Example sentences of "'s [adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patient 's pre-operative condition can indicate the likelihood of breathing related problems arising post-operatively . |
| 2 | But with Jean-Pierre Papin bound for Italy , and a major shake-up promised for next season , there are fears that Mr Tapie 's political career may signify the end of an era at the Stade Velodrome . |
| 3 | The means that Hongkong & Shanghai 's top management will leave the colony and move to London next year . |
| 4 | When it was in trouble early this year , the gap between at- and out-of-the-money put options was two or three percentage points ; most dealers assumed , correctly , that France 's central bank would hold the line . |
| 5 | This connection between high status employment work and present dissatisfaction with housework holds only for the middle-class women , but there is evidence that the tendency to be dissatisfied with housework in relation to the status of one 's previous job may involve the question of a ‘ reference group ’ . |
| 6 | While the duped adversary prepared to defend himself against the apparently raised weapon , the student 's left hand would draw the upside-down dagger from his belt and plunge it into his rival 's stomach . |
| 7 | Maximising the value of the firm , however , does not entail any kind of trade-off between short- and long-term profits , since it is assumed that the firm 's present value will reflect the future proceeds of current investment . |
| 8 | The Monday 's carnival procession will leave the Butts Green as usual and proceed through the town to Anstey Park , where the entertainment is expected to be bigger and better than ever . |
| 9 | Acknowledging that South Africa 's economy was far bigger and more sophisticated that their own , members agreed that South Africa 's eventual membership would increase the organization 's resources and the developmental pace of the region . |
| 10 | And not just cheesecake : Staley 's fat substitute could revolutionise the world diet food market . |
| 11 | California 's first execution may open the floodgates . |
| 12 | Do they carry home hopes that Vietnam 's Communist Party will suffer the same fate ? |
| 13 | LAST LAUGH : Grobbelaar 's Zimbabwean safari could mean the end for Liverpool 's clown prince of goalkeeping |
| 14 | Acknowledgement of humanity 's common predicament should shape the moral stance , since the goal will be mutual survival . |
| 15 | And not even Glen Hoddle 's magic touch could save the day . |
| 16 | Similar considerations have to be given to ballets on a theme and to ballets that interpret music where the composer 's own structure should inspire the design ( see page 41 ) . |
| 17 | If you ‘ give ’ the smell to the reader rather than using your own private shorthand , then the reader 's own nose will do the work . |
| 18 | A key component of Hitler 's image had formerly been that the buildup of Germany 's military might would bring the strengthening of defence against outside threat : a policy of ‘ peace through strength ’ . |
| 19 | Lord Mayor Bill Turner and Assistant Director of Public Relations Trevor Hines have expressed particular enthusiasm , and believe Birmingham 's recent development will make the city an ideal venue . |
| 20 | One might expect that women 's paid work would have the most profound effect on the domestic division of labour : the more work a women does outside the home , the less she is able to do within it . |
| 21 | But the organisers hope today 's royal visit will raise the interest and money needed to provide the support for many more . |
| 22 | Brezhnev 's third proposal would require the Americans to renounce plans to sign bilateral security agreements with the Gulf states . |
| 23 | Goodbye to single performance indicators The Accounting Standards Board 's third standard will change the p&l account beyond recognition |
| 24 | Collection points will be set up in six major towns and the FHSA 's secure vehicle will tour the county throughout the summer . |