Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My lord 's sister seems a sweet lady , ’ Ellen chattered on , pouring the warm milk into a goblet . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , one editor fears today 's decision sets a dangerous precedent which could make successful prosecutions much more difficult in future . |
| 3 | Kirsty 's story has a happier ending . |
| 4 | In many respects Hardy 's birthplace evokes a quintessential vision of the English country cottage , with its thatched roof , old-fashioned garden and secluded setting . |
| 5 | Before printing a page , the printer 's processor assembles a complete bit mapped image into its memory . |
| 6 | According to Butler , SAG specifications are technically much better because SAG 's SQL uses a common subset of the language . |
| 7 | MacGregor 's bowerbird builds a complex bower of the ‘ maypole ’ type . |
| 8 | Seymour Siegal wrote ‘ In everyone 's heart stirs a great homesickness , ’ Leonard Cohen 's home is itself a symbol of such homesickness ; not a gesture , but an emblem of man 's existential isolation and alienation , which he represents discreetly , without ever advertising it . |
| 9 | Every time SAVE Britain 's Heritage publishes a new catalogue of historic buildings in need of new owners and new uses we are swamped with orders and enquiries . |
| 10 | It noted that the " elimination of Europe 's dividedness offers a historical possibility to attain a new quality in security relations " based on each sovereign state 's " freedom of choice " . |
| 11 | Philippa Russell 's chapter reviews a wide spectrum of ideas and work , but it is clear that disability is an area in which much more research is needed and that policy and practice should both be reviewed in the light of such research as it becomes available . |
| 12 | We might say that the Nun 's Priest represents a human character standing at the intersection of various areas of human activity and experience mirrored within the text , and that the important attributes of the construct that this character is are not least life and humanity themselves ; the real individual and communal life that has to compromise between animalistic anarchy ( i.e. the fabliau world ? — cf. |
| 13 | In Textermination the reader 's mind becomes a veritable anthology of literature which supplants the author 's literary heritage as the source on which the novel draws . |
| 14 | The juxtaposition of her actions compared to Macbeth 's both before and after Duncan 's murder reveals a great uneasiness which has developed within her character . |
| 15 | Top right : Thiéry 's figure demonstrates a visual ambiguity arising from a lack of vanishing points . |
| 16 | Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard said : ‘ May 's figure shows a welcome slowdown in the increase compared with the previous month . ’ |
| 17 | The University Women 's Club takes a special interest in overseas students ' wives and families . |
| 18 | Barrett 's oesophagus represents a metaplastic transformation of the normal squamous cell epithelium of the lower tubular oesophagus into columnar epithelium . |
| 19 | For twenty years De Lamerie 's silver shows a strong dependence on French Régence designs , and techniques such as heavy formal cast and applied ornament , but from the late 1720s his work demonstrates asymmetry , with rich figurative chasing and a revival of the auricular and massive motifs of a century earlier . |
| 20 | When asked ‘ What did you like about your last job ? ’ the chatterbox 's reply includes a detailed description of her recent holiday in the Dordogne . |
| 21 | The North West Thames health authority 's greeting depicts a large apple core . |
| 22 | Central St Martin 's College has a wide variety of BA degree courses . |
| 23 | Baudrillard 's biography provides a clear example of the limits of extreme objectivism as an approach to mass commodities ( compare Anderson 1983 : 32–55 on post-structuralism in general ) . |
| 24 | Durham 's advent provides a new lease of life for a few senior pros whilst the local talent is gradually integrated . |
| 25 | If Marx 's humanitarianism contains a certain ambiguity , the same can not be said of Lenin . |
| 26 | Wesley 's sermon provides a complete contrast . |
| 27 | As well as implying this criticism of classical economy , Marx 's attitude suggests a new approach to the construction of a social theory . |
| 28 | The Minister 's attitude reveals a clear determination to break up the system of comprehensive education in this country and replace it with something different . |
| 29 | The completion of the Group 's work represents a considerable achievement , and it is on the basis of the Group 's advice on attainment targets and programmes of study that we now make jointly our formal proposals for key stages 2 to 4 in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Education Reform Act . |
| 30 | Braudel 's work has a problematic tendency to regard certain societies as changeless , especially the so-called ‘ traditional ’ civilizations ( e.g. 1981 : 285 , 312 ) . |