Example sentences of "'s [noun] [noun sg] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still Price : Lintas is thought to have won the Adams children 's wear account following a pitch against Advertising Principles and KHBB . |
| 2 | A review and analysis of SSAP 15 was carried out by a working party of the institute 's research committee following a request from the Accounting Standards Board . |
| 3 | The 1991 election was fought largely on the issue of tax reform , with Pálsson 's Independence Party favouring a general reduction of rates of taxation which Hermannsson 's Progressive Party dismissed as " irresponsible " . |
| 4 | The voluminous Extel archives , giving a unique insight into Victorian journalists ' news-gathering methods ( and expenses claims ) are now in London 's Guildhall Library awaiting a researcher . |
| 5 | Finally , local trading standards officials in Oxfordshire are urging parents to be on their guard against a children 's chemistry set containing a potentially lethal substance . |
| 6 | The first on Tyneside was syndicalist , organized around shop-stewards in engineering and the shipyards with lodge officials and the activists of the Seaman 's Reform Movement playing a similar role in mining and shipping . |
| 7 | The last thing I remember is Matt The Tube from Jim Rose 's Circus Sideshow getting a loud cheer as he pulled a straw from his nose with a pair of pliers . |
| 8 | The news sent the Anglo-French group 's share price plunging a further 40p to close at 528p . |
| 9 | The man , pictured in yesterday 's Sunday Mirror wearing a thick black false beard , also claims he was paid only a few thousand pounds from the massive haul and is now broke . |
| 10 | Further down the street was Young 's Timber Yard having a narrow entrance under the bedrooms of adjoining houses which made deliveries difficult . |
| 11 | She had barely skimmed over the last few paragraphs of information , used to Debbie 's ridiculous ideas about a person 's birth sign giving a clue to his character , but now the temptation to find out proved too great . |
| 12 | Lincolnshire 's pilot scheme giving a group of seven pilot secondary schools control over teacher staffing . |
| 13 | Avon have withdrawn from the West regional rounds of the NatWest Women 's County Championship following a disappointing turn-out of players and internal problems , writes Cathy Harris . |
| 14 | When he arrived at Swindon , he found the club in shambolic crisis and in a fraught confrontation with his board , stormed into the boardroom at the Club 's County Ground holding a mouldy , moth-eaten jockstrap . |
| 15 | The 1987 Language Survey conducted by ILEA found 23 per cent of the Authority 's school population using a language other than or in addition to English at home , with 170 different languages spoken by its pupils . |
| 16 | They were racing for records at the Iffley Road track in Oxford … the British Milers Club celebrated their thirtieth birthday by smashing three mile records … the first ever record breaker Sir Roger Bannister was there to watch and what did he see … the men 's four by one mile relay squad breaking the UK record … the women 's relay team creating a new world record and the junior relay team taking the gold medal by knocking a minute … off the world record … |
| 17 | We have n't had the ridiculous spectacle of our leader 's press officer interrupting a press conference to contradict him . ’ |
| 18 | A funeral director 's licence needed a degree and two year 's mortuary service following a one-year apprenticeship . |