Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lessee was protected , not by a real action , but by a personal action against his lessor , in which he could recover , not the land itself , but only damages to the breach of his landlord 's contract to allow him the use of the land . |
| 2 | A good example of this is provided by the reaction provoked by the influx of the Palatines , fleeing religious persecution in Germany , and the Whig ministry 's decision to allow them the benefit of naturalisation in 1709 . |
| 3 | At an ARC symposium last week , convened to mark the ARC 's decision to rename itself the Agricultural and Food Research Council , delegates called for action to save the British malting industry which is hit by falling demand for Scotch whisky . |
| 4 | ‘ It is the agency 's responsibility to find you the type of work you have indicated that you are interested in . |
| 5 | ‘ While I respectfully agree that recommendations of a committee may not help much when there is a possibility that Parliament may have decided to do something different , where there is no such possibility , as where the draft Bill has been enacted without alteration , in my opinion it can safely be assumed that it was Parliament 's intention to do what the committee recommended and to achieve the object the committee had in mind . |
| 6 | Instead , Theda slipped into the ballroom to think about Lady Merchiston 's determination to make her a bequest . |
| 7 | Readiness refers to an individual 's attitude towards the change , and capability refers to an individual 's capacity to do whatever the change requires of him or her . |
| 8 | Bowes must have taken Nedham into God 's Gift to show him the place where the accident happened . |
| 9 | When they had got into bed , it was Toby 's custom to read them a chapter or two of a book — the school had a tattered library of elderly boys ' books , most of them left behind by ex-pupils . |
| 10 | Passage of the new measure ( which had already been approved by the Senate in September 1989 ) precipitated an unprecedented constitutional crisis because of King Baudouin 's refusal to give it the royal assent . |
| 11 | The king 's original intention , goaded by the Pope 's refusal to grant him a divorce , had been to effect a greater lay control of an uncertain church . |
| 12 | The Labour Party finally conceded defeat on April 25 after Moda'i confirmed on television that he would definitely support Likud , despite Peres 's offer to give him the deputy premiership and the finance portfolio . |
| 13 | Later in the morning he had accepted Mr Mallory 's offer to buy him a drink in the plain , four-square , oddly restful pub at the end of the road . |
| 14 | He looked down over Cleo 's shoulder to see what the children were doing . |
| 15 | Suppose Argol , or someone like him , suddenly leaped out of someone 's driveway to give me a taste of his galaxy 's latest in combat weapons . |
| 16 | What I 'd like to do is have an industry day then and then a parent 's invitation to see what the kids had done and a quick feedback . |