Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neath , rocked by centre Colin Laity 's decision to leave in midweek , were relieved when giant No 8 Paul Jones got the all-clear after being kicked in the head . |
| 2 | While the legislation is clearly to be seen as evidence of a government 's entitlement to legislate in connection with a national responsibility , it is also interpretable as evidence of the government 's impatience with local authorities . |
| 3 | Similarly , the Iran-Contra deal indicates not only the differences between US statements and actions over terrorism , but more revealingly the Iranian government 's willingness to engage in Realpolitik . |
| 4 | He did not see the failure as a consequence of the refusal to unite all opponents of Unionism , but of the NILP 's willingness to compromise in order to achieve such unity : |
| 5 | My husband has always maintained that it destroys a young man 's ambition to succeed in life if he is financially indulged too young . |
| 6 | Reagan 's reluctance to dabble in detail may have contributed to one of his undoubted strengths , his sense of direction . |
| 7 | While acknowledging Bull 's need to economise in light of its losses last year , the representative said the union will insist on the usual social payments to employees leaving voluntarily . |
| 8 | She wanted to put some money in trust for her children , so she followed Wright 's advice to invest in Equity & Law bonds . |
| 9 | Second , the Algerian negotiations between ETA and the Spanish government broke down over the government 's unwillingness to accept in principle the Basques ' right of self-determination . |
| 10 | Of course one might argue that working-class women 's tendency to stay in education longer is itself a sign of their status consciousness . |
| 11 | Another target for attack is City pressure for short-term profit flow , which is said to handicap industry 's ability to invest in plant and equipment and R&D . |
| 12 | Bakufu control over the country was never absolute , but rested on the administration 's ability to hold in check the ambitions of various provincial lords and play them off against each other . |
| 13 | If you are a specialist supplier or have a monopoly type of business , consider your customer 's ability to stay in business if you cut off his supplies . |
| 14 | At issue is the FBI 's ability to wiretap in future … the FBI is not only asking the industry to dumb down existing software , it wants to prohibit it from developing new technologies that might interfere with the government 's ability to intercept various oral and electronic communications . ’ |
| 15 | What it does is demonstrate the candidate 's ability to operate in English and a community language adequately in ordinary community contexts . |
| 16 | Two weeks later , she responded to the Lords of the Congregation 's threat to fight in defence of reform , and summoned her forces to Stirling . |
| 17 | The driver reached across to the passenger seat for a receptacle which caused Rennie 's lip to curl in scorn . |
| 18 | The usual remedy was the special action of trespass on the case for negligently allowing one 's fire to escape in contravention of the general custom of the realm which we first hear of in Beaulieu v. Finglam . |