Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both adverse US payments figures and US budget deficits are familiar stimuli to dealers in dollars , as are hints of any prospect of the money markets ' interest rates being raised ( a classic central banker 's response to market pressure on the currency in which the bank operates ) . |
| 2 | Already almost £200,000 poorer because of ITV 's decision to delay screening of the match rather than show it live , the League has now admitted that its own company , Worldwide Soccer , will provide the network with the pictures . |
| 3 | AN appeal has been made against East Hampshire District Council 's decision to refuse permission for the conversion of a barn to a single storey dwelling at Janelands in Willis Lane , Four Marks . |
| 4 | The reasons for the Council 's decision to refuse permission for the development are set out in the attached schedule . |
| 5 | The reasons for the Council 's decision to refuse permission for the development are set out in the attached schedule . |
| 6 | While Computer 2000 AG fumes over the potential implications of the Polish government 's decision to waive duty on the imports of local assemblers ( CI No 2,140 ) , indications are emerging that the company 's six-month-old operation in Hungary is beginning to perform after a troubled start . |
| 7 | An analysis of the antecedents of the government 's decision to assume power over the school curriculum suggests a range of other motives , including the wresting of control from teachers and the ‘ educational establishment ’ , the elimination of perceived leftist influence in the classroom and the wish to give greater prominence to the needs of the national economy in shaping the curriculum ( Demaine 1988 , Quicke 1988 , Whitty 1989 ) . |
| 8 | Professional diagnoses cause as mother 's inability to show love to the infant because of her own childhood relationship with her mother . |
| 9 | With limited narrative it shows Iris 's inability to make sense of the world , whether at work , at home or socially . |
| 10 | It troubled Alexei that the failed assassination seemed about to be dismissed as an effort at the removal of some imagined stain on family honour , and he wondered if Jotan truly believed the explanation he had offered , or if he was acting at Burun 's direction to distract Artai from the truth . |
| 11 | The Kings Manor pupils were given a challenge by Middlesbrough 's mayor to highlight life on the town 's Easterside estate . |
| 12 | Mr Howell stressed the TEC 's intention to improve appreciation of the benefits of training among Teesside employers as a major thrust of the TEC 's future operations . |
| 13 | It is the coach 's intention to have experience at the core of his team , bearing in mind the exceptional nature of the opposition , but Roxburgh did not rule out the possibility of a new arrival suddenly thrusting himself into consideration for one of Scotland 's remaining World Cup qualifying ties on the strength of a display against the Germans . |
| 14 | If it was Mrs Foster 's intention to express disapproval of the Major 's predilection for gossip , the animation in her tone and the wild fluttering of her colourless eyelashes seemed rather to show an unhealthy interest in what he had to say and an eagerness to discuss it . |
| 15 | Resolved , That this House takes note of European Community Documents Nos. 8356/90 , relating to agricultural production methods , 7570/91 , and the Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food on 13th November 1991 , relating to the development and future of the Common Agricultural Policy , and 8886/91 COR 1,8950/91 and 9136/91 , relating to amendments to the legal framework of the Common Agricultural Policy ; and supports the Government 's intention to seek reform of the Common Agricultural Policy which will make Community agriculture more market-orientated and efficient , will put more emphasis on environmental care , will reduce the cost of that Policy and will apply fairly throughout the Community . |
| 16 | If Mr Li 's illness continues through the summer , China 's bid to play host to the Olympic games in 2000 may benefit . |
| 17 | Keith Pringle 's attempt to provide debate about the role of men in caring for damaged and vulnerable children ( ‘ Gender politics ’ , 4 March ) raised a number of interesting issues . |
| 18 | TORQUAY chairman Mike Bateson 's plan to block relegation from the Football League has been scuppered by the Football Association . |
| 19 | Greater accountability could be achieved if the Government accepted Labour 's proposal to return control of the business rate to local authorities . |
| 20 | Mr Sale carefully provides the reader with this last piece of information 30 pages away from the news that Colon 's determination to find gold on the island was rewarded . |
| 21 | One of the major features of Scargill 's campaign to mobilize support for the strike was his emphasis on the centrality of the pit to a community 's economic and social health . |
| 22 | The death of Sir Hugh Wontner — a key Savoy shareholder and chief opponent of Forte 's battle to gain control of the hotel in 1989 — prompted suggestions that a new attack was imminent . |
| 23 | It had been a bad , sad day : receiving permission from Oxford 's coroner to take charge of the body of his President 's son , collecting the coffin from the local undertakers , who had done their best with little chance of success , and dispatching the tragic cargo back to Washington on Air Force One . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | However , the centre-left grouping within the committee , who are usually identified as being pro-Salmond , remained severely critical of the leadership 's failure to take account of the likely reaction in Scotland to the vote . |
| 26 | The move followed Czechoslovakia 's failure to halt work on the dam [ see ED no. 58 ] . |
| 27 | The debenture included a common form power to appoint a receiver and manager over the assets charged in the event of the company 's failure to make payment of the sums secured on demand by the bank . |
| 28 | Two appeals are pending against the High Court 's failure to adopt proportionality as the appropriate standard for review . |
| 29 | Improved NFS performance also lies at the heart of the company 's desire to recapture ground in the market for heavily networked NFS systems and software which has been all but hi-jacked by the likes of Auspex Systems Inc , Legato Systems Inc , Interphase Corp and Ceram Inc . |
| 30 | Just as Stencil 's quest parodies the reader 's desire to make sense of the text through interpretative patterning , so his investigation of other periods becomes a ludicrous enactment of an author 's creation of characters . |