Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] 's [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no requirement for the commissioner of a design to have paid money or money 's worth to be the owner of the right ( unlike a registered design ) . |
| 2 | When it was too late and Nails had had time to cool down , he realised he should have asked for Mr Bean or even Biddy or Nutty 's dad to be contacted . |
| 3 | 8 ) , ever since the end of the eighteenth century most of the movements of social criticism have been based upon a theory of society ; and on the other side , every major social theory which attempts to provide a new intellectual framework for understanding political life embodies at the same time a particular orientation to the important political issues of the age , whether in the form of Marx 's allegiance to the working-class movement , Max Weber 's identification with the German bourgeoisie and nationalism , or Durkheim 's commitment to the ideas of the Third Republic in France . |
| 4 | Where Owen 's preface to his poems had declared ‘ This book is not about heroes ’ , Douglas in both his poetry and prose celebrates the last stand of the chivalric hero , men like his colonel , ‘ Piccadilly Jim ’ . |
| 5 | Now , by virtue of section 5 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , a clause in a manufacturer 's or distributor 's guarantee can not operate to exclude or restrict the manufacturer 's or distributor 's liability to the consumer . |
| 6 | A dozen families were consequently contacted by telephone , and asked to provide information about their family life ; self-identified concerns ; parent 's seizure type and frequency ; the child or children 's response to seizures and the relationship of partners . |
| 7 | It is a person 's or animal 's contribution to the effect . |
| 8 | We shall discuss the attitudes of the arts students towards science later ; however , it is worth noting that Colin 's attitude to science bore a marked resemblance to some of the English students ' attitudes towards their subject . |
| 9 | He made an impassioned appeal to the party to reconsider its break with the CPSU , but at a press conference on Jan. 16 Brazauskas declared that Gorbachev 's visit to Lithuania had not changed the aims of the CPL . |
| 10 | It would be wrong to assert that Ayrshire 's claim to Old King Cole of the nursery rhyme can be substantiated beyond reasonable doubt but only the foolish would ridicule the ancient legend . |
| 11 | It is possible that Richard 's letter to York did mark the beginning of a planned chain of events but that something then forced his hand and he found himself having to deal with Hastings before his plans had matured . |
| 12 | It is possible that Richard 's letter to York did mark the beginning of a planned chain of events but that something then forced his hand and he found himself having to deal with Hastings before his plans had matured . |
| 13 | Although Eurotunnel 's attitude to Trans Manche Link , the contractors ' consortium , was more conciliatory yesterday than has been the case , there are still important differences to be settled . |
| 14 | It was no accident that Nietzsche 's move to Leipzig , implying the decision to specialize in classics , was followed by an overnight conversion to Schopenhauer ; and no accident , again , that his final acceptance of a classical career should have been so closely associated in time with his commitment , after so many years of desultory acquaintance , to Wagner . |
| 15 | But she suggests that psychoanalysis 's contribution to freeing sexuality is valuable for feminism . |
| 16 | Over 3,000,000 people took part in the 1990 May Day celebrations , and on July 26 , the anniversary of the 1953 Moncada uprising , Castro told a mass rally that Cuba 's commitment to socialism was irreversible , in spite of changes which had occurred in Eastern Europe . |
| 17 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that Scotland 's contribution to the armed forces , including the TA , far exceeds its proportion of less than 9 per cent . |
| 18 | However , he confirmed that Argentina 's claim to sovereignty over the Falklands , set to one side during the negotiations , would continue to be pursued in international forums . |
| 19 | Both were probably guilty of rewriting the history of their true feelings , and it seems clear , at least , that Coleridge 's proposal to Sarah Fricker was his own impulsive decision . |
| 20 | The result that Friedman 's approach to monetary policy is no longer inferior to a more ‘ flexible ’ approach , once one incorporates rational expectations into the basic aggregate supply and demand model , was demonstrated more formally and generally by Sargent and Wallace ( 1975 ) and is sometimes known as the Sargent-Wallace proposition . |
| 21 | Pound 's forbearance towards Williams remains astonishing , the more when we realize that Williams 's challenge to him came when he was remarkably uncertain and at sea about his own talents and the direction in which he should go . |
| 22 | It is essential to stress that although Philip 's dedication to Richard became intense , it was part of a larger compulsion which preceded and succeeded Richard — to help young people get out and get on through education . |
| 23 | It is , of course , mere coincidence that Gooch 's passage to India is considerably smoother for World Cups and Nehru Trophies than for a full England Test tour . |
| 24 | Looking back , we can now say that Franco 's response to the Moroccan crisis gave a clear indication that 1956 marked a turning point in his political and personal life . |
| 25 | While the idea of the two-stage revolution : liberation first , communism later : could be described as primitive Leninism , it may be seen that Ho 's approach to Communism was also two-track : town and country : not necessarily in that order : and his Revolutionary Youth League also functioned on two levels : the mass nationalist party and the inner core of Tam Tam Xa hotheads who were to be the nucleus of a future communist party . |
| 26 | Over and above all this , John tells us of the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit with the spirit of the believer , assuring him that God 's testimony to his Son is reliable , assuring him that the Christian experience is real . |
| 27 | But as we know that MI5 taps telephones and keeps files on people simply to pass on political information to the government , one can assume that Kinnock 's call to Turnbull is not the only piece of politicised telephone tapping that goes on . |
| 28 | Bulk modulus is not an easy quantity to measure although , for isotropic materials , it is of more fundamental importance than Young 's modulus to the material scientist . |
| 29 | Observers say that Reagan 's plea to scientists to develop non-nuclear defences is part of a plan to back away from an offensive strategy based on the homeless MX missile . |
| 30 | Now I had an added impetus , although Brian 's response to my prediction was , as always , ‘ McCarthy , will you stop putting my head away ! ’ |