Example sentences of "'s [noun] [to-vb] [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixth century its ancient Christian traditions were strong enough to sustain resistance to Justinian 's attempts to dictate doctrine to the church . |
| 2 | Professional diagnoses cause as mother 's inability to show love to the infant because of her own childhood relationship with her mother . |
| 3 | If Mr Li 's illness continues through the summer , China 's bid to play host to the Olympic games in 2000 may benefit . |
| 4 | Jordanian requests for emergency international compensation payments were initially frustrated by King Hussein 's reluctance to offer support to the United States-led anti-Iraqi coalition . |
| 5 | How , given Mannheim 's refusal to reduce knowledge to the specific ideas of an individual or to use a category of ‘ group mind ’ , can this be done ? |
| 6 | Before she left , the Princess Royal became the first signatory to the new Napier University Visitors Book and on her departure , one of Napier 's youngest ‘ students ’ , four-year-old Kirsty Hutton who had come with other children from Napier 's crèche to wave goodbye to the Princess , presented her with a posy . |
| 7 | Answering questions such as ‘ How do you like my new suit ? ’ or ‘ Is the pie I just baked okay ? ’ often requires knowledge of the other person 's filter to do justice to the situation . |