Example sentences of "[noun sg] ['s] [noun] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Self-esteem or pride gives the horse confidence to try and get what it wants or needs ; and success increases the horse 's confidence further so it may dare to try and win against greater odds — whether it be stronger horses , an adverse environment , or dominant people . |
| 2 | Too often time on site is absorbed in dealing with contractor 's queries rather than in looking at the work . |
| 3 | CHARLTON boss Steve Gritt was unimpressed with his side 's performance even though they won 3-1 at home to Grimsby . |
| 4 | Often they will fly onto their rival 's court just as he is mating , and disrupt the copulation . |
| 5 | John had conceived the idea of staging The Soldier 's Tale even before he left Johannesburg for Cape Town . |
| 6 | Users had to present their data in ways laid down by the DP department ; they found themselves bound by the DP department 's priorities rather than by their own ; and , in addition , they had to compete with colleagues for use of the computer 's facilities . |
| 7 | Will he accept its deep gratitude for the way in which his officials are explaining his Department 's needs so as to ensure that the right commercial decisions are made about the markets to go for in future ? |
| 8 | The alternative regime in ss219 to 229 applies if : ( a ) Target is an unquoted trading company or the holding company of a trading group ( an unquoted company will include one whose shares are traded on the Unlisted Securities Market ) ; ( b ) the purchase of own shares is wholly or mainly for the benefit of Target 's trade or any of its 75% subsidiaries ; ( c ) the purchase does not form part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which is to avoid tax or enable shareholders to participate in the company 's profits without being taxed on dividends ( there is a clearance procedure under s225 ) ; ( d ) the vendor shareholders are resident and ordinarily resident in the UK in the tax year in which the buy-in occurs ; any nominee shareholder must also be so resident , so if the distribution treatment is desirable it can be achieved by interposing non-UK-resident nominees ; ( e ) the shareholder has held his shares for at least five years ; ( f ) the shareholder 's shareholding immediately after the buy-in has been substantially reduced ( ie , by 25% or more , and his entitlement to profits must be similarly reduced ) ; for these purposes the shareholder must include the shareholdings of his " associates " as determined in accordance with s227 ; ( g ) the shareholder must not be connected with the company following the buy-in , and for these purposes he will be connected if he is entitled to acquire more than 30% of the share capital or voting rights in the company or assets on a winding up . |
| 9 | Afternoon tea , provided by the students of the Beverley College of Further Education , will be available in the Mayor 's Parlour immediately after this concert . |
| 10 | Afternoon tea , provided by the students of the Beverley College of Further Education , will be available in the Mayor 's Parlour immediately after this concert . |
| 11 | All the stages that Weiser finds of ‘ advance in personal knowledge ’ , a ‘ basic transition ’ here , a ‘ discovery ’ there , one which ‘ begins to dissolve ’ the speaker 's ‘ coherent identity ’ ( a development which the sceptic may see as a rationale for the failure of an analytical method ) — stages of awareness that lead to a final collapse : all this seems to me fictitious , revealing the critic 's categories rather than the poet 's . |
| 12 | Once more , the letter arrived thanks to the Royal Mail 's tolerance rather than any accuracy from the Brain Club . |
| 13 | But nowadays there 's more elbow room and less cigar smoke — and the shrewder restaurateurs have set out to replace their lost business regulars by constructing lunch menus that are brief , light and designed to show off the chef 's talents rather than the customer 's credit rating ; it 's hard to believe that anyone can produce a good meal so cheaply . |
| 14 | More revealing insights into the operations of the Urban Programme can be gleaned from an examination of the Partnership 's role rather than through explorations of anodyne objectives . |
| 15 | A company of porcupines crowded themselves together one cold winter 's day so as to profit from one another 's warmth and so save themselves from being frozen to death . |
| 16 | The Motorola 88110 RISC is not actually out yet , but the company 's Computer Group has had enough of third parties announcing new machines using its parent 's chips long before it gets a crack at them , and the company is first out of the gate with a single-board computer using the forthcoming 50MHz 88110 . |
| 17 | You can define ‘ uncle ’ as meaning parent 's brother precisely because you recognize that it is not an important truth that someone 's uncle is always his parent 's brother . |
| 18 | It was a common enough pressure in Hollywood , where all the studios played the committee 's game rather than risk loss at the box office . |
| 19 | It was the boy 's appearance more than anything which attracted Willie 's attention . |
| 20 | It is especially interesting that the highest concentrations of the toxins occur in the butterfly 's wings rather than in its body . |
| 21 | Former England skipper Wilkins , who partnered a young Durrant in midfield for a season , championed the youngster 's cause long before he came back from injury . |
| 22 | It has been held that the court is able to order a sale of mortgaged property against the lender 's wishes even though the mortgage will not be redeemed by the proceeds , if it would be unfair to the borrowers to postpone a sale ( p 100 ) . |
| 23 | The Court of Appeal has decided that the Court has unfettered discretion to order a sale of mortgaged property against the lender 's wishes even though the mortgage will not be redeemed by the proceeds , if it would be unfair to the borrowers to postpone a sale ( see Palk v Mortgage Services Funding plc [ 1992 ] , The Times , 7 August ) . |
| 24 | This group pressure for conformity may often override values imposed from outside : for example , the child may refuse to ‘ tell tales on his or her friends ’ despite demands from the teacher , or soldiers may infringe Queen 's Regulations rather than be disloyal to their comrades in the platoon . |
| 25 | We are debating the Queen 's Speech today because the Government are afraid to face the British people . |
| 26 | The purpose of the judicial review was to dispose of the district judge 's order so as to permit the substitution by the reviewing court of a different order , still directed to the way in which the matter should proceed . |
| 27 | Lloyd did well to nurse Small through one or two key matches , relying on the bowler 's experience even when not flat out . |
| 28 | And Stuart Leary believed in following the ball from the bowler 's hand even when fielding at short leg . |
| 29 | Had he been unfeeling in handing back the bowler 's sweater less than gently ( but by no means callously ) after an over full of backchat by the bowler and his captain ? |
| 30 | I thought of all the extra equipment his money would buy for Masquerade , and that 's how I tried to justify my acceptance of the senator 's proposal , but in reality it was because Crowninshield had invited me to play Galahad and I never could resist the lure of the dragon 's breath even if it did mean charging into idiocy like a fool . |