Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claude Simon 's fiction provides for the possibility of retrieval , if we accept the mimetic claim that the form of the novel must be dictated by the incoherence and instability of memory and perception : in Le Vent ( 1957 ) , L'Herbe ( 1958 ) , La Route des Flandres ( 1960 ) , Le Palace ( 1962 ) and Histoire ( 1967 ) , the fragmentation and discontinuity of reality is conveyed in the narrative syntax itself . |
| 2 | It is not hard , however , to make a strong case for the view that unrest in a particular part of the empire in 1858 loomed large in the regime 's decision to opt for the version of emancipation which gave peasants land . |
| 3 | Crawford 's willingness to suffer for the good of the show , beyond the call of duty , was an early example of the masochistic rigours he would endure for the sake of comedy . |
| 4 | Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot 's script called for the clerk to be a ‘ heavy ’ type , but Crawford was successful in changing the underling to a meek , nervous sort . |
| 5 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 6 | Without a moment 's hesitation Stirling 's jeep headed for the runway , the fighting formation behind him . |
| 7 | A speechwriter 's attempt to compensate for the public relations lapse in not going to the Berlin Wall , Mr Bush 's prime time statement went out on all television channels on Thanksgiving Eve . |
| 8 | Below : A late evening view taken as Oak 's engine runs for the first time since restoration . |
| 9 | So to New York , where the world of women 's tennis met for the Virginia Slims Championships to a background of political ferment , following my disclosure in The Daily Telegraph , that , like the men three years earlier , the women — or at least the WTA board — felt they were also ready to declare UDI . |
| 10 | This shift was particularly evident in Hoffmann 's pavilion designed for the Secession 's 1908 Kunstschau . |
| 11 | Our local PFA Inspector Pat Barker kept a keen eye on our progress , monitoring our workmanship at all the recognised stages throughout the build , and on 8 March this year , Midge 's propeller turned for the first time under her own engine power , being a Monday , I naturally had the day as holiday ! |
| 12 | It 's a carpenter 's tool tuned for the top notes . |
| 13 | Did Manchester United 's relegation to Division Two , England 's failure to qualify for the Argentina Soccer World Cup , Australia 's mid-70s cricket XI , see the demise of their sport ? |
| 14 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
| 15 | Coach quits AMERICAN Kevin Cadle has resigned as England men 's basketball coach following the team 's failure to qualify for the 1993 European Championship finals . |
| 16 | England 's failure to qualify for the 1974 World Cup finals saw Moore 's departure from the national scene . |
| 17 | German doctors at a university hospital in Bavaria planned to keep the unnamed brain-dead woman 's body functioning for the sake of the child , which was not due to be born until next April . |
| 18 | This delighted Mr Winston Churchill , who as First Lord of the Admiralty was anxious to secure the Royal Navy 's fuel supplies for the war which seemed imminent . |
| 19 | From the start , he was in conflict with the DUP 's leadership who tried to persuade him not to accept the local branch 's nomination to stand for the Assembly . |
| 20 | ‘ We do n't want the player 's name slurred for the rest of his career for something done in innocence , ’ said Mr Howes . |
| 21 | Konstantinos Karamanlis , a former state President and founder of New Democracy , had on Feb. 10 turned down ND 's request to stand for the presidency . |
| 22 | Well , as Georgina Meinertzhagen 's father calls for the law to be tightened on under age drinking , landlords say it 's almost impossible to tell how old some of their customers are . |
| 23 | Cook 's father worked for the Pennymans on the estate , and Cook spent part of his childhood here . |
| 24 | I see erm it also misheard me here because I 'm involved in designing a television series as well on the construction industry also gives me some interesting data about the industry was it ten per cent of the nation 's workforce works for the construction industry which in an average year will turn over thirty five billion pounds |
| 25 | Flaubert 's niece asked for the traditional cast of the writer 's hand to be taken . |
| 26 | Ndembu say that the sapling 's pliancy stands for the girl 's immaturity and youth : the tree is sometimes stated to be the novice 's ‘ matrilineage ’ , and its leaves her ‘ children ’ . |
| 27 | This gives an impression of speed which is so important in this interpretation of Czerny 's finger exercises for the piano , and is quite alien to the soft rise and fall of the Sylphides ' jetés danced to Chopin 's romantic music in a woodland glade . |
| 28 | No one , he thinks , who is unfamiliar with ‘ Pound 's P.T. Barnumising for the visual arts ’ will know what to make of it . |
| 29 | As a keen musician and clarinet player ( name your own musical instrument or say ‘ As one who appreciates music but can not play anything more difficult than a gramophone record , I was very impressed to learn ) I was delighted to learn that Annabelle 's uncle plays for the BBC orchestra ( or pop group , etc. ) , on the violin ( or drums ) . |
| 30 | He wants daddy 's knife to use for the marmalade . |