Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] [adj] [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ireland was already there with its litany of laments , not thinly preserved , like the cultural echo that accompanies some exiles and émigrés into a new country where time will absorb the native generation 's traces of foreign identity and dispel them . |
| 2 | I have already explained that the most important change that we have made is to shift the balance between what is paid centrally and what is paid locally , so I can answer the hon. Gentleman 's question . |
| 3 | I shall answer the hon. Gentleman 's question about Trident in a couple of minutes . |
| 4 | I think that what I will conclude by saying will answer the hon. Gentleman 's point . |
| 5 | You could adapt the dapper Dad 's card to include a smart tie or even a pair of cufflinks . |
| 6 | A defeat would gravely damage the Prime Minister 's authority at home and abroad . |
| 7 | If the OED were left as no more than a monument to the English of the twentieth century it would not remain the twenty-first century 's dictionary for long . |
| 8 | Often , they simply can not make the ultimate consumer 's choice , which is to vote with their cash and their feet and go to someone else for the service . |
| 9 | Now he drives a glamorous black BMW , owns a palatial house with a swimming pool and earns the kind of salary that would make the average Muscovite 's eyes pop . |
| 10 | Just a desperate imitation of what he must think the real thing 's like . |
| 11 | What do you think the oldest girl 's name meant ? |
| 12 | I also told Sam that I did n't think the main Benskin 's board would approve the switch to management . ’ |
| 13 | The corollary of this is that any receipts received or payments made in the current financial year which relate to accruals made in the last financial year , will not affect the current year 's profit figures . |
| 14 | As for Mr Kinnock 's conversion to multilateral nuclear disarmament , Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ How does one explain the Labour leader 's contortions ? |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman did not explain the Labour party 's attitude to that . |
| 16 | Rather than handing the parent a written agreement which was prepared beforehand , the social worker should explain the local authority 's position sympathetically and clearly . |
| 17 | Does he think that we should employ 5,000 HMIs to carry out inspections , or does he prefer the Labour party 's solution — that only local councils should be allowed to inspect schools ? |
| 18 | If , for instance , you will not enjoy a visit to the opera , then you may prefer the next month 's barn dance . |
| 19 | Then Wayne would complain that he could n't memorize the next day 's dialogue if he did n't know what they were filming , and Huston , according to Wayne , replied , ‘ Do n't worry , we 'll improvise . ’ |
| 20 | And I 'm afraid I do n't know the other brother 's name . |
| 21 | And I did n't know the dead girl 's name . |
| 22 | Food would become the weapon with which the United States would counter the Arab world 's use of an oil embargo in its fight against Israel . |
| 23 | I am sorry , I did not catch the hon. Gentleman 's meaning . |
| 24 | The House of Lord 's Select Committee on Science and Technology is to strongly attack the Conservative government 's reliance on market forces to achieve energy conservation in a report due to be published in July . |
| 25 | The house would not approve the prime minister 's plans for scrapping the social security system . |
| 26 | No doubt both the Department of Health and the Mental Health Act Commission will take notice of the Court 's opinion that the form for application for admission under section 2 ‘ does not direct the social worker 's attention to the desirability of obtaining a recommendation from a doctor who does know the past history , diagnosis and treatment of the patient and why it has not been practicable to do so . ’ |
| 27 | Can I direct the hon. Gentleman 's attention to the Islington crime survey , which gives rather different evidence about how much crime is being committed and how much it is rising ? |
| 28 | The three million unemployed may consider the acquisitive Eubank 's £4 million earnings in his 33 unbeaten fights and his ownership of three houses and a block of flats in Brighton equally obscene . |
| 29 | I am sure that he will consider the hon. Gentleman 's representations , which are always carefully put and taken seriously . |
| 30 | I will certainly consider the hon. Gentleman 's point , because it is our aim to put CTCs on a level with others in regard to funding and other aspects . |