Example sentences of "[noun pl] 's [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , it is almost certainly true that the great majority of the English laity did not share the intellectuals ' and higher clergy 's attachment to the doctrine of predestination , but retained instead a residual loyalty to the idea that all could potentially achieve salvation . |
| 2 | The fishermen 's response to the crisis will become clearer this week . |
| 3 | One may suppose that such was the genesis of C.S. Lewis 's sad comment on his step-children 's response to the death of his wife : |
| 4 | At Edgehill , the science department was divided into biological and environmental sciences , instead of the traditional biology , physics and chemistry ; the head teacher was a conscious advocate of innovation in comprehensive schooling ; in the third school , Meadowvale , the science department had decided to redraft its entire first and second year science curriculum , in part because of the children 's response to the VISTA visits organized by GIST . |
| 5 | On 3 April 1992 , following a hearing in chambers , Booth J. refused to order the children 's return to the State of Victoria . |
| 6 | The company also sponsors the Blue Peter Green Book , a children 's guide to the environment produced by the BBC TV programme . |
| 7 | Yet he is required to hand over his children 's future to the ‘ non-ideological ’ market forces he thinks are largely responsible for getting us all into this mess in the first place . |
| 8 | Miller 's involvement seemed to mark a change of gear in the police 's approach to the case . |
| 9 | The SDLP MP questioned the police 's commitment to the task , but the RUC hit back with a staunch defence of their security policy . |
| 10 | Ruling the complaint to be incompetent , he said the procurator-fiscal had not drawn the police 's attention to the need for urgency in serving the necessary papers on Neil . |
| 11 | A book on the First World War made no mention of women 's contribution to the war effort at home or abroad . |
| 12 | Schüssler Fiorenza has shown in an impressive way in In Memory of Her that women 's contribution to the life of the church was not so marginal as has often been assumed . |
| 13 | As Graham ( 1985 ) puts it a ‘ sense of responsibility ’ permeates women 's approach to the whole issue of family relationships . |
| 14 | In the ensuing wide-ranging discussion a lot of attention was given to child-care problems but these were rapidly relegated to being a symptom of something far more fundamental affecting women 's progression to the board : attitude . |
| 15 | There are other processes which are undermining women 's access to the social insurance system . |
| 16 | This social position is clearly the outcome of women 's confinement to the home by domestic and child-care responsibilities . |
| 17 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ said Owen , remembering Georgiades 's visit to the funeral , ‘ I think I have . ’ |