Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she finishes speaking , the blunt colloquialism of Wilekin 's response emphasizes the facile and artificial nature of her self-portrait : ( " Dear woman , give over ! " ) |
| 2 | When a wife 's income forms an important part of the family income , rising wage levels make children a less attractive option . |
| 3 | Our party is determined to let the nation 's money obey the natural law , starting with the law of supply and demand . |
| 4 | Luckily , the Field Guide 's glossary explains the unfamiliar terminology and much of it is obviously useful . |
| 5 | In an attempt to instil accountability , the Bank 's board commissioned an internal study to make crisp proposals on improving the way the Bank is run . |
| 6 | Last week , in the wake of the civil suit lodged against Santa Cruz president Larry Michels for sexual harassment by three former executive secretaries at the company ( UX No 415 ) , SCO 's board issued the following statement : ‘ We are extremely distressed by the recent allegations made against the company and its president . |
| 7 | The machine manual should go into detail on this but Pat 's sketch shows the two possibilities for going wrong , and explains the correct way with notes on adjustment for a typical domestic machine . |
| 8 | It was Trainer himself who deftly headed in a right wing free kick at the start of the second period , but Ballycastle came back to equalise through Woods with two minutes to go before Gorman 's winner settled an exciting tie . |
| 9 | Robertson 's text offers an analytical if dry survey of the main trends of the Cardinal 's interests , but there is little revelation of his character : surely Haskell 's great example in Patrons and Painters proved the need for obeisance at the shrine of personality . |
| 10 | News that Sir James Goldsmith and George Soros were speculating on the metal 's rise sparked the recent rally . |
| 11 | When Granny ( or Grandpa ) comes to live with the family in old age , it will be to everyone 's advantage to encourage the close bond between them and the children , since it always contributes much to their enjoyment of life , and consequently to the happiness of the whole household . |
| 12 | EX-POSTIE Geoff Luxton 's parcel went an extra 10,000 miles — because he was 20 yards out with the address . |
| 13 | Harlot 's Ghost distils the uneasy , febrile , panicky essence of American Cold War paranoia and bottles it at a literate room temperature . |
| 14 | I suppose it 's too much to expect a senior Queen 's Counsel to work the same hours as ordinary folk , ’ Bragg said grumpily . |
| 15 | Dyarchy had always depended for its successful working on the exercise of tactful influence by the British governor and his officials , who had their reputations invested in preventing the resignations of their Indian colleagues ; but Irwin 's formulation took the controlling role allotted to influence much further . |
| 16 | Bregawn 's temperament got the better of him the following season , and on his racecourse appearances he displayed increasing sourness . |
| 17 | Mr Lamont 's stand means the Royal Family , including the Duke and Duchess of York will continue to escape the attentions of the inland revenue . |
| 18 | But the RSPCA who brought today 's case told a different story . |
| 19 | In short , Dobson 's case follows the erroneous interpretation which was endowed with authority by Lawrence and was therefore , in my respectful opinion , wrongly decided . |
| 20 | Coming so soon after the fiasco of Barricades Week , it opened up the prospect of new opportunities in foreign policy and reinforced a determination on de Gaulle 's part to liquidate the Algerian problem as soon as possible , even at the expense of major concessions to the FLN and its government-in-exile , the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic or GPRA . |
| 21 | Something more of the requisite independence could be achieved by Berkeley 's doctrine that ideas which are not subject to our own will are produced in us by God : the independence of a real thing , its having some continuity despite interrupted perception of it , could be explained in terms of a continued readiness on God 's part to excite the requisite ideas in us at suitable moments . |
| 22 | The approach may represent an attempt on Sotheby 's part to woo the ever-increasing number of bankrupt dealers to offer their stocks at auction . |
| 23 | Children 's literature became an abiding interest . |
| 24 | The average man 's ejaculate contains an estimated 200,000,000 sperm , although this represents just two per cent of the total ejaculate ; the other ninety-eight per cent consists of the mucus-like semen . |
| 25 | I also reported that the Duchess of York 's sister had a new job . |
| 26 | Most probably the boy 's sister had the same biochemical defect . |
| 27 | In these four passages Nietzsche 's sister saw a prime piece of evidence for her brother 's " real " intention to write a big book about Greece rather than a short one about tragedy . |
| 28 | ‘ My lord 's sister seems a sweet lady , ’ Ellen chattered on , pouring the warm milk into a goblet . |
| 29 | The rural life had denied her Jane Sharpe 's fashionable pallor ; instead Lucille 's skin had the healthy bloom of country weather . |
| 30 | All amphibians have mucous glands in their skin which produce a slime that helps to keep it moist and some of these in the firebelly 's skin produce a bitter-tasting poison . |