Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she finishes speaking , the blunt colloquialism of Wilekin 's response emphasizes the facile and artificial nature of her self-portrait : ( " Dear woman , give over ! " ) |
| 2 | Our party is determined to let the nation 's money obey the natural law , starting with the law of supply and demand . |
| 3 | Luckily , the Field Guide 's glossary explains the unfamiliar terminology and much of it is obviously useful . |
| 4 | Last week , in the wake of the civil suit lodged against Santa Cruz president Larry Michels for sexual harassment by three former executive secretaries at the company ( UX No 415 ) , SCO 's board issued the following statement : ‘ We are extremely distressed by the recent allegations made against the company and its president . |
| 5 | The machine manual should go into detail on this but Pat 's sketch shows the two possibilities for going wrong , and explains the correct way with notes on adjustment for a typical domestic machine . |
| 6 | News that Sir James Goldsmith and George Soros were speculating on the metal 's rise sparked the recent rally . |
| 7 | When Granny ( or Grandpa ) comes to live with the family in old age , it will be to everyone 's advantage to encourage the close bond between them and the children , since it always contributes much to their enjoyment of life , and consequently to the happiness of the whole household . |
| 8 | Harlot 's Ghost distils the uneasy , febrile , panicky essence of American Cold War paranoia and bottles it at a literate room temperature . |
| 9 | I suppose it 's too much to expect a senior Queen 's Counsel to work the same hours as ordinary folk , ’ Bragg said grumpily . |
| 10 | Dyarchy had always depended for its successful working on the exercise of tactful influence by the British governor and his officials , who had their reputations invested in preventing the resignations of their Indian colleagues ; but Irwin 's formulation took the controlling role allotted to influence much further . |
| 11 | Bregawn 's temperament got the better of him the following season , and on his racecourse appearances he displayed increasing sourness . |
| 12 | Mr Lamont 's stand means the Royal Family , including the Duke and Duchess of York will continue to escape the attentions of the inland revenue . |
| 13 | In short , Dobson 's case follows the erroneous interpretation which was endowed with authority by Lawrence and was therefore , in my respectful opinion , wrongly decided . |
| 14 | Coming so soon after the fiasco of Barricades Week , it opened up the prospect of new opportunities in foreign policy and reinforced a determination on de Gaulle 's part to liquidate the Algerian problem as soon as possible , even at the expense of major concessions to the FLN and its government-in-exile , the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic or GPRA . |
| 15 | Something more of the requisite independence could be achieved by Berkeley 's doctrine that ideas which are not subject to our own will are produced in us by God : the independence of a real thing , its having some continuity despite interrupted perception of it , could be explained in terms of a continued readiness on God 's part to excite the requisite ideas in us at suitable moments . |
| 16 | The approach may represent an attempt on Sotheby 's part to woo the ever-increasing number of bankrupt dealers to offer their stocks at auction . |
| 17 | Most probably the boy 's sister had the same biochemical defect . |
| 18 | The rural life had denied her Jane Sharpe 's fashionable pallor ; instead Lucille 's skin had the healthy bloom of country weather . |
| 19 | Now , Alan Janes 's play matches the well-loved songs with equally well-loved dialogue in a K-Tel Golden Greats collection of Dramatists ' Reliables . |
| 20 | Irrespective of size , status or skills everyone was brought down to earth with a splash — the difference was that as Saturday 's play unfolded the seeded sides invariably proved to be the more adept in the art of ‘ aquaplaning ’ . |
| 21 | Brandon Thomas 's play reflects the social propriety that meant young ladies were always chaperoned in mixed company even to a lunch party such being in 15 minutes time was n't thought unusual . |
| 22 | Almost always considered secondary to his poetry , Masefield 's fiction has the same basic theme , man 's search for beauty — in nature , in ideas and , often , in the ideal of womanhood . |
| 23 | The dispute was triggered by Hong Kong 's decision to allow the top Chinese swimmer , Yang Yang , who had sought political asylum in the West , to travel to the US last week . |
| 24 | He is also expected to confirm Mr Hurd 's decision to ignore the European Court 's ruling against seven-day detentions under the Prevention of Terrorism Act . |
| 25 | The genesis of this strike was Pittston 's decision to leave the Bituminous Coal Operators of America with whom the UMWA had signed an industry-wide contract . |
| 26 | However , given the level of popular support for Iraq in the other countries , King Hassan 's decision to support the Egyptian line wholeheartedly was generally considered risky . |
| 27 | President Assad 's decision to support the United States-led anti-Iraqi alliance after the Iraqi President and Assad 's Ba'athist adversary , Saddam Hussein , had ordered Iraqi forces into Kuwait in August 1990 led to a swift international reappraisal of Syria , a country long ostracised by the West as a sponsor of international terrorism . |
| 28 | The court 's decision to deny the preliminary injunction was based in part on the notion that thousands of copies of 32V were disseminated and freely available back in the late 1970s , when in fact only about 250 copies were circulated , and those said to have been on tight contractual terms . |
| 29 | Its chairman is Lord Marshall , who resigned as chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board at the end of 1989 in protest against the government 's decision to abandon the British PWR programme . |
| 30 | That is why we at Connoisseurs Scotland , who try to practice what we preach , warmly welcomed Scottish Secretary Ian Lang 's decision to initiate the current review of the future promotion of Scottish tourism . |