Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | WHAT a waste of taxpayer 's money to create a monstrosity such as the proposed cross town route . |
| 6 | Yes but cost 's money to have a phone set up . |
| 7 | Now , a backlash from a public consultation exercise has convinced the NRA 's board to drop the proposal . |
| 8 | They learnt to take food from me , and soon I had goat 's milk to drink every day . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Austria joined in 1788 , taking advantage of Turkey 's weakness to seize the pashalik of Belgrade . |
| 12 | It was an idle threat on Lavinia 's part to hire a companion at all . |
| 13 | ‘ I require entertainment , and it is a good servant 's part to do the Master 's bidding . |
| 14 | Prime Minister V. P. Singh 's decision to implement the reservation scheme generated widespread civil disorder throughout northern India , and his determination to go ahead with the plan despite the unrest was a major political gamble . |
| 15 | One development worth calling to your attention , though , comes from South Africa : Vorster 's decision to give a measure of home-ownership rights to the ‘ urban African ’ . |
| 16 | A BUS firm 's decision to scrap a service because it is unprofitable has sparked a local outcry . |
| 17 | The Council 's decision to scrap the tradition in regard to the diaconate suggested that the same tradition in regard to the priesthood could equally well be abandoned if it was pastorally desirable . |
| 18 | It supported Thames Television 's decision to screen the programme , which gave viewers a much fuller appreciation of the shootings than had been possible from government statements and MoD briefings . |
| 19 | A few did not agree with Mr Knightley 's decision to allow the quarry to go ahead , even with certain provisos , and they were prepared to say so and explain why . |
| 20 | The LEA 's decision to allow the child 's admission to the school was challenged by the Commission for Racial Equality , which asked the Secretary of State to use his default powers in the 1944 Act and quash the LEA 's decision , on the ground that the decision was racist and would encourage other parents to pursue the same course as Mrs C and for the same reason . |
| 21 | The Vatican 's decision to allow the exhibition organisers free choice of any volume in the Library is a result of a debt of gratitude towards the Library of Congress , which , in the 1920s and 1930s , helped it modernise its systems . |
| 22 | Mancini records the council 's decision to put the queen 's brother , Sir Edward Woodville , at the head of a force to be sent against Philippe de Crevecoeur , who had started an informal war in the Channel . |
| 23 | Mancini records the council 's decision to put the queen 's brother , Sir Edward Woodville , at the head of a force to be sent against Philippe de Crevecoeur , who had started an informal war in the Channel . |
| 24 | Trade union membership continued to grow until 1920 — even though there were reverses for the movement , such as the government 's decision to ignore the advice of the Sankey Commission of 1919 and to return the coal mines to the coal owners in April 1921 . |
| 25 | Trade union membership continued to grow until 1920 — even though there were reverses for the movement , such as the government 's decision to ignore the advice of the Sankey Commission of 1919 and to return the coal mines to the coal owners in April 1921 . |
| 26 | These rights were threatened by the Government 's decision to submit the area for listing as a World Heritage area under executive powers bestowed by the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 ( Commonwealth of Australia ) , passed to give effect to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage . |
| 27 | Critics of the PLO 's decision to back the participation of a Palestinian delegation in the current Middle East peace process would most likely have taken the opportunity of Mr Arafat 's demise to make a bid for power . |
| 28 | Mrs Thatcher 's decision to back the library despite economic setbacks surely outweighs the decision to disperse the Conservative Party 's own research library . |
| 29 | The wording to which we agreed was as follows : ‘ That this House welcomes the Government 's decision to leave the ERM ; and urges a fresh start to economic policy , in particular the abandonment of fixed exchange rates and a commitment to sound finance , stable money and the right climate for steady growth . ’ |
| 30 | The PSD 's decision to support the candidacy of Soares ( PS ) in the 1991 presidential elections [ see p. 37590 ] underlined similarities of policy between the PSD and the PS . |