Example sentences of "'s [noun] [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the evenings I taught my son , Branwell , and my wife 's sister looked after the youngest child , Anne . |
| 2 | THE number of deaths last year on Britain 's roads fell to the lowest level since records began in 1926 . |
| 3 | Doyle 's eyes flickered to the nearest table behind Rosie . |
| 4 | Before the union was formed the tariff against all outsiders was not prohibitive , and the home country 's imports came from the lowest cost source namely , the rest of the world . |
| 5 | The Bank of England is , of course , free to respond as it chooses to any such bids or offers but , as well as being concerned to finance the government 's borrowing needs on the best possible terms , the Bank has a publicly-expressed interest in the liquidity of the gilt-edged market . |
| 6 | Bob Geldof 's initiative resulted in the biggest ever sum of money being wrung out of the haves on behalf of the have-nots ; in itself and in isolation an admirable achievement . |
| 7 | The race had started on a wet track — it is almost never dry for a whole weekend in Holland — and Hunt 's victory resulted from the finest sort of judgement about when to come in and change his wet tyres to slicks . |
| 8 | The starsuit was hotter now ; the heat of re-entry and the energy of Lucifer 's interior triumphing over the best human life support technology . |
| 9 | The policy of the solicitors ' governing body is encapsulated in Rule 1 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 ( and of earlier editions ) : A solicitor shall not directly or indirectly obtain or attempt to obtain instructions for professional work or permit another person to do so on his behalf , or do anything in the course of practising as a solicitor , in any manner which compromises or impairs or is likely to compromise or impair any of the following : ( a ) the solicitor 's independence or integrity ; ( b ) a person 's freedom to instruct a solicitor of his choice ; ( c ) the solicitor 's duty to act in the best interests of the client ; ( d ) the good repute of the solicitor or of the solicitor 's profession ; ( e ) the solicitor 's proper standard of work ; ( f ) the solicitor 's duty to the Court . |
| 10 | Such a contract usually emphasises the director 's duty to act in the best interests of the company . |
| 11 | He has not visited the cliff , but questions the Frenchman 's ability to climb at the highest levels . |
| 12 | At eleven thirty he was called into James Cadogan 's office to talk about the best way to handle their latest commission . |
| 13 | When it came into focus once more — the unmistakable beat of a new life , amplified by modern technology — Faye 's face spread in the widest smile Belinda had ever seen . |