Example sentences of "'s [noun] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Braque , on the other hand , has used Cézanne 's technique of opening up the contours of objects , so that in his paintings the eye slips inwards and upwards from plane to plane without having to make a series of abrupt transitions or adjustments . |
| 2 | The Labour Party 's part in bringing down the Chamberlain Government in May 1940 was recognized by the central roles allotted to Labour Ministers in Churchill 's Coalition Government . |
| 3 | He had intended to sweep aside any reservations Kingdom might have about revealing a patient 's secrets by pointing out the overriding importance of finding Heather , but , instead , he had become meek and subdued , as if content to accept Kingdom 's judgement unreservedly on how much or how little he could divulge . |
| 4 | He followed the king 's wishes in building up a genuinely working library , albeit one well stocked with rarities , and including a magnificent topographical and cartographical collection , manuscripts , coins and medals , and drawings . |
| 5 | So it was a happy coincidence that the Rev Alan Mackenzie at the same Congress was able to announce that he had recently attended a meeting between Sir Keith Joseph , then Secretary of State for Social Services , and representatives of other national voluntary organisations concerned with the deaf and the hard of hearing , where the Minister 's intention of setting up a permanent committee to help and advise him had been discussed . |
| 6 | The Commission says that the government 's practice of propping up the company by waiving interest payments due on CNP 's debts of ECU 1410m ( £987m ) — owed mainly to the state — serves to promote artificial preservation of the status quo , and to ‘ postpone necessary adjustments ’ . |
| 7 | French resolve against Libyan-inspired terrorism , which was in doubt during the US raid in 1986 , has been stiffened by Libya 's action in blowing up the UTA flight from Brazzaville to Paris on Sept 19 , 1989 , in which 171 died . |
| 8 | Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions . |
| 9 | MOTHER Teresa 's dream of setting up a refuge for London 's homeless has come a step nearer — thanks to the generosity of Daily Mirror readers . |
| 10 | This regretfully brought to an abrupt end his continuing work for the Building Employers Confederation as well as destroying a lifetime 's work in building up a family company . |
| 11 | We round off our German theme of this year 's Festival in welcoming back the mezzo-soprano Aylish Kerrigan with her accompanist Andreas Kerstein . |
| 12 | On 11 July Sir Frederick Holliday resigned as chair of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee after accusing the Scottish Office of undermining the committee 's powers by setting up a review body to deal with Sites of Special Scientific Interests ( SSSIs ) . |
| 13 | This was the case in Lord Rothermere v Bernard Levin & Times Newspapers , where the defendants had published an attack ( " Profit and dishonour in Fleet Street " ) on Rothermere 's integrity in closing down a newspaper . |
| 14 | For years , I , too , have been hounded by a strange man and am currently following Bonham Carter 's example by marking out a map excluding him from my life . |
| 15 | Bruce is particularly proud of ICI 's role in opening up the spirits market . |
| 16 | Her comments on interest rates had little impact on financial markets but they appeared to underscore the Government 's commitment to holding up the pound . |
| 17 | Idiosyncratic gestures , such as an individual 's habit of tossing back a strand of hair , are more likely to be signals of personal character or state of mind which are transmitted unintentionally and unconsciously . |
| 18 | In any case , the argument was quite remote from Lenin 's preoccupation with binding up the wounds of national estrangement . |
| 19 | But on this trip Gooch has not even had that pleasure and it is imperative now for England 's chances of winning back the Ashes from Australia this summer that their weary 39-year-old captain quickly recovers in health and spirit when he returns home on Saturday week . |
| 20 | Palatine status was restricted to former Scottish territory , where Gloucester 's chances of carving out a significant holding for himself were at best uncertain . |
| 21 | Palatine status was restricted to former Scottish territory , where Gloucester 's chances of carving out a significant holding for himself were at best uncertain . |
| 22 | This was my mother 's way of helping out a little tiny bit . ’ |
| 23 | His secret ambition was for the Argentine ban to be lifted so he could get to England and avenge Pedro 's death by taking out the English and especially one poker-faced Guards Officer . |
| 24 | The distraught widow trying to assuage her grief for her husband 's death by carrying out a vendetta against the Miletti family , that kind of thing . |
| 25 | Well everybody 's conversations for to build up the new Lo , Longman 's dictionary with the new words and things . |
| 26 | A good deal of discussion towards the end of the meeting turned around the University 's interest in setting up an alumni society . |