Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] 's [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And although yesterday 's total is nearly 40,000 below the region 's high of the last five years nearly 192,000 , reached in June 1987 their plans will stop it being surpassed they argue . |
| 2 | Although today 's bore was n't that high , coupled with the recent rains a massive volume of water surged down the River Severn . |
| 3 | If tonight 's exhibition was anything to go by , they moaned , Faust have n't been up to much during their long absence and have sadly allowed lesser talents to steal much of their thunder . |
| 4 | And if yesterday 's result is followed by defeat in the first Test at Old Trafford , the clamour for change at the top will reach a crescendo . |
| 5 | And just as well , because yesterday 's press was perhaps the worst a prime minister has faced since the Suez crisis . |
| 6 | When money is falling in value ( prices rising ) , borrowers gain at the expense of lenders because today 's money is worth more than tomorrow 's money . |
| 7 | The authors of this study point out that because today 's youth is being failed by the parental generation where the all-important factor of mature superego-formation is concerned youth has turned to the more primitive and regressive superego-formation found in groups . |
| 8 | How can that be so when today 's diktat is a contemptuous dismissal of the community 's united protest ? |
| 9 | George Woodger , an inside or centre-forward of the highest quality , played for the Palace in our earliest years and quickly became the first Palace ‘ superstar ’ — and that in an age when today 's publicity was unthinkable . |
| 10 | The hearth was drifted up with cinders that had been left uncleared when today 's fire was lit . |