Example sentences of "[noun] it [verb] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS A writer , Robert Louis Stevenson may have borne the stamp of greatness but after the world-renowned Scot was sized up by the Royal Mail it seems Britain 's letters may never bear a stamp of RLS . |
| 2 | On review it reduced Calley 's sentence to 20 years and then later halved it to ten . |
| 3 | The federal project in Europe would in some respects have enlarged Westminster 's competence , because of the capacity it accorded Europe 's national governments to take on the world 's financial markets and thus broaden the taxing , spending and borrowing options that have been , up until now , in the shadow of highly conservative directors of international capital flows . |
| 4 | Good fun ; a pity it lacks D'Israeli 's thousands of pages . |
| 5 | As the ‘ five chapters ’ Elizabeth and Ivy had already seen it , and after one or two criticisms it had Ivy 's imprimatur . |
| 6 | But in hindsight it maintains Carter 's idiosyncratic position within current trends — fuelled by a mix of humanitarianism and hate . |
| 7 | These days it boasts Europe 's biggest shopping centre ! |
| 8 | All of a sudden it seems Scotland 's Tories want to be loved . |
| 9 | Even Saudi Arabia , which encouraged its citizens to give money to the Afghan rebel cause — for many years it matched America 's covert financing — is now trying to stop the flow . |
| 10 | it gives emphasis it attracts people 's attention |
| 11 | In this case it represents Jeff 's ( James Stewart ) view of the windows around and across the courtyard that has become his world since being immobilized with a broken leg . |
| 12 | With limited narrative it shows Iris 's inability to make sense of the world , whether at work , at home or socially . |
| 13 | The SSC is sometimes keen to be seen as a laboratory for the world , though at other times it remains America 's bid for leadership . |
| 14 | For one thing it overlooks God 's clear part in the extraordinary events that they witnessed the previous day . |
| 15 | And no doubt it needed Balfour 's subtle reasoning to convince the King of this constitutional point , particularly as there were others — Salisbury , for example — strongly urging the claims of Curzon . |
| 16 | By stock market value it becomes Britain 's biggest and second in Europe only to Deutsche Bank , leaving Union Bank of Switzerland and Barclays trailing . |
| 17 | For the first time it includes children 's wear and one of the best known names in British fashion — Hardy Amies , now living in the Cotswolds and still designer to the Queen . |
| 18 | As he was n't a registered reader it needed Diane 's signature on a xerox form . |