Example sentences of "[noun] ' [noun sg] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the TUC expelled the electricians ' union it was Jordan who determinedly merged his engineering union with theirs , to the fury of the hard left . |
| 2 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
| 3 | IBM has invested so much in the development of , and so much more in the marketing of , OS/2 2.0 that it has to plough on with it even if in 18 months ' time it becomes clear that it is becoming at best a respectable also-ran in the desktop stakes . |
| 4 | but if you if you if that 's all you do then in eve even a week 's time but definitely in a few months ' time it 's just gone . |
| 5 | The men collect it and know that of the children doing it , you would think that they 'd have noticed over the years , that at the end of each month it says , on the readers ' list it says children and I think that |
| 6 | In Mr Reynolds ' case it is necessary to repeat this preparation after the investigations to ensure a good view for the surgeon and so that faecal matter is not present to contaminate the operation site . |
| 7 | Once a Bill has passed its Commons ' stage it goes up to the House of Lords where the same process is repeated , except that the Committee stage is taken on the floor of the House . |
| 8 | In two weeks ' time it would be one year since he had first come to Iraq . |
| 9 | Then in a few weeks ' time it will have been outstripped by the very events which it is shaping . |
| 10 | In the form of application in relation to the house buyers ' report it is stated : |
| 11 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 12 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
| 13 | In its fifty years ' existence it has poured out a stream of bishops , priests , doctors , engineers , businessmen , civil servants and politicians . |
| 14 | Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one . |
| 15 | And I like to think in fifty or a hundred years ' time it will not be possible for any orchestra to play sloppily and claim that it is not possible to do better . |
| 16 | Hal B. Wallis , who hired me , was a very shrewd man who recognized that the studio system was over and in five years ' time it would no longer be there . ’ |
| 17 | Everyone I met kept apologising for the shabby state of the buildings and I had the feeling that if I went back in ten years ' time it would look like the set for some grand-scale horror film , all broken banging shutters and cobwebbed windows . |
| 18 | In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent . |
| 19 | In two years ' time it 's planned it 'll be completely car-free . |
| 20 | In all probability , however , in the modern solicitors ' partnership it will have been agreed to leave goodwill out of account ( see below ) . |
| 21 | For example , interest on debentures is treated as a cost , so it is deducted from income ( because from the shareholders ' viewpoint it is a cost ) . |
| 22 | After a few minutes ' walk it seemed she had truly left the hamlet of Pook 's Common behind . |
| 23 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 24 | If it can retain its customers ' faith it could achieve the leadership position it covets by 1997 . |
| 25 | Kazakhstan currently has one radioactive waste burial site , but in scientists ' opinion it is unsafe . |
| 26 | If one man was likely to emulate Surtees ' success it was Mike Hailwood , widely acknowledged as the greatest bike rider of all time . |
| 27 | Where it licked the Wizards ' Quarter it burned blue and green and was even laced with strange sparks of the eighth colour , octarine ; where its outriders found their way into the vats and oil stores all along Merchant Street it progressed in a series of blazing fountains and explosions ; in the streets of the perfume blenders it burned with a sweetness ; where it touched bundles of rare and dry herbs in the storerooms of the drugmasters it made men go mad and talk to God . |
| 28 | If a local authority wished to open a new senior citizens ' home it would seem unreasonable to burden the current year 's community charge/council tax payers with the full cost of an asset that might have , say , 50 years ' useful life . |
| 29 | Packed into numbered wooden crates , simply stencilled THE QUEEN 'S DOLLS ' HOUSE it left dirt and chaos in its wake , ‘ … oh , the mess … it 's awful , I must put it clean , ’ wrote its creator to his wife , as he surveyed the wreckage of his Adam drawing room , ‘ but it will take a long time ! ’ |
| 30 | I mean , what I was going to say , from what I 've picked up from some of the comments from some of the district , district councils ' consultation it makes me wonder if they 're capable of actually taking on the role of social services in joint commissioning . |