Example sentences of "[noun] 's [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just in time for Valentine 's comes the new Escada Body & Bath Collection . |
| 2 | This trait of Richard 's gave the Young King some reason to hope that he might be able to win over his father , Henry of Anjou , to an Angevin cause . |
| 3 | Hurd declared himself " reasonably encouraged " by his discussions on security issues , although there appeared still to be difficulties over Kazakhstan 's signing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty . |
| 4 | The Sydney made its first flight on July 18 , 1930 painted silver overall , but on emerging from Blackburn 's works the following October N241 was in battleship grey finish . |
| 5 | Sainsbury 's sponsored the grape-treading stage and Faith gave a bare-footed demonstration before the Prince . |
| 6 | Neil MacGregor , director of the National Gallery , was invited by Sainsbury 's to select the eight paintings . |
| 7 | Questions set by the computer , which then supplies the answer for checking purposes after a randomly set time delay , seem to have a powerful motivating effect and are but one example of the effectiveness of the computer 's simulating the random elements which the pupil experiences in everyday life and work . |
| 8 | The bald election result was bad enough , but then there were the personal touches : that brave but shattered look on Glenys ' face as Neil announced his resignation , the dreadful picture on the back of the Independent of a group of City dickheads celebrating their unexpected winnings , and the downright irritating news that my fellow chatterer on Stop the Week , Milton Shulman , had made a packet at Ladbroke 's predicting the correct result . |
| 9 | The stress on efficient or productive causes means that , though Bacon 's natural philosophy includes Divinity , Hobbes 's excludes the theological study of a God that is eternal and ingenerate . |
| 10 | An agenda proposal by Yeltsin 's opponents that he should give a " report back " explaining his conduct was defeated in favour of Yeltsin 's giving the customary keynote report in his capacity as Chair of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet . |
| 11 | Even in the event of Israel 's relinquishing the occupied territories this political problem is likely to continue , partly because the absorptive capacity of the West Bank is limited but also because the vast majority of refugees in Lebanon come from Galilee , Haifa and Acre , and consider these places to be home . |
| 12 | Human realities are recognised , but in Jesus 's teaching the lifelong marriage deal is nonetheless firmly upheld . |
| 13 | Recommended films in London : Kieslowski 's A Short Film About Killing , Greenaway 's The Cook The Thief His Wife And Her Lover , Soderbergh 's sex , lies and videotape , Russell 's The Rainbow , Phil Noyce 's Dead Calm , Spike Lee 's Do the Right Thing , Kenneth Branagh 's Henry V and Bertrand Tavernier 's Life And Nothing But . |
| 14 | The Howard Beach outrage , when a young black man was killed while looking for a public phone in an Italian neighbourhood , provided much of the inspiration for Spike Lee 's Do The Right Thing . |
| 15 | JOHN SAVAGE , an American actor whose roles include a white man living in a rough black neighbourhood in Spike Lee 's Do the Right Thing , was attacked in Soweto last week . |
| 16 | Frank Cox , producer of Scottish Television 's Take the High Road , explained that hooking the audience by providing compelling characters is the most important thing . |
| 17 | Of the thousands of headstones in Roselawn cemetery Brian 's remains the only one which does not carry the date of his death — it is not known . |
| 18 | Unlike so many hotel kitchens , which are completely enclosed , La Rive 's has the unusual feature of being surrounded by windows , with a door on to a magnificent herb garden , where guests can only go at the invitation of the chef . |
| 19 | During her researches she went to Lord 's to examine the immense collection which belongs to the MCC and went into the Long Room . |
| 20 | Wendy 's rejoined the fast food market in Great Britain after an absence of nearly six years . |
| 21 | For example , the following two sentences of Ruskin 's contain the same number of words , but [ 8 ] consists of just one main clause , whereas [ 9 ] contains two subordinate clauses ( which are italicised ) : [ 8 ] Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery . |
| 22 | St Patrick 's High School Ballymena defeated North-eastern rivals St MacNissi 's to reach the Junior semi-finals for the first time . |
| 23 | Past styling innovations of Andrew 's include the exciting Cracker Perm , Strayt Perm and the Style Perm . |
| 24 | IN 1891 , St Cuthbert 's became the third new church to be opened in Bradford in the space of four years . |
| 25 | British Coal 's deserve the same treatment . |
| 26 | In that imperial annus mirabilis of 1897 Nonconformist representatives were invited for the first time in English history to take part in a royal celebration when thirty representatives were allowed places at St Paul 's to witness the short act of worship in the midst of the Queen 's Jubilee procession through London . |
| 27 | After leading its sector in hectic growth , Saatchi 's became the largest ad agency in the world . |
| 28 | Whether you grow a garden on a windowsill or from a packet of seed , EasiGrow and Mr Fothergill 's have the perfect solution . |
| 29 | Lord Home 's remains the unknown premiership of the post-war period . |
| 30 | Vivoli 's sell the best ice cream in the world . |