Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles II 's response fitted the occasion . |
| 2 | M. Chaillot 's response included the information that there was not much money for new work in his budget . |
| 3 | The Doctor 's response gave the poet no confidence , but choice was limited ; he either went along with the Doctor or he remained behind . |
| 4 | While the expert clause itself may lay down that the parties are to be responsible for the fees and expenses of the expert in equal shares , which is quite common , or that they are to be met by some other party ( see 8.12 ) , the clause itself may not be sufficient to establish the expert 's entitlement unless its terms are clearly incorporated into the expert 's contract to conduct the reference . |
| 5 | This lead time allowed LIFFE 's contract to exploit the process generating endogenous economies of scale and become sufficiently liquid to attract substantial hedging demand in German long term interest rates . |
| 6 | The outset of Doctor Who multiplied those worries fourfold , in that each of the regular cast was ( a ) unused to science fiction ; ( b ) unused to each other ; and ( c ) stuck with a year 's contract to do the part , like it or not . |
| 7 | Alder Valley 's contract to provide the peak time 213 service to and from Alton for school and college journeys will be provided by Oakley Coaches . |
| 8 | I appreciate the minister 's difficulty representing the Home Office with no specific responsibility for these matters as far as er er Europe is concerned er but nevertheless this is a matter that does affect the electorate and one that I think the house should take er notice of . |
| 9 | Yesterday 's award follows the collapse of another BR case in which MP Harry Greenaway had been accused of corruption involving a rail engineering firm . |
| 10 | Rugby 's board said the slump had continued to depress UK sales , but US sales and profit margins had improved . |
| 11 | Now , a backlash from a public consultation exercise has convinced the NRA 's board to drop the proposal . |
| 12 | Having failed to persuade Mr Shankly to change his mind , Liverpool 's board resisted the temptation to appoint another charismatic manager . |
| 13 | The responses by these members of the Frankfurt School of Sociology to Hitler 's rise represent the kind of perspective we are looking for . |
| 14 | The force of a runner 's foot deflects the pavement very little in running , and therefore does little work ( in the Newtonian sense ) on his environment . |
| 15 | The property of springiness is easy enough to detect : it is in direct relation to the speed with which a runner 's foot leaves the surface after contact with the ground . |
| 16 | Mammalian babies , when they do finally emerge into the outside world , still need their mother 's milk to complete the building of their highly complex bodies and they may continue to suckle for years . |
| 17 | We have won the City 's support to raise the money , as we did for Staley and our other North American acquisitions — and as we would have done if we had been allowed to buy British Sugar . ’ |
| 18 | George Michael 's counsel told the court that Sony has made worldwide profits of over fifty two million pounds from the singer 's recordings , whereas Mr Michael has made profits of over seven million pounds . |
| 19 | These indicators of the native film industry 's weakness encouraged The Federation of British Industries to intensify its campaign to bring attention to the way in which the disappearance of British films from the world 's screens impacted on ‘ the prestige of the country as a whole , and thereby the prestige of British industry also ’ . |
| 20 | Austria joined in 1788 , taking advantage of Turkey 's weakness to seize the pashalik of Belgrade . |
| 21 | O'Hara 's hook caught the rim of the mug . |
| 22 | Orwell Transport 's case concerns the tachograph regulations which are frequently infringed , deliberately and unwittingly . |
| 23 | Charlie 's case raises the question of the employer 's personal duty of care and the duty to provide adequate equipment . |
| 24 | Today 's case brings the number of successful prosecutions in the Thames region to thirty four since the N R A was formed last year . |
| 25 | ‘ I require entertainment , and it is a good servant 's part to do the Master 's bidding . |
| 26 | Within seconds , the toxins from the toad 's skin enter the dog 's bloodstream through the thin mouth tissues , resulting in retching , foaming at the mouth , and , in extreme cases , death . |
| 27 | Seven hours of torrential rain during the second day 's play reduced the pitch to a lake which in places had the players running calf deep in muddy water . |
| 28 | In redefining the events that occured , Dei Treanor 's play redefines the truth of Artemesia 's rape and her rightful place in Art History . |
| 29 | Flaubert 's fiction poses the question : Does irony preclude sympathy ? |
| 30 | Roth 's fiction internalises the brother identified in The Facts . |