Example sentences of "[det] [noun] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More significantly the same civil law principle led Sir Robert Phillimore , in the Admiralty Court in The George and Richard ( 1871 ) L.R. 3 A. & E. 466 , 480 , to hold that a posthumous child , later born alive , ranks as a child of its father — in that case a ship 's carpenter who lost his life when his ship was blown on to the rocks and wrecked following disablement in a collision — for the purposes of Lord Campbell 's Act , the Fatal Accidents Act 1846 ( 9 & 10 Vict. c. 93 ) . |
| 2 | In this case a child 's shortest distance to school along public thoroughfares was just less than 3 miles . |
| 3 | Of course , the truth about how he has done it will probably only emerge in a ghosted autobiography that will cost some newspaper a king 's ransom . |
| 4 | the solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 5 | the solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 6 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 7 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 8 | The solicitors ' profession goes back to the courts of the 15th century , and to this day a solicitor 's full title is ‘ Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales ’ . |
| 9 | This time a man 's voice shouted , ‘ Keep calling . ’ |
| 10 | There were many records of such manifestations , from reliable and intelligent observers , who had often described the curious incident before they could possibly have heard bad news from India or Australia , where at that moment a friend 's life was endangered . |
| 11 | At that moment a child 's bone snapped . |
| 12 | In either case a company 's growth objectives may make foreign markets very attractive . |
| 13 | In many cases a business 's standard terms may be so long and complicated that that would be impracticable . |
| 14 | While I appreciate that in many cultures a woman 's failure to marry can have serious socio-economic implications which may not exist for many women in the UK , I was distressed by AI promoting this view of marriage as the raison d'etre of a woman , and of a woman whose hymen has been perforated as ‘ damaged goods ’ . |
| 15 | In too many instances a player 's schedule is determined just as much by the need to honour commercial contracts or by their agents , as by what is best for him or her . |
| 16 | Last week , workers accused union officals of blackmailing them into accepting a package which would give each former employee a week 's wages for every year of service . |
| 17 | Beyond the winds , beyond the cawing of the unclean birds along the crags , beyond the scrabbling of a rock lizard or other hopeful , hungry brute , beyond any sound a mortal 's hearing might detect , there is something else . |
| 18 | In that time a Children 's Panel Hearing must be convened , and the options assessed by Panel Members after considering all the information available . |