Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An enormous number of Polish nobles , therefore , had survived the government 's attempts to relegate them to lesser estates . |
| 2 | He was amused by Claire 's attempts to introduce him to attractive women . |
| 3 | Although Smith 's contemporaries held him in high regard for his remarkable administrative skill and consummate powers of conciliation , few had any understanding of his real scientific achievement until the Academy 's prize brought him posthumous international recognition . |
| 4 | The firm curd is squeezed through the cheesemaker 's fingers to break it into small particles — they must be small or the finished cheese will be of an uneven texture . |
| 5 | On the handling of the union 's finances , Wilson 's enemies attacked him with equal vituperation . |
| 6 | At the Police Federation 's annual conference , which opened in Blackpool yesterday , they protested strongly against Mr Clarke 's plans to subject them to new disciplinary rules . |
| 7 | The grounding Mr Morrison received at James Dowling 's feet stood him in good stead . |
| 8 | Her resistance to Generalissimo Franco 's Nationalists endowed her with legendary status . |
| 9 | Zoe 's efforts to push him into unsuitable employment had been annoying and resistible . |
| 10 | In fact , Laplace transformation of an entire equation that has been obtained by invoking one of Kirchhoff 's laws converts it from integro-differential form into algebraic form . |