Example sentences of "'s [noun] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the smaller radical politically active women 's groups reformed under the Irish Women United umbrella . |
| 2 | Here we have a repetition of the childhood in which the parent 's weakness contributed to the unconscious need for punishment . |
| 3 | This is arguably the fundamental point made by a famous set of attempted proofs of God 's existence associated with the medieval theologian , Aquinas . |
| 4 | All four versions include a skipper 's cabin accessed from the upper deck only and sandwiched between the anchor well and the forward bulkhead of the owner 's cabin . |
| 5 | Further exhibits depict the opening of the West , Whaling ( with a Captain 's Cabin reproduced from the last of the great Yankee whalers ) , Textiles ( with a fine collection of quilts and hooked rugs ) , Pewter , Glass and Silver . |
| 6 | In many aspects the PAC 's proposals accorded with the present practice adopted by New Zealand ( see Glynn , 1985 , p. 127 ) . |
| 7 | Congressional criticism of Bush 's proposals concentrated on the limited additional funding provided ; Democrats proposed an alternative plan , calling for total spending of $10,100 million , the additional $2,200 million to be provided by across-the-board reductions in federal programmes . |
| 8 | Then she caught her breath lightly as Julius 's fingers delved into the soft warmth of her body . |
| 9 | Merrill 's fingers closed over the bulkier envelope containing her curriculum vitae and references . |
| 10 | Red-headed England 's Glory spilled across the bare boards of the floor . |
| 11 | But Whitaker 's luck changed in the four rider Horsemaster final when he again looked likely to finish as a runner-up . |
| 12 | Tanagra tried to replace Thebes as informal hegemon of the league in mid-century , but it was on Thebes that Sparta 's plans centred in the First Peloponnesian War . |
| 13 | Hungary 's exports plunged in the first quarter of 1993 . |
| 14 | These rather artificial bridges from one group of questions to another are useful for keeping the candidate 's mind focused on the right area of response and for helping the interviewer see his/her way through the prearranged structure of the interview . |
| 15 | The killing in Hrothgar 's meadhall described in the ensuing passage was clearly the origin of the many Country House murders which were to feature in Hercule Poirot 's investigations . |
| 16 | As former champions , Queen 's Club rested in the fourth round — head and shoulders above the Area 5 pack . |
| 17 | All through her life , even at moments when her difficulties seemed overwhelming , Constance would remember her father 's words declaimed into the vast skies of Northumberland : ‘ Never be afraid , Constance . |
| 18 | Marketing to Supplier companies will have to determine how most multi-individual buying effectively to market their products to the various structures and DMU 's roles identified in the previous section . |
| 19 | It is one of the several enzymes involved in the central process of a cell 's metabolism known as the citric acid or Krebs cycle . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The landlord 's eyes flicked to the dirty remnants of the Teller 's badge on Riven 's breast . |
| 22 | Kirov 's eyes bored into the bright , expanded pupils of his comrade , seeing the joy of life and living which they rejected , and feeling the icy coldness of death which he bore to extinguish it . |
| 23 | There are the customary chases and close-shaves , the best of which has Ford and Connery 's car pursued by the flaming fuselage of a German plane . |
| 24 | Laura 's mouth parted beneath the soft pressure of his tongue as he groaned against her lips . |
| 25 | ‘ Flick 's made a hit , ’ Gay observed that night , strolling into Breeze 's bedroom clad in the patched pyjamas she had worn at school . |
| 26 | The Fraternity was disbanded , but many of its ideas and methods have been taken up by the new women 's organizations formed in the 1970s . |
| 27 | John Prescott , the shadow transport secretary , said the announcement confirmed ‘ further delay , uncertainty and planning blight with the line 's completion pushed into the next century , not the end of the decade ’ . |
| 28 | De Gaulle 's plan touched off the first major political storm of the postwar era , which rumbled on throughout the rest of the summer . |
| 29 | Harold 's feet echoed on the shabby linoleum , and he thought guiltily of his own carpeted home across the green . |
| 30 | At the time of writing , synthetic insulin — which to the scientist is chemically identical to that secreted in the pancreas — can not be administered to diabetic people because it simply does not work ; yet pig 's insulin injected into the human body does ! |