Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially all Gehlen 's funding came from the CIA but later , in 1954 when the German Federal Republic was established as a sovereign state , Gehlen took over the running of the Federal German Intelligence Service . |
| 2 | Pa 's response comes in the flat voice I know , and fear , ‘ Talk properly , James . |
| 3 | Twenty years ago more than three quarters of the College 's income came in the form of a government grant . |
| 4 | In 1991 , only 50 per cent of the SCO 's income came from the box office , compared to an average of 69 per cent . |
| 5 | Where a claimant 's income rises above the ‘ needs allowance ’ , tapers are applied so that , as income rises , the size of benefit falls in direct relation to the excess income over the needs allowance . |
| 6 | Glasgow 's newest hotel , ‘ The Forum ’ chose Stoddard Mercia 's contract carpeting throughout the reception area and two restaurants on the ground floor . |
| 7 | Moscovici 's defence refers to the destructive power of operational definitions to restrict intellectual advance . |
| 8 | Core 's defence relied on the claim that the materials were for artistic purposes , a defence recognised in British law . |
| 9 | AY 's defence centred around the claim that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar , as its auditor , and not to WG , even though it also audited the WG group accounts . |
| 10 | Bissett 's difficulty lay in the time he had been allocated for his paper on the theoretical dimensions of the device . |
| 11 | On the far side of Farringdon Road , Graham passed Easton Street where another painter 's or window-cleaner 's cradle lay on the pavement , up-ended for some reason , neat coils of rope around it . |
| 12 | Nead 's text takes in the conventional notions of feminine beauty , pornography and the tabloid press , the fine line between sexuality and the obscene and the recent reclamation of the nude by female artists . |
| 13 | The reader 's relationship to Proust 's text switches from the closeness , produced by paraphrase and quotation , of listening to the text speaking for itself , to a more removed perspective from which de Man and his reader stand back from that text and speculate on a general rule about language . |
| 14 | They took no notice of the black Mercedes as it slipped noiselessly out of the parking space behind them , the driver 's foot hovering over the accelerator . |
| 15 | The image of the Buddha 's foot known as the ‘ Tri-Pada ’ shows on each of the toes the Swastika . |
| 16 | As Seawitch rolled heavily Polly 's foot slipped on the wet deck and she stumbled backwards , pulling Nathan with her . |
| 17 | As the attacker 's foot lifts from the ground , the defender is immediately warned that a kick is coming . |
| 18 | But the SSD claimed this week that the Appeal Court 's judgement flew in the face of earlier court decisions . |
| 19 | Weather conditions had definitely worsened since she went to bed , and she needed Fen 's support to struggle along the towpath in the face of the gale , in order to reach his car . |
| 20 | Since the profession 's livelihood depended on the public having confidence in its members ' integrity and professional ability , he warned , those who did break the rules would be dealt with swiftly , effectively and fairly . |
| 21 | Here we have a repetition of the childhood in which the parent 's weakness contributed to the unconscious need for punishment . |
| 22 | Was the rule in Pinnel 's Case binding on the House of Lords ? |
| 23 | Even if Dr Courtney 's case went to the Court of Appeal , it would be unlikely to impose the stiffest jail term of life imprisonment . |
| 24 | The applicant 's case depends on the evidence and opinions of Miss Massiter … |
| 25 | Pleming said the government 's case rested on the plan to take topsoil from Oxleas Wood to nearby Woodlands Farm and plant trees there . |
| 26 | Nozick 's case rests on the view that so long as one is not acting for the reason that one 's action will favour one of the parties or hinder the other , but for a valid independent reason , then one 's neutrality is intact . |
| 27 | FoE 's case rests on the fact that levels are above the standards laid down by the European Commission . |
| 28 | FOE 's case hinges on the " undertakings " made by water suppliers as part of the privatization process , under which the government allowed them a period of grace in which to bring water quality up to legal minimum standards . |
| 29 | In the evenings I taught my son , Branwell , and my wife 's sister looked after the youngest child , Anne . |
| 30 | Shakespear 's Sister took to the stage to what must be the worst intro tape I 've ever heard . |