Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [is] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the theory that always borrow other people 's money , and you 'll spend other people 's money is the best way is n't it ? |
| 2 | However , yesterday 's award is the first money the peer has received . |
| 3 | This year 's winner is the French gallerist Denise René , established in Paris since 1945 and a close contact of Dr Stünke 's since the Fifties . |
| 4 | The horse 's temperament is the inherited part of its personality . |
| 5 | Of particular relevance in BP 's case is the separate disclosure of profits and losses from sales of operations , and of fundamental restructuring costs , as exceptional items on the face of the profit and loss account . |
| 6 | Each side will probably already be covered under appropriate employers ' , occupiers ' and public liability policies , and , since the liability to be covered in each side 's case is the same type , the shift from one side to the other will not result in an overall increase of premiums . |
| 7 | Answer guide : Limitation of owner 's liability is the main point to be made here . |
| 8 | The most elegant of all man 's wear is the English summer blazer , now alas almost completely relegated to the period film and the jazz band . |
| 9 | But at the back of everyone 's mind is the coming battle for the site of the biggest project on the horizon , NET . |
| 10 | Cooper 's closure is the biggest nail yet in a well hammered coffin |
| 11 | ‘ But a girl 's wedding 's the greatest day of her life . |
| 12 | The proper name for Matthew 's condition is the hyperkinetic syndrome — although hyperactivity is often used as a diagnostic label , it is actually just one aspect of that syndrome . |
| 13 | Although John Ellis , a botanical and zoological Fellow , had written to Linnaeus , ‘ Miller 's Dictionary is the chief book that is read by gentlemen who study the art of gardening ’ , there seems to have been little pleasant exchange between them . |
| 14 | The new Oxford Advanced Learner 's Dictionary is the fourth edition of the very first advanced learner 's dictionary of English , A.S . |
| 15 | His presence at the Father 's side is the silent guarantee that we are accepted . |
| 16 | Jim 's Cafe is the cosiest place they know . |
| 17 | ‘ Man 's self-consciousness is the highest divinity , ’ he said . |
| 18 | More impressive perhaps than the Bambino 's wardrobe is the glorious cabinet he is in . |
| 19 | The most enduring memorial to the younger Despenser 's wealth is the extensive building work he undertook at Caerphilly Castle in Glamorgan , where he rebuilt the hall and the private chambers and the western gatehouse of the middle ward . |
| 20 | Peter Foster tells the tale of this rise and fall , but his description of the family 's fall is the better-told part and , inevitably , the more gripping . |
| 21 | Vietnam 's withdrawal is the best opportunity he will have to lead his country once more , but he may botch it by taking one political twist too many . |
| 22 | One of the most worrying aspects of the CIA 's morality is the special brand of patriotism it bestows upon itself . |
| 23 | They even have a branch of M & S. Come to think of it , perhaps Grimshaw 's pavilion is the ideal location , come the autumn , for the first out-of-town branch of that great British enterprise to hit the Iberian peninsula . |
| 24 | A very elementary example of the optical printer 's work is the on-screen masking in Rear Window ( 1954 ) , the kind of effect that dates back well before Hitchcock 's own silent-film period to the 1890s and 1900s . |
| 25 | The closest comparison that can be made to tonight 's match is the final game played by Scotland when winning their European Championship qualifying group . |
| 26 | An object 's appearance is the first way we recognise where it comes from : a Volkswagen ‘ Beetle ’ is an instantly recognisable shape even if the VW badge has fallen off the car ; likewise we recognise a Rolls Royce . |
| 27 | Well , as you might tell from the title , Gandhi 's Truth is the exact opposite to book , because it idealizes Gandhi , it makes a , a kind of psychoanalytic behaviourography , you know as if Gandhi was some er , great great kind of saint . |
| 28 | This year 's theme is The Wild West and the Rotary Club and their president , Barry Framp , promise ‘ an afternoon of fun and spectacle ’ . |
| 29 | The moniker comes from a tribe in Southern Ghana , and the band 's logo is the Golden Stool — the symbolic throne of the tribe 's ancestors . |
| 30 | Eileen 's husband is the leading light in the bowls . |