Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main body of the investors was , of course , the Pioneers ' Society ; and it was primarily in intention and practice a consumers ' co-operative . |
| 2 | Cameron was given a year 's probation and Ralphs a year 's supervision order . |
| 3 | Cameron was given a year 's probation and Ralphs a year 's supervision order . |
| 4 | Termitologists have made great advances in working out how the pheromone communication system controls and coordinates a colony 's activities , but no one has yet explained how the millions of blind workers , each carrying a tiny pellet of mud , manage to construct between them such ingeniously designed , efficient and large-scale buildings . |
| 5 | I never intended to imply that I would be the first artist to employ hanging cloth ( my use of Walter Benjamin necessitated for this kind of work that I block the aura of the collection and re-route it toward another kind of signification , as well as reference a museum 's depot ) but I am confident that anyone who has visited my installation comes away knowing what my contribution is . |
| 6 | Not many years ago , with income tax ranging up to 98% , and death duties on legacies as much as 75% a testator 's family was allowed to retain only 0.5% of the fruits of his labour . |