Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In BR 's defence they say railways all over Europe suffer the same problems .
2 Meanwhile , Benjamin Jowett [ q.v. ] started an inquiry into the alleged deterioration in the quality of Oxford 's printing which gave impetus to Hart 's re-equipment and extension of the machine-room .
3 Among the West Saxons it may be that it was Aethelbald 's support which enabled Aethelheard to defeat the aetheling , Oswald , and that this established both Aethelheard and his brother , Cuthred , who subsequently succeeded Aethelheard in 739 , as Aethelbald 's dependants or at least obliged them to make territorial concessions .
4 He seems to have taught for a while , but already politics called him , and with his father 's support he took ship for France .
5 In Whessoe 's case they offered shareholders one new share for every four already held at a price of 185p to raise funds to purchase the Californian-based Varec .
6 Blote himself made use of the BKR scheme for twenty-five years ; during the last phase of the scheme 's existence he sold works to the value of DFl.150,000 to the government , most of which he kept at home .
7 In Rake 's Progress she reconstructs Hogarth … in Promenade she gets an atmosphere of Directoire France .
8 Now that we are facing demands to keep the most detailed records of children 's progress it makes sense to involve children in some of this work .
9 The game 's only try — Turnbull 's second for Scotland — was recorded in the 38th minute and emanated from Stark 's pursuit of Scott Hastings 's chip-kick which forced Rayer to concede a lineout two metres from the Welsh line .
10 After Margery has swallowed Dame Sirith 's trick she has recourse to the same commercial means of gaining what she thinks she needs and what she therefore now wants — indeed yearns for with an eagerness that the clerk himself could hardly have hoped for !
11 By the teethmarks in Heather 's T-shirt we knew Penny had pulled her back from the stairs — Heather 's body did n't have a mark on it .
12 MANCHESTER High School for Girls , an independent institution , was not the subject of a photograph on page 3 of yesterday 's Guardian which showed buckets being used to collect water from a leaking roof .
13 Soon-Yi has reportedly moved into Allen 's apartment which faces Mia 's across New York 's Central Park .
14 It was Willie 's words which brought Ruth to her senses .
15 Whether this was due to Wilko 's tactics I do nt know , but noone ever looked to get behind their defence … noone was making darting runs across and behind .
16 In Hilbert 's dictionary he found coypu defined as a South American aquatic rodent , myopotamus coypus , somewhat smaller than a beaver .
17 Because of their involvement with the magnetic Rothmans National Village Knockout tie at Christleton on Sunday , no Northop Hall players were included in Flintshire 's side which routed Montgomeryshire by eight wickets in double-quick time at Hawarden Park .
18 If it is not the Women 's Tennis Association , spurred on by the vocal support of Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles demanding equal prize money at Wimbledon and the French , then it is the voices on the men 's side who want prize money for the top tier of their tournaments doubled to $2m .
19 Transfusion row : Jehovah 's Witness who refused blood dies after crash .
20 Alirio Parra , OPEC 's president who toured member states in an effort to get support for production cuts ahead of the Vienna meeting , declined to comment last night on the progress at the talks .
21 Yesterday hundreds of demonstrators marched on Downing Street following the same route as those in the Peasant 's Revolt which forced England 's leaders to drop plans for a similar tax .
22 By Hess 's law we have Route A is , in fact , the formation of carbon dioxide from its elements in their standard states .
23 I sa , as I say , I met this morning with the three members from Potter Street erm we do have various alternative proposals for sa ways forward should the village back out and what I can say to you at this stage is that we have another meeting scheduled for next week , we will be meeting with the Resident 's Associations keeping them fully informed erm we will ensure that the letter goes back to Mrs who and the other Resident 's Associations who expressed concern there and that we will be taking , I hope , I hope because I 'm gon na have to say if Woolwich back out we 're going out we 're going have to move very fast and do some quite erm in-depth work .
24 It may well have been the news of his mother 's fate which stirred Richard to take his first independent political action .
25 In Wordsworth 's poetry we find adults ‘ learning ’ from children , and in the Immortality Ode the child is addressed as
26 Until Christ 's return it remains enemy territory .
27 With Minton 's help he obtained work at the Royal College as an artist 's model until he decided to return home where his future was secured for him through marriage and the management of a pub .
28 Judges say they were stunned by Steve 's work which included coverage of the RAF Falcons trip to the USA .
29 ( WES ) But first with news of a motoring marathon and all the weekend 's sport we join Tim Russon in London .
30 Nothing could save the cities from God 's judgement , yet for Lot 's sake he spares Zoar and delays the cataclysm till Lot is safe .
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