Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Whitaker 's luck changed in the four rider Horsemaster final when he again looked likely to finish as a runner-up . |
| 2 | The Halifax 's surge contrasts with the 9 per cent profits setback to £564 million at its rival , Abbey National . |
| 3 | However , as has already been pointed out , Thorndyke 's study differed from the two earlier ones in that he used passages which maintained clear temporal sequencing , and clear clausal connections in both narrative conditions . |
| 4 | Tom Bull-Dwyer , his unhappy skipper and six-beige faced middle managers watched as Vita 's Girl ploughed into the three other boats . |
| 5 | ‘ During the whole of her illness , prayer was made without ceasing by the whole Church on her behalf , and I felt persuaded that the Lord would yet hear us and for His name 's sake appear as the one prayer-hearing God — for the heathen around knew what was done , and would say , ‘ Where is now your God ? '' ’ |
| 6 | Darwin 's reluctance to publish in the 1840s can easily be understood in terms of the still active controversy over Lamarckism and Chambers ' Vestiges . |
| 7 | England 's failure to qualify for the 1974 World Cup finals saw Moore 's departure from the national scene . |
| 8 | Coach quits AMERICAN Kevin Cadle has resigned as England men 's basketball coach following the team 's failure to qualify for the 1993 European Championship finals . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was a wonderful drive on an afternoon balmy enough to warrant lowering the electric windows and we cruised along to Mahler 's music playing on the six speaker sound system , through some of the most beautiful countryside we have ever seen . |
| 11 | It was a wonderful drive on an afternoon balmy enough to warrant lowering the electric windows and we cruised along to Mahler 's music playing on the six speaker sound system , through some of the most beautiful countryside we have ever seen . |
| 12 | ‘ Is the candle at Paul 's church connected with the one Julia and I found at the asylum out-house ? |
| 13 | Though the easy life of acting as Britain 's larder ended in the 1970s , they have been slow to add value to produce before exporting it — oven-ready lamb rather than frozen carcasses , fancy cheeses rather than plain cheddar . |
| 14 | This arrangement means there is no need for Mrs Thatcher to consider declaring a State of Emergency , as Mr Heath 's government did during the 1973 miners ' strike . |
| 15 | This discreet arrangement means , among other things , that there was no need for Mrs Thatcher to consider declaring a state of emergency , as Mr Heath 's government did during the 1973 miners ' strike . |
| 16 | Alexander 's resolution led on the one hand to the arrest of liberally orientated nobles in Tver " and on the other to the last of his propaganda campaigns in the countryside . |
| 17 | My hon. Friend makes the point : it is his local authority 's duty to comply with the 1968 Act and not for the chief constable to bend section 39 of the 1986 Act . |
| 18 | The Christie 's sale began with the 125 lot , separate catalogue collection of the late attorney James II Halpin , and was followed by a mixed owner sale of 217 lots , included in the Americana sale . |
| 19 | Nearly all the extant printed proclamations of Queen Elizabeth I 's reign belong to the seven sets , each of which he collected together , bound , and provided with its own specially printed title-page ( 1618 ) . |
| 20 | Robinson 's gardening began in the 1850s at Curraghmore , before several years at the National Botanic Garden in Glasnevin , Dublin , under David Moore [ q.v. ] , continued his education . |
| 21 | The poems , perhaps by Albert himself , express intimations of mortality and reflect the intensified anguish and heightened awareness of life 's transitoriness caused by the Thirty Years ' War . |
| 22 | Motorola Inc 's design wins for the 88000 are beginning to melt away . |