Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] is [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem can also arise where Y takes goods from X under a sale of goods contract which contains a retention of title clause , i.e. a clause stating that Y is not to become the owner unless and until he has paid for them and that if Y re-sells them before paying for them , X 's ownership is to transfer from the goods to the proceeds of the re-sale received by Y. Suppose Y sells the goods to Z before he has paid X for them . |
| 2 | ‘ As you may guess , his Grace 's business is to do with the fellow who rode in here yesterday morning . |
| 3 | A GRIEVING family 's plea to be allowed to have a teddy bear carved on their daughter 's gravestone is to go to the Bishop of Chelmsford . |
| 4 | UNTAC 's idea is to bid for the 100,000 soldiers ' loyalty by paying their wages . |
| 5 | Atlas 's purpose is to sit between the corporate systems and the EDI network , allowing messages to be generated to various standards and in various formats . |
| 6 | Boston 's solution is to look to the example of Cuba , where she recently found it ‘ exhilarating to see a third-world nation that is adequately fed and healthy ’ . |