Example sentences of "'s [noun] [vb -s] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming in a week , when an American judge told a rape victim she ‘ deserved what she got ’ for wearing a lace mini-skirt , and an English judge dropped a rape charge because his 16-year-old alleged victim had the mental age of seven , yesterday 's case has gone some way to restore their faith in the justice system . |
| 2 | Indeed , to put things into a proper perspective , I should point out that just such bantering on my new employer 's part has characterized much of our relationship over these months — though I must confess , I remain rather unsure as to how I should respond . |
| 3 | THE fight for Cameron 's brewery has taken another twist with the announcement by the Sunderland Vaux Group that they are prepared to buy the Hartlepool brewery . |
| 4 | Only Southey 's description survives to give some impression of the effect produced by the towering limestone gorge on two minds eager to be astonished : |
| 5 | To justify its existence , a conglomerate 's headquarters has to add more value than an independent business unit could get from outside advisers and banks . |
| 6 | ‘ Last night 's storm has done little to clear the atmosphere , ’ Mr Carson said . |
| 7 | To be fair , Britain 's budget does matter more than most — even though , unlike the others , it is concerned with gathering revenue rather than spraying it around . |
| 8 | A management consultant 's study has found that office and warehouse space around the port and former burgh of Leith offers the best potential for growth , while giving a further boost to the area 's development plans . |
| 9 | Rosenfeld 's study seems to lend some support to the functionalist view that social stratification , at least in terms of power and prestige , is inevitable in human society . |
| 10 | The debate over the TUC 's programme has missed much of this diversity and pluralism ; in particular , it has ignored the extent to which many trade unions run a broad programme of courses and resources for members as well as representatives , both directly and through organisations like the WEA . |
| 11 | To some extent this is true , since Michael Chisholm 's research has shown that subsistence land use results in settlements being not more than 1 kilometre ( ½ mile ) or so from most of their land ( Fig 59 ) and hence settlements should perhaps be expected to be 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart . |
| 12 | Now that Hunt 's committee has ducked all the technical issues and government ministers can not agree on a policy , officials inside the Department of Industry are trying to decide how tightly the government should control the type of cable system laid , what technology to recommend and who should be allowed to do what . |
| 13 | Perhaps this reflects no more than the elevation of masculinity that permeates the canteen culture of the station , but the view that nothing busy happens in the unit and that it is an ‘ easy turn ’ is a sad reflection on how the marginalization of policewomen 's duties has divorced some policemen from the reality of sex crimes . |
| 14 | In the past decade Leapor 's work has received more attention than at any time since the 1750s . |
| 15 | Steve 's work has done much to erase the stigma of kite flying as a childish diversion . |
| 16 | One other feature of Richards 's work has had little impact in this country , but a much greater impact , as we shall see , in the United States : the demand that criticism be founded on theory . |
| 17 | A number of other models have been suggested for the development of scientific knowledge , but these models are measuring the concomitants of scientific growth — the manpower , costs , publications , citations , etc — and none has so far been developed to fully describe the growth of knowledge itself , although Goffman 's work seems to have some predictive value . |
| 18 | Malaysia 's competitiveness has increased most since 1986 ; its real effective exchange rate has fallen by 12% . |
| 19 | Councillors in Darlington gave the development the go-ahead after they heard the hotel company Tomorrow 's Leisure has made several changes to the original application submitted last year . |
| 20 | Mr Inamura 's misfortune has changed all that . |
| 21 | Lek 's husband has taken another woman . |
| 22 | Measurement of variations in the gravitational attraction at the Earth 's surface has provided much useful information about the characteristics of the crust and the lithosphere . |
| 23 | Fortunately for owners of French homes , the pound 's devaluation has added some 10% to 15% to their value in sterling terms . |
| 24 | Although the User 's Guide does give some help , the user should be aware of his/her monitor and printer specifications . |
| 25 | Despite their economic woes and their climate , Muscovites are reckoned to eat more than 200 tonnes of the chilly confection every day , and Britain 's Allied-Lyons aims to scoop some of that market . |
| 26 | Althusser 's description of ideology in general in the ISA 's paper seems to cover all possibilities of discursive action and some cognitive action ( believing ; having , creating and accepting ideas ) . |
| 27 | The fact that this has not yet led to a fundamental delegitimisation of the state 's role has led some Marxists to develop a more sophisticated awareness of the divergent forces operating upon the growth of government . |
| 28 | The Darlington Patient 's Charter promises to treat all patients within 18 months of going on the list . |
| 29 | But the new tune on Nigel 's fiddle has confused some critics as well as Mum . |
| 30 | Scotland 's capital has had some of the most liberal licensing rules in Britain , but councillors fear that late-night drinking is contributing to the growing violence in the city centre . |