Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But while pleased , Mr Elton was scathing about Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley 's response to the Ombudsman 's report to which the Government refused to accept responsibility for the affair . |
| 2 | THE ABILITY of Lothian 's employees to provide cost effective services at local level was highlighted in the Regional Council 's response to the Government 's reform document . |
| 3 | THE COUNCIL 'S response to the government 's proposals for the future of water and sewerage services showed that Lothian 's current arrangements would be the most efficient , cost-effective and democratic way to provide these services in the future . |
| 4 | Describing the Government 's response to the company 's predicament as inadequate , Mr Gorman castigated the failure of Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade , to intervene and drew attention to his involvement in the rescue of Rolls Royce in 1972 during the Heath administration : ‘ Heseltine was involved up to his neck in saving Rolls Royce . |
| 5 | The government 's response to the PAC 's proposals came in July 1981 ( Cmnd. 8323 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ The [ Son-of-Sam ] statute represents a response to the outrage expressed by the public at an offender 's ability to profit from his wrong ; but what publisher could contract with an offender if he were not certain that the public 's response to the offender 's story would generate enough profit to make his efforts worthwhile ? ’ |
| 7 | The Secretary of State 's response to the Region 's submission has accepted the need for these road proposals . |
| 8 | Criticizing the " neglect and relaxation in political construction " , Gen. Yang Baibing , director of the PLA general political department ( and younger half-brother of Yang Shangkun ) , said : " Strengthening the firm political stand of cadres and fighters and guaranteeing that the rifles are really held by politically reliable people are matters of top importance " for ensuring the Army 's response to the party 's commands in future " political storms " . |
| 9 | Barber 's defence of the City 's political liberties and trading interests made him very popular in London circles . |
| 10 | A telephone poll of athletes by national cross-country coach Bud Baldaro , who was not consulted by the UKCCC , revealed that most athletes likely to figure prominently strongly favoured accepting an offer by the Women 's Cross-Country and Road Running Association to incorporate the men 's trial into the women 's event at Birkenhead on February 16 . |
| 11 | This year 's winner of the Director 's Prize was Mr Barry Grewcock . |
| 12 | In ordinary language , this ordered pair can be rendered as follows : the satisfaction of readers is dependent on their judgement of the processing effort required to derive a reading as well as on the perceived effort put into the writing of the text ; the reader 's judgement of the author 's satisfaction is similarly dependent on the perceived costs to the writer as well as the notion of the writer gaining satisfaction from the reader 's effort and enjoyment of the text . |
| 13 | The same research team found that cow 's milk in the mother 's diet could cause colic in breast-fed babies . |
| 14 | A president 's support for a legislator 's pet bill may be vital to its passage . |
| 15 | The World Bank 's support for the decade 's first two years fell short by as much as $800 million on a planned spending of up to $2000 million . |
| 16 | These scores also combine Congress 's support for the president 's proposals with the president 's support for bills and resolutions emanating from Capitol Hill not sponsored by him . |
| 17 | The RAF 's case for the Canberra 's replacement was also reinforced by the need to preserve the viability of the British aircraft industry , which was threatened with collapse after cancellation of work on the supersonic bomber and ending fighter development . |
| 18 | The deputy mayor emphasised the real need for a new library , basing the council 's case on the Board 's own statistics . |
| 19 | This is Walton 's part in the Women 's World Day Of Prayer . |
| 20 | I was forcibly reminded of these circumstances when I read Minuchin 's description of an anorexic 's family in which there were ‘ no closed doors ’ and where the anorexic girl felt that all her actions , even her thoughts , were observed by others , and therefore as much their property as her own . |
| 21 | Small wonder the law later forbade a man to marry his wife 's sister during the wife 's lifetime . |
| 22 | Much more important would be the effect of the panel 's decision on the drug 's use in developing countries and on licensing decisions still pending in both America and Canada . |
| 23 | ‘ Me , ’ says a pretty , dark-haired girl wearing an outsize man 's shirt like an artist 's smock over her jeans and sweater . |
| 24 | The 18-track set charts the retiring Coventry boy 's progress from The Specials ' 1979 hit , ‘ Gangsters ’ , through Fun Boy Three 's collaboration with Bananarama , ‘ It Ai n't What You Do ’ , to solo work in the '90s . |
| 25 | The same memorandum shows that these measures , costing £3,670 , absorbed all Edward IV 's cash reserves , and this is likely to be the origin of Mancini 's story of the Woodvilles ' raid on the king 's treasury . |
| 26 | The same memorandum shows that these measures , costing £3,670 , absorbed all Edward IV 's cash reserves , and this is likely to be the origin of Mancini 's story of the Woodvilles ' raid on the king 's treasury . |
| 27 | AT&T Co 's plans to buy a big stake in McCaw Cellular Communications Inc still worry Standard & Poor 's Corp despite the company 's news on Tuesday that it would restructure its debt to cut its interest bill ( CI No 2,134 ) : it says it may still cut AT&T 's ratings , because although it will benefit from the move , uncertainties over the planned investment in McCaw will dominate the credit outlook until terms of the transaction and its structure are known . |
| 28 | The teacher 's assessment of a student 's abilities in the four language skills , based on the student 's classroom performance . |
| 29 | The third aspect of discourse which is affected by the sender 's assessment of the receiver 's schematic knowledge is information structure ( see 5.5 ) . |
| 30 | The authority and the school have wide discretion as to how the records should be compiled , given the two major purposes of providing basic data on a pupil 's progress for other teachers and the parents and providing evidence to support the teacher 's assessment of the pupil 's level of attainment . |