Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [conj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Scoutmaster says a novelty plastic umbrella stand is pure elephant 's foot or if the vicar 's wife passes off a gold-plated tie-pin as the real thing , they can be held to account under law . |
| 2 | These are sometimes suggested if a baby has an allergy to cow 's milk or if the parents are vegans , and is made from a soya bean protein ( an example is Wysoy ) . |
| 3 | It was conceded by pursuer 's counsel that if the first two propositions were correct , then the third would necessarily follow . |
| 4 | The Divisional Court held that it had jurisdiction to review the visitor 's decision and that the visitor 's decision was wrong in law . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal held that the stevedore 's employers were vicariously liable for the stevedore 's negligence and that the damage was not too remote . |
| 6 | Not , for him , chance as the hero 's luck but as the effect of random events on the particular weakness or strength of an individual . |
| 7 | It was decided that the First Aid Post would be at Doctor and Nancy Little 's cottage and that the village hall was to be the Rest Centre . |
| 8 | ‘ I know I did , but that was before I knew the labels were typed on Dick Tavett 's typewriter and that the bags matched those in the Post 's stationery stockroom . ’ |
| 9 | Councillors and officials will demand that such ships should have a mandatory duty to contact the Orkney Harbour 's Department and that the Government should pay for a tug to escort them through the Pentland Firth . |
| 10 | Thus it became certain that Rennenkampf could not , for at least two , possibly three , days , come to Samsonov 's aid and that the entire German Eastern Group could , therefore , assail Samsonov 's right wing with impunity . |
| 11 | Dundee United will take the view that there could be no more fitting postscript to the public dispute between themselves and the Ibrox club over Duncan Ferguson 's future than if the big striker was to score the goal at Tannadice today which brought to an end Rangers ' remarkable unbeaten run of 36 matches . |
| 12 | This is particularly so where it is felt that the consideration did not have a causative effect upon the authority 's determination and where the decision being impugned is not determinative of rights , such as a decision by a local authority to refer a landlord to a rent tribunal . |
| 13 | Doctors think nursing is women 's work and that the girls will take the crumbs from the medical table . |
| 14 | The fact remains that he was murdered on the night after his father 's funeral and if the two are unconnected we are back in the funny coincidences department . |
| 15 | The court had to decide whether the damage was solely as a result of the negligence of the plaintiff 's husband or whether the negligence of his workmate was also a factor . |
| 16 | These simple but extremely robust observations concern children 's knowledge that although a substance or display is changed perceptually — in other words , that the appearance of an object may change — properties such as length , area , volume , weight , number do not change . |
| 17 | What is not clear , even now , is whether another fort was established in the vicinity before the construction of nearby Stanwix on Hadrian 's Wall or whether the Carlisle position was left unguarded for a time . |
| 18 | It was Lear 's example that provided the impetus for the Goulds ' first publication , and it was Lear who later transformed Gould 's static and unimaginative style into the confident and innovative work that characterised his second and all subsequent publications . |
| 19 | The principle laid down in the Convention is that jurisdiction is vested in the courts of the state of the defendant 's domicile and that the jurisdiction provided for in article 6(1) is an exception to that principle . |
| 20 | On demurrer it was held by the majority of the Court of Queen 's Bench that while the authorities had until then confined liability for enticement to the relation between master and servant ( which that between Lumley and Wagner clearly was not ) yet the plaintiff 's claim succeeded . |
| 21 | 1.6 It is the Department 's policy that unless the member of staff and manager concerned make a case to the contrary , it will press for charges to be brought against an assailant while recognising that such a decision is wholly the province of the Procurator Fiscal following report by the police ( there being no scope for private criminal prosecution in Scotland ) . |
| 22 | Smith also remembered Minton 's advice that if a picture was going badly he should sit back , view it coldly and decide which bit he really liked . |
| 23 | Her efforts did not escape Harry 's notice and when the dance ended , he excused himself to his partner and went across to her side . |
| 24 | Sir Thomas Gray of Heton said that the peace was not in accordance with the king 's will and that the queen and Mortimer had used the opportunity of the king 's minority to arrange the whole thing . |
| 25 | The difficulties in which Althusser subsequently became enmeshed were the result of his ignoring Canguilhem 's warning that although the history of science takes science for its object , it is not itself a science , and therefore can not claim to be value-free ( or , in Marxist terms , non-ideological ) . |
| 26 | Here we have a stunning solo set of 14 songs including four Coltrane tunes ( Crescent ) [ and alternative take ] ; Lonnie 's Lament and After the Rain ) , standards ( All the things you are : I should care ; Willow weep for Me ) and tunes by Tyner 's influences and friends ( Bud Powell 's Bouncin' with Bud and Dexter Gordon 's Tivolo ) and a quintet of songs by Tyner himself . |
| 27 | 9.13 Tenant 's property If after the Tenant has vacated the Premises on the expiry of the Term any property of the Tenant remains in or on the Premises and the Tenant fails to remove it within [ 7 ] days after being requested in writing by the Landlord to do so or if after using [ its ] best endeavours the Landlord is unable to make such a request to the Tenant within [ 14 ] days from the first attempt so made by the Landlord : |
| 28 | We feel that it is much better to recognize clearly that some roles should be the teacher 's province and that the program designer should not try to employ the program in such roles . |
| 29 | However , McCann 's assumption that because the DHAC espoused a theory of fundamental class antagonisms , this was accepted by all who applauded their actions , was not borne out by events . |
| 30 | The theoretical debate has tended to follow Raymond Williams 's suggestion that although the urban working-class found in music-hall performers ‘ their most authentic voice ’ the halls were not full manifestations of working-class culture but were rather ‘ a very mixed institution ’ . |