Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | DINAMO Tbilisi , as expected , have lodged their appeal against UEFA 's decision to disqualify them from the European Cup ( writes Lyle Jackson ) . |
| 2 | WEST HAM stalwart Tony Gale last night hit out at the club 's decision to place him on the transfer list . |
| 3 | But Gloucestershire 's decision to place him on the restrictive List One of available players has been initially supported by the TCCB registration committee . |
| 4 | The name change , Avalon says , represents the company 's decision to reposition itself in the client/server market . |
| 5 | But even though it did in a campaign where he was one of Tottenham 's top performers , Venables has been unable to keep his word because of chairman Alan Sugar 's attempt to oust him from the club . |
| 6 | At 2200 the casualty refloated herself under her own power , but as the rudder was jammed the lifeboat came in again to secure a towline from the casualty 's bow to keep her off the sand . |
| 7 | For this reason above all others she had come very close to declining Philip Swallow 's proposal to nominate her for the Shadow Scheme . |
| 8 | Scotland 's determination to take something from the night was shown in the 64th minute , too , when a defender , Wright , was replaced by a forward , his Aberdeen team-mate , Scott Booth . |
| 9 | The artefact 's capacity to separate itself from the immediacy of a relationship embodied in the concept of utility is most evident in the manner in which it is used for precisely the opposite function , that is , to separate the individual from productive activity . |
| 10 | There 's little in Marshall 's CV to prepare you for the way this story , awash with sentimental pitfalls , is turned into a deeply stirring , full blooded drama . |
| 11 | She used Rosalind 's flashlight to take her across the kitchen 's frayed linoleum to the corridor . |
| 12 | Labour also moved towards more concern for the consumer , towards an acceptance of the need for legal curbs on the power of the unions , and the party 's need to confirm itself as the defence of the law and order sought by working-class citizens . |
| 13 | But if there is any real doubt in marginal cases the officer 's need to cover himself against the possibility of criticism from above normally resolves the issue in favour of sampling . |
| 14 | Edward 's desire to rid himself of the burden and embarrassment of Scotland was shared not only by his subjects but also by the pope , whose concern for peace in England , a prerequisite for a crusade , was once again evident . |
| 15 | Yet for all its traditions the Indianapolis 500 is , again like America itself , on the cutting edge of technology , combining the latest advances in engineering and the car racer 's desire to apply them to the maximum . |
| 16 | As soon as the basic tasks were finished , it was Jonadab 's custom to seat himself at the parlour table with a ledger and a leather drawstring bag full of money . |
| 17 | High quality opportunism like that is what Tranmere paid Everton £300,000 for but , until he scored , the travelling fans were entitled to question Nevin 's eagerness to involve himself in the game . |
| 18 | Moreover , since Michael Heseltine 's departure , there is no one in Mrs Thatcher 's Cabinet to remind her of the nature of Entrepreneurial Man . |
| 19 | You need a sound night 's sleep to prepare you for the taxing journey tomorrow . |
| 20 | Leicester have won just one of their 11 Carlsberg League games this season , but the club suggested that the reason for the dismissal was Johnson 's unwillingness to involve himself in the club 's junior programme . |
| 21 | Such was the excitement and focus on Maggie that in spite of Rose 's care to draw him into the conversation Moran began to feel out of it and grew bored . |
| 22 | ‘ And it 's a bit rich after the failure of the Conservative Government and this town 's MP to do anything for the economy in this town it looks like an election gimmick , ’ said Coun Williams . |
| 23 | ‘ And it 's a bit rich after the failure of the Conservative government and this town 's MP to do anything for the economy in this town it looks like an election gimmick . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ And it 's a bit rich after the failure of the Conservative government and this town 's MP to do anything for the economy in this town it looks like an election gimmick . ’ |
| 25 | It is clear that , on the most fundamental level , the ability to substitute a thought conveyed in linguistic terms for an action or a thing is an absolutely basic ingredient of the ego 's functioning : it is the key to the ego 's ability to distance itself from the immediate demands of the id and its drives and to evolve higher , more abstract thought-processes than those available to an animal , no matter how intelligent , which lacks the power of speech . |
| 26 | Of course this contributed to Britain 's ability to feed herself during the Napoleonic Wars , but in bad years , because of the lack of imported corn , most people could not afford bread . |
| 27 | Milton was developing a certain respect for the Colonel 's ability to get him off the main point of the interview . |
| 28 | Then the Soviet authorities bowed to pressure and allowed the fiancée of Sakharov 's stepson to join him in the United States . |
| 29 | She was grateful that Sylvie had not taken up the Princesse 's invitation to join them for the holidays and , a little guiltily , that Leo had n't either . |
| 30 | The tower soon became part of the landscape , so much so , that Berners donned his artist 's hat to paint it for the local shell guide . |