Example sentences of "'s [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here had he buried his face in Sir John 's broad chest to weep for the loss of his mother . |
| 2 | One is North Korea 's declared intention to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) after the demand of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) to inspect sites which Pyongyang says are non-nuclear . |
| 3 | Speaking at the company 's developers conference , Apple Computer Inc chairman John Sculley said he expects the company 's strong momentum to continue into the second half of the fiscal year , adding that among new products on the stocks are the speech recognition computer system code-named Caspar and the pen-based portable notebook . |
| 4 | Likewise , some hesitate , despite Jeffrey Shaw 's specific invitation to stand on the mirror steps onto which his videographic crowds of people and skyscapes are reflected , or pause rather than walking through Judith Barry 's wall of words across a computer animated floor . |
| 5 | or , Thomas ( c. 1490–1555 ) , king 's printer under Henry VIII , was probably born about 1490 , since in his earliest testimony , under the surname Bercula , he named himself as printer and servant to John Rastell [ q.v. ] during the latter 's unsuccessful attempt to sail to the new world in 1517 . |
| 6 | But the Aga Khan 's solicitor , Matthew McCloy , said yesterday : ‘ You can take it that it is not His Highness 's present intention to appeal to the House of Lords . ’ |
| 7 | I have already mentioned Anselm 's firm refusal to confer about the discipline of the English Church with the papal legate who brought his pallium . |
| 8 | ( 1 ) An announcement of the bidder 's firm intention to proceed with the proposed takeover as required by Rule 2.5 of the City Code ( see para 6.3.6 below ) . |
| 9 | This , in our judgment , was the cardinal motivation behind Mrs Thatcher 's eventual decision to yield to the pressure for her resignation . |
| 10 | Attlee , Churchill , and Eden , as Prime Ministers in the 1950s , could well have repeated Churchill 's own words , uttered during a wartime speech at the Mansion House in the City of London in November 1942 , ‘ I have not become the King 's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire . ' |
| 11 | The unknown adds spice to the adventure whether it is a relative newcomer 's first trip to windsurf on the sea , or a move to a place that produces more of a challenge with better waves for an aspiring expert . |
| 12 | Sir Archibald Forbes , the Midland 's chairman , explained the bank 's apparent unwillingness to merge in the 1968 report . |
| 13 | The opt-out will be unsustainable and I applaud John 's sturdy determination to go to the Luxembourg Court if necessary to win the benefits from the new Social Chapter for British workers . |
| 14 | But perceptions that the Alliance was running second in the polls collapsed in the second week ; and voters ' assessment of Alliance chances of winning a majority or even holding the balance of power dropped sharply in the third week ; while television 's sharp switch to focus on the two-Party Labour versus Conservative battle occurred in the fourth week . |
| 15 | He said Labour 's proposed end to support for the closed shop , rather than evidence of a changed attitude to Europe , was a piece of clever opportunism to get the party where it wanted to be . |