Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His acute political and personal crisis was increased by a direct attack from Michael Heseltine , who said the Chancellor 's attempts to shrug off the trade deficit smacked of ‘ socialist naivety ’ . |
| 2 | In an epistemological parable , ‘ The Man who looked into the Future ’ , Allen Wheelis describes a man 's attempts to escape from the fluidity of the present and imprint value on his life . |
| 3 | Li Yuan might as well try to harness Change itself as try to force the boy 's talents to conform to the needs of State . |
| 4 | BT 's plans to move into the home entertainment market by selling dishes to receive BSkyB broadcasts helped push the communications giant 3p ahead to 418p . |
| 5 | Spanish secret police have also intercepted ETA 's plans to cut off the site 's electricity supply during key events . |
| 6 | Newcastle Polytechnic 's plans to expand in the North-West are on the verge of a housing crisis months before the first students move into its £1m Carlisle campus . |
| 7 | US West Inc 's plans to get into the fun-and-games end of the telecommunications business with Time Warner Inc has received a mixed review from the junior among the credit rating agencies , Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co of Chicago , which placed the securities of US West Inc , US West Capital Funding and US West Financial Services on rating watch . |
| 8 | Talbot and Van Gelder looked at each other in silence , then bent forward over Theodore 's shoulders to look at the figures he had added up . |
| 9 | Little seemed in Mrs Whitehouse 's eyes to change at the BBC and , in early 1964 , the Corporation 's Charter was renewed for a further twelve years without any of the additional ‘ safeguards ’ that Mrs Whitehouse would have liked to have seen written in . |
| 10 | An anti-Fascist march soon after the Cable Street incident was the occasion for Mosley 's supporters to go on the rampage in the Mile End Road , smashing the windows of shops whose owners were Jewish and inflicting injury at random . |
| 11 | And Abbot Suger of St Denis thought of bringing back ancient Roman columns from Diocletian 's baths to use in the construction of his new abbey church outside Paris . |
| 12 | Grandad Terry Potter had only just installed it to stop Adam 's bids to get into the street at Barnsley , South Yorks . |
| 13 | At the outset the willingness of George 's parents to cooperate with the school staff in discussing the home situation and how this might affect George 's behaviour in school was used by the teaching staff as evidence in support of their case that George 's needs could not be met within a mainstream school . |
| 14 | She was calm and did not rail in spite , that night , as they waited for the island 's noises to change to the night 's flutings and clicks and sighs . |
| 15 | Although Hector 's dolphins do not feed extensively on commercial fish species , they , too , move into the sheltered waters of the peninsula 's bays to breed during the summer . |
| 16 | 5.11 Landlord 's costs To pay to the Landlord on an indemnity basis all costs fees charges disbursements and expenses ( including without prejudice to the generality of the above those payable to counsel solicitors surveyors and Bailiffs ) [ properly and reasonably ] incurred by the Landlord in relation to or incidental to : |
| 17 | 5.11 Landlord 's costs To pay to the Landlord on an indemnity basis all reasonable costs fees charges disbursements and expenses ( including without prejudice to the generality of the above those payable to solicitors and surveyors ) properly and reasonably incurred by the Landlord in relation to or incidental to : |
| 18 | Villa will prove a stern examination of City 's credentials to stay in the hunt . |
| 19 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 20 | Bus companies are expected to be among those competing with ScotRail 's managers to bid for the franchise . |
| 21 | Ace had found herself inventing new techniques as she tried to use the shuttle 's processors to hack into the station 's maintenance systems , but there had been no indication that the station had even been receiving her signals . |
| 22 | This it at once began to use to hamper the government 's efforts to cope with the desperate financial situation . |
| 23 | Other IWC members expressed " deep concern " at the unilateral nature of the decision , warning that it undermined the Commission 's efforts to agree on the details of the RMP . |
| 24 | Faced with the intense competition of foreign trade competitors , employers resorted to attempts to reduce monetary wages , an action which was given an additional downward twist by the Baldwin government 's decisions to return to the gold standard and to reflate the pound in 1925 . |
| 25 | The wartime machinery of industrial relations still survived — particularly the Whitley Councils which had been competitors , employers resorted to attempts to reduce monetary wages , an action which was given an additional downward twist by the Baldwin government 's decisions to return to the gold standard and to reflate the pound in 1925 . |
| 26 | Rent and benefit of lessee 's covenants to run with the reversion [ see Law Commission No. 174 below ] |
| 27 | Obligation of lessor 's covenants to run with the reversion |
| 28 | [ It may be ] … that the purpose of section 142 and its statutory predecessors was to cause the burden of the lessor 's covenants to run with the reversion … |
| 29 | Adjusting the computer program 's results to allow for the possibilities of differential turnout , additional SNP strength in Scotland and local variations in Liberal Democrat strength suggests the Parliament elected today may be composed as follows : Conservatives 319 , Labour 282 , Liberal Democrats 22 , SNP seven , Plaid Cymru three and others 18 . |
| 30 | The Fat Cats are also looking rather smug which leaves Charlie 's Angels , The Waster and Pen 's Plonkers to fight for the all important third and fourth positions . |