Example sentences of "[art] [n mass] 's [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any fishkeeper who has seen the fry 's response to the flicking of the black pelvic fins of their mother will have no doubt that communication is taking place . |
| 2 | The people 's assent to the covenant is formally sealed by a special sacrifice , and by the covenant meal eaten by their representatives in the presence of God . |
| 3 | There are many effects of worship : we know of the victories in the Old Testament resulting from the people 's obedience to God 's instruction to worship him . |
| 4 | The most depressing aspect of this latest coup crisis — the sixth since Mrs Aquino took office — is the absence in the streets of the people 's power to whom she owes her own position . |
| 5 | The country 's name was changed from the People 's Republic to the Republic of Mozambique , described as " sovereign , unitary and democratic state of social justice " . |
| 6 | If the Vietminh still seemed to be the only movement capable of achieving the fulfilment of the people 's aspiration to national independence and to social justice , it nevertheless ruled with the aid of physical terror and moral constraint . |
| 7 | Before this time , fans were referred to mainly as ‘ ruffians ’ or ‘ tearaways ’ and the use of ‘ hooligan ’ marks a distinct stage in the media 's contribution to deviancy amplification . |
| 8 | In this chapter , we look in closer detail at the media 's relationship to public disorder . |
| 9 | Over coffee and NHS apple crumble in the staff canteen , watching the West Indian cooks quietly stir the carbohydrates , she describes the staff 's attitude to the opted-out hospital trust as ‘ bitter indifference ’ . |
| 10 | Valuev put the gentry 's case to the tsar . |
| 11 | Academician Druzhinin held that the object of the framers of the statutes was " to retain in the hands of the gentry estate the maximum quantity of land and to facilitate the gentry 's transition to more profitable farming based on free labour by providing them with the essential capital and reserves of the necessary manpower " . |
| 12 | Reaction to the overt corruption of much aristocratic politicking in the form of organised Radicalism had little consistent support in the area but its presence contributed both to the increasing strength of popular protest and to the fierceness of the gentry 's reaction to any form of mass criticism . |
| 13 | It was like water off a duck 's back to Nick , but I 'm sure it upset Paul . |
| 14 | It was water off a duck 's back to him . |