Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a nation of committed male chauvinists , all this excitement may stimulate a desire to pinch a schoolgirl 's bottom . |
| 2 | the reporting accountant should have the power directly to request a firm 's balancestatement from the bank — this could be used prior to a ‘ spot check ’ ; |
| 3 | The establishment of proper boundaries is clearly at issue in the use of linguistic structures that have the capacity to found a noman 's land between proper meanings and bounded territories , creating a zone of ambiguity . |
| 4 | Nothing that we have said detracts from counsel 's duty in ordinary circumstances to accept a judge 's order or ruling made in the course of trial . |
| 5 | He had left the army as a major , but the clerks in the Horse Guards had determined that his majority was only brevet rank , not regimental , and so he had been forced to accept a lieutenant 's pension . |
| 6 | An agreement whereby a shareholder of the target company binds himself irrevocably to accept a bidder 's offer . |
| 7 | Having to accept a Down 's syndrome baby into a family can bring much anguish . |
| 8 | As a substitute Brian Whitaker , the second most experienced journalist continuously involved with NoS , was drafted to write a journalist 's case for the paper remaining in London . |
| 9 | At the height of the club rivalry between Leeds United and Liverpool , he chose the showpiece Charity Cup Final of 1974 , to vent a nation 's revenge on Keegan . |
| 10 | LX expertise is on tap to meet a company 's demands , and to satisfy those demands as they continue to expand and develop . |
| 11 | Later , much later , when she had occasion to meet a policeman 's wife , a woman who had been beaten up by her husband for taking a lover on the nights he was on duty , the wife said to her , ‘ Well , you ought to understand . |
| 12 | The obligation upon LEAs to meet a child 's special educational needs as set out in his/her statement of needs has led to an increase in specialist staff , visiting , or based in these centres and working with and supporting regular staff . |
| 13 | Head teachers frequently convene case conferences at an early stage in an effort to meet a pupil 's needs before this crisis point is reached . |
| 14 | In Sapinta , three miles south of the Russian border , a chambermaid begs for a packet of ground coffee to meet a doctor 's bill ; when the doctor arrives , he complains wearily that there is no anaesthetic in the hospitals . |
| 15 | But research shows that it is possible , simply by asking questions at an interview , to establish a person 's goals in this area . |
| 16 | Attempts to establish a people 's diet at any time is very difficult without supporting documentary evidence , however , as vital evidence might he missing . |
| 17 | Remarkably , more than seven years later he ran laps of 58½ , 63½ , 65¾ , and 66 seconds at Lillie Bridge , London , on 23 August 1886 to establish a world 's best time of 4 minutes 12¾ seconds that was unbeaten anywhere for the next twenty-eight seasons and was unbeaten by a Briton for forty-nine years , until Sydney Wooderson returned 4 minutes 12.7 seconds , running in Glasgow on 3 August 1935 . |
| 18 | This routine is designed to increase a person 's pulse rate , and then to monitor its decrease over a set period of time . |
| 19 | Among women in the general population , having three or more children at home was found to increase a woman 's vulnerability to depression in the face of provoking agents . |
| 20 | Alternatively , it is treated pleasantly and gently if the magician wishes to secure a person 's cooperation . |
| 21 | In the days before the oil men invaded the skin of their earth , the ‘ box ’ was truly an Arab 's treasure box studded with nail-heads , bolted and locked to secure a man 's wealth . |
| 22 | Parents , relatives and foster parents may seek a residence order under s8 in order to secure a child 's release from care . |
| 23 | The women 's singles championship went to Joan Blackett who beat Gwen Wharton 21–13 while John Hanmer beat Les Appleby 21–13 to secure a men 's singles championship final place in a breathtaking match dominated by drawing to the jack end after end . |
| 24 | The discretion of the licensing board to refuse to grant a seamen 's canteen licence is limited by this section . |
| 25 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the commercials company had omitted to provide a Director 's Chair , so he had to make do with a low wall . |
| 27 | They thought of the movies as a mechanical novelty , a meaningless and trivial craze which might be allowed to provide a moment 's distraction at a music-hall or vaudeville show but which normally belonged to the amusement arcade or fairground . |
| 28 | In these instances it is not uncommon to find a government 's revenue ( as in Lesotho ) almost totally committed to paying its teacher force — hence nothing left over to equip the schools ; in which case it is worth asking whether the whole costly mechanism of providing school education has not come to an unprofitable full-stop just before the only point where it can be productive — enabling children to learn . |
| 29 | If they were lucky enough to find a skylark 's nest they might not want to spoil the countryside for all of us . |
| 30 | However , treating such shareholders differently may cause the transaction to fall outside the exemption contained in CA 1985 , s103(3) , thereby imposing a requirement on the bidder to obtain a valuer 's report under CA 1985 , s103(1) on the value of the non-cash consideration ( ie the target 's shares ) — see para 5.6 below ) . |