designs that have arrived following the introduction of the Hawaiian ; but for a simple and long-standing development one need look no further than Top of The Line 's own ‘ Spin-Off ’ . |
| 14 | But other European car makers produce less than 30% of a car 's value , which suggests that German firms have more out-sourcing to do . |
| 15 | More than 85% of the industry 's work force is now covered by such policies . |
| 16 | Advice has been received that such work would not be more than 5% of the adviser 's time . |
| 17 | In 1988 there were no contestants other than Kaunda for the party 's presidential nomination , since Nalumino Mundia , a veteran of the independence struggle , withdrew , being unable to secure Bemba support . |
| 18 | Using these criteria GIRA SIC found that chains produced more than 70% of the UK 's fast food meals in 1990 , with American groups dominating the market . |
| 19 | Although 70% of the company 's revenue was from Unix in the last fiscal year , Progress defended its support of the AS/400 : IBM is refocusing it as an open platform and database server which means it can be combined with Unix , commented Wark . |
| 20 | Rather surprisingly , perhaps , the war seems to have been popular : Murimuth says there were more volunteers than conscripts in the army 's ranks , and Sir Thomas Gray of Heton , the author of the Scalacronica , recorded that there was no lack of enthusiasm for service even amongst the northerners . |
| 21 | Thus , most of the lunar surface is extremely old : probably only about 1% of the surface is younger than 3000 Ma , whereas less than 1% of the Earth 's surface is older than this . |
| 22 | Chinese authorities have executed a bank accountant who embezzled more than $175,000 in the country 's first such case of computer fraud , the Xinhua Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday : Shi Biao , who worked for the Jilin branch of the state-run Agricultural Bank of China , was found to have siphoned funds to private accounts from August to November 1991 , and he and accomplice Yu Lixin were arrested as they were preparing to leave China through the southern economic zone of Shenzhen , bordering Hong Kong ; it was the first case of bank embezzlement via computer in China ; China imposes the death penalty for a variety of offences , ranging from bicycle theft to panda poaching . |
| 23 | It could seem as if nothing except attendance at the church 's services divided a pagan intellectual such as the professor Marius Victorinus from the educated clergy of a city such as Milan . |
| 24 | Less than 200ft from the lifeboat 's starboard side lay the Cathedral Rock , the same distance to port jutted the Ebb Carr Rocks . |
| 25 | Even more important than encounters with the city 's products , are conversations with the people who have encountered this better life . |
| 26 | According to Standard Life 's marketing manager Bruce Wallace , less than 18% of the UK 's working population has arranged any form of income protection , although one in five people are likely to be off work for more than three months during their working life . |
| 27 | Less than 40% of the country 's £500m annual expenditure is reckoned to be channelled into Scotland 's domestic industry , a proportion that the Forum intends to increase by around 50% . |
| 28 | Certain chemical substances , if present in the mother 's body during the earlier weeks of development may have dire effect ( for example the thalidomide affair ) . |
| 29 | ‘ If visits to the doctor 's surgery are a nightmare of tears and temper , there are ways to ease the trip . |
| 30 | If jealousy for the wife 's attentions can arise on the husband 's part , envy of the husband 's relative freedom can exist in the wife and mother . |