Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This strongly suggests that the peripheral males are exploiting the calling male 's ability to attract females . |
| 2 | There was a confrontation on Oct. 24 over the Azerbaijani authorities ' decision to appoint Siavush Mustafayev as the new Interior Minister of the autonomous republic of Nakhichevan . |
| 3 | However , if you feel the buyer 's going to present a business problem we show them the buyer 's guide and a business card so you can give them the buyer 's guide , explain what it 's for and then give them your business card and then that buyer 's guide to look for business card . |
| 4 | At a time when the company was obliged to draw on its total shareholders ' equity to pay its ( reduced ) dividend , the installation of a new mainframe computer system linked to New York ( and horribly slow to use according to London experts ) accounted for a sizeable percentage of last year 's $7 million auction operating costs . |
| 5 | Dr Mason went on to attack the Labour administration 's decision to shut the Faskally , Fornethy , Seafield and St Columba 's centres to save £1 million . |
| 6 | Thus , not to act or not to be able to act decisively against the ban in the first place seriously questioned the professional association 's ability to take a firm position on the vital matter of unhindered access to legitimate publications . |
| 7 | The war at sea was provoked by each side 's determination to deny the other the means of exporting its oil . |
| 8 | Given that Paisley 's ability to predict political events had always been a major part of his public image , one would have expected the electorate to turn against him , especially when he had committed his personal prestige to the extent of offering to resign if the strike did not change British policy . |
| 9 | He said British Rail 's decision to stop manning the town 's station from 3.15pm every day ignored the needs of disabled travellers . |
| 10 | The Government support British Rail 's plan to have the terminus of a high speed rail link at King 's Cross . |
| 11 | Serbia must also drop its claim of jurisdiction over Croatian airspace and rescind legislation tabled in violation of the peace plan , such as the Serbian parliament 's attempt to extend its rule over Krajina and other parts of occupied Croatia . |
| 12 | Druids said they would pursue their case to the European Court against English Heritage 's decision to close Stonehenge again next year at the summer solstice . |
| 13 | LABOUR 'S Barry Jones protested in the Commons last night at British Aerospace 's decision to sell Corporate Jets , of Broughton . |
| 14 | Life 's too short it certainly can be in a racing driver 's career to relax . ’ |
| 15 | Over time , the dominant influence on the nominal size of the government bond market will be the public authorities ' need to borrow and the means by which this need is met . |
| 16 | It 's an old lawyer 's trick to get people rattled by getting their name wrong , if ever so slightly . |
| 17 | We were reminded , too , how narrow the margin was , and how the RAF 's airfields were reprieved through the German High Command 's decision to switch the attack to London . |
| 18 | What is then vividly revealed is that British industry 's inability to match the pace of competition in foreign markets forced it to rely proportionately more on the home market but , in turn , it failed to hold its position . |
| 19 | In Denco Ltd. v Joinson [ 1991 ] , an employee who had a right of access to certain information in his employer 's computer system used another employee 's password to gain access to other parts of the computer system , something he was not entitled to do . |
| 20 | Powerhouse walked out after complaining that they had been kept waiting for 40 minutes for the court and Components Bureau claimed the points by default and then appealed unsuccessfully against the Scottish Association 's decision to rearrange the fixture . |
| 21 | Mr McLeish said that Scottish industry 's capacity to train was withering and the loss of skills training was deadly for the economy . |
| 22 | There is no reason to suppose that Mrs Thatcher took any pleasure from the Daily Mail 's attempt to destroy her Chancellor earlier this week . |
| 23 | Despite the Iraqi president 's failure to win the Gulf War , Saddam was still regarded as something of a hero by the Delhi Muslims , although this failed to explain why the pin-up most popular in the city was that which showed Saddam dressed in full Austrian costume : lederhosen , braces , Tyrolean hat , knobbly knees and all . |
| 24 | Every man of us knows now how the reliquary was filched and borne away , it wants only this boy 's testimony to give the thief a face and a name . |
| 25 | She was also sent to the old lady 's house to sleep , ‘ because she was alone . |
| 26 | Irvine had earlier hit the post and there was no doubting Aberdeen 's willingness to put the first tie behind them and move purposefully into the semi-finals . |
| 27 | Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit . |
| 28 | These two reasons — the public sector 's ability to spread risk more thinly and the lower after-tax interest rate relevant to resources displaced from private consumption — justify the use of a public sector discount rate that is a little lower than the interest rate inclusive of tax and risk at which private firms must borrow . |
| 29 | The British Museum 's offer to buy the drawing was not accepted . |
| 30 | In the meantime , Carol hopes it wo n't take another child 's death to convince other local authorities of the need to start running similar courses of their own . |