Example sentences of "'s [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Of course Maastricht 's attempts to deal with a number of important political issues .
2 His acute political and personal crisis was increased by a direct attack from Michael Heseltine , who said the Chancellor 's attempts to shrug off the trade deficit smacked of ‘ socialist naivety ’ .
3 In an epistemological parable , ‘ The Man who looked into the Future ’ , Allen Wheelis describes a man 's attempts to escape from the fluidity of the present and imprint value on his life .
4 Weather conditions had definitely worsened since she went to bed , and she needed Fen 's support to struggle along the towpath in the face of the gale , in order to reach his car .
5 Li Yuan might as well try to harness Change itself as try to force the boy 's talents to conform to the needs of State .
6 Lord Denning concluded that the proposition did not apply in this case and that there were reasons which a reasonable minister could entertain and so there was no ground on which the court could interfere with the minister 's decision to ask for a ballot order .
7 Labour 's decision to vote against the Government provoked a slanging match between all three major parties .
8 PRESIDENT REAGAN 'S decision to sell off the United States 's weather satellites , which was announced last week , has thrown the world 's meteorological community into confusion .
9 It is not hard , however , to make a strong case for the view that unrest in a particular part of the empire in 1858 loomed large in the regime 's decision to opt for the version of emancipation which gave peasants land .
10 Ruskin Spear , on the other hand , thought Minton 's decision to paint in the life room a mistake .
11 Western Sahara was divided between Morocco and Mauritania under a 1975 treaty following Spain 's decision to withdraw from a region which it had controlled since the 19th century [ see pp. 27575-77 ] .
12 On June 24 a group of seven reformers — including Damanaki , who had resisted Papariga 's decision to withdraw from the Alliance — had been suspended from the KKE 's central committee .
13 The government 's decision to withdraw from the contract was felt to be a major reason behind his departure .
14 The British Government said yesterday it was deeply concerned at North Korea 's decision to withdraw from the treaty , saying the move cast doubt on Pyongyang 's long-term nuclear intentions .
15 BASIC DATA Controlled by Spain since the 19th century , Western Sahara was divided between Morocco and Mauritania under the tripartite Madrid agreement of 1975 following Spain 's decision to withdraw from the territory ( see pp. 27575-77 ) .
16 BIIBA has now made a strong complaint to Fimbra about the latter 's decision to withdraw from an agreement made on 18 September which would have allowed BIIBA members , who held existing professional indemnity cover , to renew their existing policies .
17 He made a good living , and seemed resentful of his wife 's decision to take in a lodger .
18 The biggest change that the end user may find , other than the obvious alterations to the program , is that Letraset are now Adobe 's primary distributor for Europe following McQueen 's decision to move into the manufacturing and acquisition of software rather than its distribution .
19 Keith Cardwell 's decision to move from the world of commercial photography into the more demanding , and typically less lucrative , area of documentary photography can be almost directly attributed to a TV series , a BBC 1 documentary called The Family .
20 Likewise , every decision is made as a result of some influence : a patient 's decision to consent to an operation will normally be influenced by the surgeon 's advice as to what will happen if the operation does not take place .
21 In Re Friends of the Earth the applicants sought review of Minister 's decision to consent to the construction of Sizewell B nuclear generating plant .
22 The argument was over Zack 's decision to close with the negotiator called Quinn and have done with the whole thing at two million dollars ransom .
23 Major 's decision to rely on a press resume written by others , and so avoid personally confronting the welter of hostile headlines , mocking columns and cartoons , is not the only symptom of bunker mentality .
24 Greenpeace 's decision to apply for a review follows its successful private prosecution of chemical company Albright and Wilson — the first such private action taken under the provisions of the 1989 Water Act .
25 All of which suggests that the government 's decision to pounce on the PAC was a reaction to threat and counter-threat rather than a conspiracy to undermine Mr de Klerk 's own negotiations .
26 By far the most significant is the evolution of the game itself and Ireland 's inability to move with the flow .
27 In the first place the Americans had to accept Britain 's inability to persist with the experiment in sterling convertibility in the summer of 1947 — this was attempted in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement .
28 Nevertheless the underlying sentiment had a good deal to do with Iraq 's inability to stand by the treaty it had signed with Britain at Portsmouth in 1948 , and resentment aroused by post-war developments in Palestine did little to help .
29 If it does n't have one , buy some non-setting plumber 's mastic to seal between the tap and the bath .
30 Jack 's opportunity to break into the limelight came when Fred Dawes was so badly injured that he could not play again : Jack 's debut was as demanding as any Palace debut could be — at Millwall !
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