Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This arises from the fact that unemployment or underemployment will reduce the household 's income and constrain the demand for goods . |
| 2 | Unlikely as it may seem now , it was Evelyn Waugh who came to Wilson 's defence and acknowledged the brilliance and aptness of the book 's main conceit , which — given the turn of events in Eastern and Central Europe — is apropos once more . |
| 3 | Testing of children has always legitimately had separate purposes : diagnostic — to enable the teacher to calibrate their own assessment of a child 's difficulty and judge the next best line for development ; setting of tests to establish mastery of a particular piece of learning when of concept , skill or information ; and standardised to set one 's own information against some comparators . |
| 4 | ‘ I would encourage every woman running a Merseyside-based business , whether as a director or a manager , to enter this year 's award and get the recognition they deserve . ’ |
| 5 | The skimming process removes vitamin A from cow 's milk and reduces the calorie content . |
| 6 | ‘ The Secretary-General had a word with the hospital 's administrator who reluctantly agreed to make an exception in the Colonel 's case and waive the normal visiting hours . |
| 7 | And they kill from spite : they despise the colour of another 's skin and resent the way another worships God . |
| 8 | The family solicitor threatened to sue the council for not carrying out the panel 's decision and allowing the children to go home . |
| 9 | The plaintiff vendors sought to set aside the expert 's decision and to have the court decide the matter , but the defendant purchasers said that the plaintiffs could not do that because the contract bound them to accept the expert 's decision . |
| 10 | It may reach the sixth magnitude by December 10 and the fourth on about December 20 when it moves inside Mercury 's orbit and passes the star Zeta Ophiuchi . |
| 11 | It may reach the sixth magnitude by December 10 and the fourth on about December 20 when it moves inside Mercury 's orbit and passes the star Zeta Ophiuchi . |
| 12 | Eventually this deepened below the random of Fleming 's Level and rendered the pumping and winding sump at the intersection obsolete . |
| 13 | Merely looking at one 's watch and giving the right time is usually enough to prevent the completely accurate recall of an unfamiliar telephone number . |
| 14 | Three High Court judges sitting as Visitors to Lincoln 's Inn dismissed her appeal against the tribunal 's finding but varied the sentence to one of suspension for five years . |
| 15 | On 15 May 1660 Willys was condemned but pardoned , on condition of never again coming into the king 's presence or entering the verges of the court . |
| 16 | In any event , the grant of an option to renew may depress the value of the landlord 's reversion and reduce the number of potential purchasers of it since the plans of a purchaser who wishes to redevelop or to occupy the property for the purposes of his own business may be frustrated by the exercise of the option . |
| 17 | This can threaten the best interests of conservation of both the natural and the built environment , undermine the quality of the visitor 's experience and jeopardise the standard of life of the indigenous communities . |
| 18 | One spring Saturday morning he bounded down the path by Albert Piggott 's cottage and gained the path leading to Dotty 's and finally to Lulling Woods . |
| 19 | The defendants entered the plaintiff 's cottage and removed the plaintiff and his furniture using reasonable force . |
| 20 | With a lot of effort she finally managed to close the left-hand door and bolt it into place , then pushed the arm against the dead man 's chest and forced the other door over , sliding the remains of a file through two loops where the handles had once been to keep it shut . |
| 21 | He placed them firmly on the man 's chest and pressed the buttons . |
| 22 | After six o'clock , when the cheap rate had started , Karen King let herself out of the side door of Aunt Jane 's bungalow and walked the quarter of a mile to the public call box . |
| 23 | But at the first sign of a pressure sore , inform the patient 's GP and consult the district nurse . |
| 24 | Its function is basically to cover a woman 's hair and hide the shape of her breasts but it can be worn in a variety of ways , draped round the top half of her body and head , folded over her chest and hanging over her shoulders or loosely placed round her neck . |
| 25 | When Izzie did not come to fluff out Gabriel 's hair and tie the laces of his shirt before the performance , he thought she must be angry with him and he was sorry . |
| 26 | Let's get the message over , let's go without one congress and I know that 's near to John 's heart and request the other unions , A E U , U C A T , T N G , request the T N , T U C to do the same and then plaster over every bus in Britain , the G M B's policy . |
| 27 | A giant Worm on Monument Hill ; a giant Worm somehow feeding off hatred and able to use its power to link up with the Glory 's computer and turn the car into its servant . |
| 28 | ‘ I have come to restore Lebanon 's unity and extend the sovereignty of the government over Lebanese territory . |
| 29 | ‘ I have come to restore Lebanon 's unity and extend the sovereignty of the government over Lebanese territory . |
| 30 | However it ca n't just be bolted on to the tractor , and Mr Tomlinson had to spend further hours in the workshop matching it to the tractor 's backend and getting the gearing right . |