Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moscovici 's defence refers to the destructive power of operational definitions to restrict intellectual advance . |
| 2 | Here we have a repetition of the childhood in which the parent 's weakness contributed to the unconscious need for punishment . |
| 3 | But Laird 's trade unionists are still bitter about the council 's decision to object to the proposed Point of Ayr gas terminal the development that could offer a lifeline to the yard if it wins approval . |
| 4 | It should only aim to record that which is necessary for accurate reporting of a pupil 's progress according to the agreed reporting format of the school as a whole . |
| 5 | I am dying , Egypt , dying , her mind gabbled when Dotty Blundell 's brassière fell to the dusty floor . |
| 6 | Georgia 's parliament appealed to the United Nations on Thursday , saying : ‘ The events of recent days in Abkhazia confirm Russia is expanding the scope of its undeclared war against Georgia . ’ |
| 7 | Dr Bailey believes that Infolink 's willingness to respond to the changing requirements of its customer base has helped the company to maintain a leading position in the credit industry . |
| 8 | Children 's talk indicates to the gifted teacher the intellectual and perceptual level which each child has reached . |
| 9 | The buyer 's carrier went to the cold store with a delivery order . |
| 10 | The room started to fade , as Grant 's mind succumbed to the strong sedative the doctor had administered to him . |
| 11 | However , its broader significance was in marking a major step in Jordan 's attempt to return to the Arab mainstream in the aftermath of the Gulf war . |
| 12 | Why , again , are the planned towns scattered about the country in so haphazard a way , and so different in age and social type — Salisbury 's plan belongs to the thirteenth century ( Fig. 9 , p. 93 ) , Middlesbrough 's to the nineteenth . |
| 13 | Helen 's , Helen 's girl goes to the big school next year . |
| 14 | His conclusion was that the field increased with depth and was related to the Earth 's core according to the inverse cube law . |
| 15 | A tenant in common or joint tenant of land can not sue his co-tenant in trespass , unless the defendant 's act amounts to the total exclusion or ouster of the plaintiff or destructive waste of the common property . |
| 16 | Ladner 's work points to the suppressed uneasiness and inadequacies within this approach , by linking young black girls ' socialization to the social , economic , and political relations which conventional socialization psychology ignores . |
| 17 | Croatia : More than 11 per cent of Croatia 's population belonged to the Serbian minority , living mainly in Krajina , which remained economically underdeveloped and vulnerable to the influence of Milosevic and Serbian nationalists from the republic of Serbia . |
| 18 | Lawlor 's place goes to the experienced Pat O'Hara , of Cork Constitution , who will be winning his 12th cap . |
| 19 | The second half was pretty hectic but Jackson 's confidence spread to the entire defence and the star-studded City forward line grew more and more frustrated as their celebration night went sour . |
| 20 | Will the Leader of the House arrange for a statement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on yesterday 's meeting of the Anglo-Irish intergovernmental conference , especially in the light of the Prime Minister 's failure to respond to the second part of the question that was asked by the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) ? |
| 21 | Is not the ultimate in short-termism the Government 's failure to listen to the widespread demand from industry for a long-term industrial policy for Britain ? |
| 22 | I also believe that the manner of Senor di Meana 's intervention demonstrated to the full that the Government are right to stress the principle of subsidiarity which holds that the Commission should not become involved in matters that can more effectively be dealt with by member states . |
| 23 | Thorkell 's expulsion belongs to the ambivalent relations between Cnut and some of his powerful Scandinavian followers discussed more fully in Chapter 5 , and may reflect considerable political difficulties , possibly linked to friction with some East Anglian and Fenland churches around this time . |
| 24 | Six weeks later when the Korean War erupted the focus of Acheson 's attention turned to the other side of the world but the concept of all-round defence meant that , for the US , strengthening France and Germany was now even more important in a Europe which , if strong enough , might deter communist aggression and in Asia where the aggression had already begun . |
| 25 | I commented to Ladislav on the coincidence of eights in Czech history : 1618 when Ferdinand 's deposition led to the Thirty Years War ; 1918 when Czechoslovakia was founded ; 1938 and Munich ; 1968 and Dubček . |
| 26 | Indeed , this sexual labelling had less to do with actual sexual practices than with the extent to which young women 's behaviour conformed to the popular ideas of ‘ femininity ’ — for instance by the use of swear words or loud behaviour , ( this is more fully discussed in Sue Lees , 1986 ) . |
| 27 | ’ Women for Socialism ’ states that it is an ’ autonomous women 's organisation affiliated to the Labour Party ’ ( draft aims ) . |
| 28 | ’ Erskine May ’ states clearly that amendments may be made in Committee even if they are not within the Bill 's scope according to the long title . |
| 29 | The million-dollar bounty placed on Gen Noriega 's head testifies to the growing American frustration at his ability to evade the US 's clutches . |
| 30 | Peter 's father complained to the head teacher , who quite surprisingly immediately took the parent 's side . |