Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pa 's response comes in the flat voice I know , and fear , ‘ Talk properly , James . |
| 2 | Moscovici 's defence refers to the destructive power of operational definitions to restrict intellectual advance . |
| 3 | Nead 's text takes in the conventional notions of feminine beauty , pornography and the tabloid press , the fine line between sexuality and the obscene and the recent reclamation of the nude by female artists . |
| 4 | Perhaps surprisingly for a conductor who is also a singer , Jacob 's direction tends towards the fast and furious style of Handel interpretation , with dramatically accentuated rhythms and strongly articulated bass lines . |
| 5 | The case of City of London Corporation v Fell [ 1992 ] 2 EG 172 came to the surprising conclusion that unless the lease provides otherwise ( eg by providing that the original tenant 's obligations will remain in place during a statutory tenancy ) , where the lease has been assigned and the present tenant is holding over , the original tenant 's liability ends on the contractual term date . |
| 6 | Children 's talk indicates to the gifted teacher the intellectual and perceptual level which each child has reached . |
| 7 | Linfield 's search extends throughout the British Isles and the League of Ireland but until the championship is completed it will be impossible for them to open negotiations with certain players . |
| 8 | The Halifax 's surge contrasts with the 9 per cent profits setback to £564 million at its rival , Abbey National . |
| 9 | Now half the income of the city 's administration comes from the federal government . |
| 10 | That is just one reason why TODAY will not weep if tonight 's vote goes against the Prime Minister . |
| 11 | ‘ As William Waldegrave 's recent White Paper highlighted , the country 's future depends on the effective exploitation of science and technology . |
| 12 | Neil Kinnock has again declined an invitation to brief the media 's industry hacks at the Labour party conference . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This month 's gallery concentrates on the varied forms of Loricarid catfish . |
| 15 | Helen 's , Helen 's girl goes to the big school next year . |
| 16 | These are clearly more formal models than those which the modern letter-writer is used to , yet Shakespeare 's range stretches from the intimate and occasional to just such formal rhetorical structures as Day 's category of the ‘ Epistle Deliberative ’ , which uses a mixture of praise and criticism in its ‘ Hortatory ’ or ‘ Dehortatory ’ intent , and may legitimately subject the recipient to moral pressure : Yet , while acknowledging the relevance of Day 's treatise on letter-writing and its tactics of persuasion , we may note that in Shakespeare one of Day 's categories is absent , namely the ‘ Responsory Epistle ’ , which ‘ dependeth of the partes of a former letter ’ and must refer back to it . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Below : A late evening view taken as Oak 's engine runs for the first time since restoration . |
| 19 | The answer to my hon. Friend 's question rests with the new research and development directorate of the NHS management executive . |
| 20 | DUNDEE 's player-manager , Simon Stainrod , may have to reconsider his on-field role after yet another ‘ talisman ’ contribution towards Dundee 's consolidation hopes in the Premier Division . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Feedback/information sharing — show how the employee 's work fits into the wider scheme of things . |
| 23 | AND MOTOROLA 's BUSINESS SHRUGS OFF THE CELLULAR TELEPHONE SCARE |
| 24 | The Bank of England is , of course , free to respond as it chooses to any such bids or offers but , as well as being concerned to finance the government 's borrowing needs on the best possible terms , the Bank has a publicly-expressed interest in the liquidity of the gilt-edged market . |
| 25 | Lawlor 's place goes to the experienced Pat O'Hara , of Cork Constitution , who will be winning his 12th cap . |
| 26 | In each of Jesus ' beatitudes , God 's blessing comes in the first line , and is then followed by the effect of this blessing on us in the second line . |
| 27 | This year 's festival focuses on the Norwegian composer , Edward Grieg , as 1993 also marks the 150th anniversary of his birth . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Mary Quant 's inspiration comes from the glam style of the 70's — Colour Quantastic can guarantee some really groovy shades . |
| 30 | Kafka 's Metamorphosis begins with the following passage : |