Example sentences of "'s [adj] [noun sg] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 AN international policy shift on Bosnia 's civil war buoyed the former Yugoslav republic 's rebel Serbs at the weekend but the Muslim-led government felt betrayed and vowed to fight on to recapture lost territory .
2 The child 's subconscious reaction remains the same and , unless careful understanding is given to him at each stage of his growing up , he will spend the rest of his life in such a way that he reinforces that self-image which tells him that he is not worthy of receiving love .
3 The hard reality of Labour 's electoral predicament remains the same today as yesterday .
4 Thereafter , however , a series of self-inflicted wounds proved costly , the turning point coming when Scott Stewart 's long diagonal to Canada 's left touchline saw only Tony Stanger retreat into his 22 at suitable speed , though John Graf and Chris Tynan then got the better of him , the former 's delightful pick-up releasing the latter for a try .
5 Her connection with the duke is not explained , but it is possible that she was his mistress since Gloucester 's illegitimate daughter bore the same Christian name .
6 Her connection with the duke is not explained , but it is possible that she was his mistress since Gloucester 's illegitimate daughter bore the same Christian name .
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