Example sentences of "'s [noun] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That does n't mean the manager should n't take a considerable share of the act 's income at the beginning . |
| 2 | Senior officials in Borders education department will be challenged today at an education committee meeting to justify termination of the Heiton teacher 's contract at the end of next week . |
| 3 | By way of illustration the following table shows what £1,000 will be worth in today 's money at the end of the periods shown if the annual rate of inflation over the period is as shown : |
| 4 | By way of illustration the following table shows what £1000 will be worth in today 's money at the end of the periods shown , if annual rates of inflation over the period are as shown . |
| 5 | By way of illustration the following table shows what £1,000 will be worth in today 's money at the end of the periods shown , if the annual rate of inflation over the period is as shown . |
| 6 | By way of illustration the following table shows what £1,000 will be worth in today 's money at the end of the periods shown , if the annual rate of inflation over the period is as shown . |
| 7 | By way of illustration the following table shows what £1,000 will be worth in today 's money at the end of the years shown if the yearly rate of inflation over the period is as shown : |
| 8 | In all three cases net sterling payments to the government 's accounts at the Bank reduce market liquidity . |
| 9 | Akram 's hour at the crease saw him punish Salisbury , take his side into the lead , survive at catch to Malcolm 's outstretched hand at deep mid-off , and finally go , bamboozled , when Salisbury put a googly , from wide of the crease , around the wicket , between the batsman 's legs and into the stumps : 263 for 7 . |
| 10 | Miles had now completed the cat 's cradle at the end of his line , and had loaded the perspex tube of his swimfeeder with a porridgy mash of bread and maggots . |
| 11 | As the war dragged on Modigliani 's horror at the waste of life increased . |
| 12 | Furthermore , the affidavit sworn on 24 May 1990 of Mr. Richard Small , the defendant 's counsel at the trial , deposes that on 29 July 1982 the Director of Public Prosecutions of Jamaica issued to all Crown counsel and clerks of the court a memorandum which stated : |
| 13 | It was doubly difficult for Unionists to resist the substitution of Sir Henry Wilson for Robertson , for Wilson was the most Unionist of all the General Staff and Robertson had not enjoyed good relations with Unionists ; Derby 's weakness at the War Office and Law 's loyalty to Lloyd George were sufficient to defuse the situation . |
| 14 | The idea is that the court should give only very cursory consideration to the applicant 's case at the leave stage , and that leave proceedings should not be used as a surrogate for a full hearing in order to test the strengths and weaknesses of the parties ' respective cases as an aid to settlement out-of-court . |
| 15 | The emperor and empress had foreseen and tried to forestall resentment on Louis the German 's part at the grant to Charles . |
| 16 | ‘ Is the count 's sister at the hacienda ? ’ she asked offhandedly , trying to look bored . |
| 17 | Quivers of movement , like trickles of electricity , danced over Meredith 's skin at the sound of his velvety voice . |
| 18 | As this is the speech in which we see Cassius 's motives for killing Caesar , the other one I am looking at is Brutus 's soliloquy at the beginning of Act II scene I , giving his reasons for joining the conspiracy . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , during Antony 's soliloquy at the end of the scene he refers to the murderers as ‘ butchers ’ , and ‘ bloody men . ’ |
| 20 | Yesterday 's mass picket had been fuelled by last week 's decision at the Court of Session to allow meetings at the gates , and by the wave of support for the sacked workers at a rally in Dundee on Saturday . |
| 21 | This practice , borrowed from the United States , recognises that until shares are issued they confer no rights at all , and that the rights ultimately attached to them depend on the company 's decision at the time when they are issued . |
| 22 | On the face of it , the Bundestag 's decision at the end of last month to abolish refugees ' automatic right to asylum was reasonable . |
| 23 | They were but it 's the recession and no-one 's building at the moment . |
| 24 | Verdeţ was pushed into the porter 's cabin at the entrance to the mine and obliged to telephone Communist Party headquarters in Bucharest with the miners ' message . |
| 25 | He dived headlong as he reached the top , but Burun stepped out of the way , caught his son 's sash at the back as he passed , swung him round and threw him into the wreckage of the bed again . |
| 26 | Main 's removal at the instigation of Cunningham 's enemies , and the appointment shortly thereafter of Cunnan to act in his place , had , as Provost Cunningham remarked , made ‘ a very great noise ’ , and by providing this evidence of their influence , the Haldane party could argue plausibly that all of the partisans of the Cunningham faction then in office would not retain their places for much longer . |
| 27 | ‘ Work , work , work , like Noah 's sons at the Ark . |
| 28 | Youth For Peace , another branch of the Peace People , is also run from the organisation 's base at the Peace House , or ‘ Fredheim ’ ( Norweigan for peace ) . |
| 29 | ‘ Tara 's performing at the marina hotel tonight . |
| 30 | While the train is accelerating , the driver 's watch at the front goes faster than the guard 's . |