Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , yesterday 's contract sets up EDS as KF 's partner in managing the Stockholm-based company 's computer systems , making it more of a ‘ cosourcing ’ than an ‘ outsourcing ’ contract , Carroll said . |
| 2 | In such a mood it is inevitable that the Government 's attempts to bring about change through legislation and increased prescription will be generally felt to be yet another attack on autonomy and yet another indication of a lack of trust in teachers ' judgement and their ability to do a good job . |
| 3 | Leaseholders were found to have experienced a variety of problems with the management of their block , including failure on the landlord 's part to carry out repairs , too little or excessive refurbishment , estimates ‘ rigged ’ by landlords or managing agents , failure to consult leaseholders and difficulty in obtaining information about accounts and insurance . |
| 4 | The deal is not affected by this week 's decision to slow down part of the emergency aid agreed upon by the Twelve in December because of the repression in the Baltic republics . |
| 5 | Churchill 's decision to set up S Branch and his support for the economists within the Cabinet Office stemmed from an enduring distrust of official advice on economic policy which can be dated back to his unhappy time at the Treasury in 1924–29 , particularly his much criticised decision , taken on official advice , to return to the gold standard in 1925 . |
| 6 | FRANCE 'S decision to sweep away exchange controls to mark the Euro decade of the 1990s is important enough to have caused even Mrs Thatcher to give some ground in her opposition to the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 7 | Keegan 's decision means both Quinn and Kristensen probably made their last appearances for United in the disappointing Anglo-Italian Cup draw with Lucchese on Wednesday . |
| 8 | But the most notable act of all this trans-Pacific ambition — when seen from today 's vantage point , if not necessarily so at the time — was President Fillmore 's decision to send out Commodore Perry and his ‘ black ships ’ , to bring sense to the isolationist shoguns who in almost Carthusian seclusion , ran the state of Nihon . |
| 9 | BZW 's decision to break off talks came after a top-level meeting between executives at the investment bank and Morgan yesterday . |
| 10 | Until Lockwood took over , all four curators had keys of their own strongrooms ; Lockwood 's decision to hand over strongroom keys to the security staff is said to have incurred ‘ considerable resentment ’ . |
| 11 | Daimler 's inability to turn around AEG since buying it in 1985 , after AEG had already itself failed to stem heavy losses , has damaged morale at the company . |
| 12 | Cambridge 's inability to shake off Oxford , who poignantly named their boat the John Hebbes after one of their oarsmen who died recently , by the end of the Surrey bend was the crucial factor . |
| 13 | The Rawtenstall store is the first of the supermarket chain 's English stores to get Cashline , and to celebrate the occasion staff from the town 's branch handed out carrier bags and keyrings to shoppers as well as answering account enquiries . |
| 14 | During an interview in a television documentary about the Parry 's struggle to understand why Tim was murdered , his father Colin explained why he wanted to meet Mr Adams . |
| 15 | City still looked as though they could have held on , but with four minutes to go , the roles were reversed as Cranfield 's McGovern set up Allen to level the scores . |
| 16 | Diplomatically , Soviet success at exploiting Europe 's division to bring about changes in Western policy has , in turn , given Western Europe inroads into the USSR 's own preserve . |
| 17 | And , as they worked , Lucy 's imagination carried her away to the bush , causing her to torture herself with thoughts of Doreen 's fingers sliding down Silas 's arm to clasp his hand . |
| 18 | Welsh dairy farmer Sirrell Griffiths is hoping enough rain will fall at Kempton Park before Boxing Day to allow his former point-to-pointer Norton 's Coin to take on Desert Orchid in the King George VI Rank Chase . |
| 19 | Knitted in Patons Pure New Wool Sport , the man 's jumper costs approximately £28 to knit , the woman 's about £24 and the child 's £15 . |
| 20 | RJR Nabisco 's plans to buy back $1.5 billion of its debt were received in much the same way . |
| 21 | It is the county council 's responsibility to bring forward proposals to enable progress to be made . |
| 22 | The tenant 's liability to carry out repairs will be covered by a covenant to keep " the demised property " in repair ; but a covenant to pay a fair proportion of the cost of repairing party structures not included in the demise must be separately imposed . |
| 23 | Total exports must pay for total imports , and if a country 's exports fall then imports will also fall unless the deficiency in exports can be made good in the ways specified . |
| 24 | Moreover Schlichtegroll 's Nekrolog mentions neither tics nor inveterate habits . |
| 25 | Women 's voices , men 's voices , children 's voices screeched out curses and threats . |
| 26 | Ruth 's eyes sought out Steve as if he had the answers she needed . |
| 27 | Toleration as wide-ranging as this would not have been acceptable in England , where hostility to Roman Catholicism had been building up for seventy years since Mary Tudor 's attempt to wipe out Protestantism . |
| 28 | Hitler 's remarks stressing the work of ‘ Providence ’ on Germany 's side prompted only shaking of the head among ‘ academics ’ and the ‘ higher circles ’ of society . |
| 29 | The final result of Sugar 's plan to buy out Amstrad for 30p a share will not be known until this morning , but the board has already accepted defeat . |
| 30 | If I met Pam 's bloke coming down Briggate I 'd give him a wide berth . |