Example sentences of "[is] [prep] a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Doctors and other experts also recognise how important a balanced diet is for a child 's normal development . |
| 2 | One of her designs is for a lady 's version of the Norfolk jacket , which has been worn by Prince Charles on Sandringham shoots . |
| 3 | The three week 's of a fly 's life appear much longer to the fly than they do to us . |
| 4 | That all work here is of a craftsman 's standard ( and not that of an apprentice ) is indisputable . |
| 5 | I stare at his reflection , because I dare not look at him , and for an instant his face disappears , and the image is of a death 's head grinning at me , a white skull : bones with no flesh , black sockets with no eyes . |
| 6 | ‘ Why do women always think another woman is behind a man 's decision to remain free ? ’ |
| 7 | Their first match is against a men 's team from Accounts . |
| 8 | At the wheel of the XJR-S on a traffic-laden A11 , pushing the big car past streams of trucks at high speed , Brundle 's driving is like a chauffeur 's : it looks as if anybody could do what he is doing . |
| 9 | Auntie 's laugh is like a man 's laugh — deep and loud . |
| 10 | This is like a road-maker 's pneumatic breaker in miniature , except that the drill bit rotates to clear the debris from the hole . |
| 11 | of the ward on the right erm , and er , it 's like a mens ' ward . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's like a winter 's afternoon , not a summer 's one , ’ commented Maggie , switching on her lights Charlie nodded . |
| 13 | Yeah and there 's er as you go over the top there 's like a postman 's passage and you go past where you turn into it there 's in the corner there . |
| 14 | Aye yeah that 's that that that I mean I 've went to that doctor and and it 's like a doctor 's surgery surely is should be sacrament yo you should n't , know what I mean ? |
| 15 | Although the trees are still leafless , I do not get a glimpse of the hall until it is within a stone 's throw , so hidden is it by a dense screen of boughs and underwood ; but I know it is near at hand , for an ancient archway spans the path leading to the farmyard , and just beyond the Tudor gateway bearing several clear-cut coats of arms . |
| 16 | Meredith cast her mind back over her last conversation with Harriet , ‘ One ca n't know what 's in a person 's mind . ’ |
| 17 | Popular culture gives us plenty of female verbal incontinence ( cf the Andy Capp joke : ‘ when two wives get together , who has the last word ? ’ ) and illogical women who ca n't keep to the point ( as a character in the soap opera Coronation Street comments , ‘ you might as well try to knit fog as follow what 's in a woman 's mind ’ ) . |
| 18 | You know you know Sonia' been kicked out of her house and she 's in a children 's home somewhere or something . |
| 19 | Adoption workers need to accommodate in their thinking and practice more than one concept simultaneously , that is , the achievement of ‘ open ’ adoption or adoption with contact where it is in a child 's interests but within a framework of legal security . |
| 20 | The test of what is in a child 's best interests refers to general societal values , rather than the views of the particular parent or legal guardian . |
| 21 | ‘ And the Moulid is in a fortnight 's time . ’ |
| 22 | He describes a skylark 's nest which he found tucked away in a hoof print : ‘ Behind a clod/ how snug the nest/ is in a horse 's footing fixed/ of twitch and stubbles roughly dressed/ with roots and horsehair intermixed . ’ |
| 23 | It was well-staged and well-sung ; and even if one had to put up with such seed pearls of wisdom as ‘ Beauty is in a lover 's eyes ’ , it was none the less a serious attempt to deal with the implications of the legend . |
| 24 | but one that 's gon na top all that without any shadow of a doubt , he must be the youngest pensioner this side of the Mississippi and that 's Alan , retired executive officer who 's on a busman 's holiday this week Roger union solicitor Bill retired N I O , hopefully wo n't be having any accidents this week retired education and training manager . |
| 25 | He 's on a month 's contract from Bournemouth . |
| 26 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 27 | EVERYONE knows the election is on a knife 's edge , but consider just how sharp the knife is . |
| 28 | Once a project is on a donor 's priority list it takes on a life of its own , and may become unstoppable . |
| 29 | Pompey manager Jim Smith and Blackburn 's Kenny Dalglish have already agreed a £300,000 fee and Agnew is on a month 's loan at Fratton Park . |
| 30 | The rental of each office is on a month 's licence the fee for which includes the cost of a receptionist , rates , water and electricity , heating , lighting , insurance , cleaning maintenance , security , 24-hour access and secure parking . |