Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sylvester 's text considers these factors and balances them against the feebleness with which Magritte might execute dull repetitions of his more popular compositions . |
| 2 | Income support rise ‘ derisory ’ : This week 's rise takes many pensioners back to where they were 18 months ago , Sue Fieldman reports |
| 3 | The basic chef 's course lasts 19 weeks ( shortened for those already holding City & Guilds 706 ) , covers fundamental culinary skills and is open to 18–25 year olds . |
| 4 | Having spoken , the monk undergoes a physical reaction to the utterance of his salacious thoughts of the wife being exercised , sexually , in bed : This response to his own thought and speech on the monk 's part creates another novelty within this fabliau : a character who assumes a role parallel to that of a real reader outside the text ; a listener to and responder to a text and its implications , and what is more a reader who indulges in an interpretation of the text of his thoughts as pornographic , i.e. capable of exciting vicarious , erotic sensation . |
| 5 | Unless a Christian 's faith includes this level of understanding , he is short-changing himself . |
| 6 | Anna 's sister has this message for him . |
| 7 | The idea that the theist must be certain of God 's existence deserves careful consideration . |
| 8 | Rumens 's play has similar concerns , though they are rather less delicately expressed . |
| 9 | Caryl Churchill 's play sets individual achievement against all women 's struggle against oppression . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's decision gives those schools the scent of Government cash for building work next year , but Ms Armstrong , MP for North West Durham , accused Mr Fallon of using ministerial office for party political advantage . |
| 11 | EPC 's expertise brings significant benefits to its members in the water and process industries , and the club 's continuing expansion indicates that they find it a cost-effective extension of in-house resources , as well as a focal point for keeping abreast of developments in the field of effluent treatment . |
| 12 | Claire 's watch says sixty minutes . |
| 13 | THE timeless fascination of Sophocles 's Antigone has many explanations , not least in its ability to present in dramatic form many of the most delicate , painful questions concerning government and politics , and with the uncertain ability of human beings to co-exist in society . |
| 14 | The interpretation and application of the Bible 's teaching poses many problems , and Christians may legitimately differ in their interpretation at some points . |
| 15 | As recorded by Fredegar , the Byzantine link , with the emperor Maurice , is chronologically impossible , but the presence of vast quantities of Byzantine coin in Childeric 's grave goes some way to supporting the idea that he did have support from the eastern Empire . |
| 16 | Perhaps FYT 's ministry has more significance than we realise to merit such concerted antagonism ! |
| 17 | Mr Wright 's experience underscores many companies ' concerns about empowerment , which is rapidly becoming a buzz-word in enlightened management circles . |
| 18 | Malawi 's experience illustrates fundamental problems in the complex interweaving of traditional and modern values which coexist in Africa . |
| 19 | Proust 's narrative undercuts these distinctions in a way that defies logic as well as narrative models by narrating single events as if they had happened repeatedly . |
| 20 | In the simple Sabbath ceremonies , much of Judaism 's genius finds expressive recollection . |
| 21 | Membership of Templer 's Park costs 75,000 ringiit ( $10,000 ) . |
| 22 | Unlike recent ‘ innatist ’ views of children 's intellectual development , Campbell and Olson 's framework represents cognitive development as ‘ the accretion and expansion of representational powers ’ . |
| 23 | In fact it seems to this reviewer that Quinton 's framework offers essential support for Eccleshall 's vision of Conservatism , in that the axioms Quinton describes provide for a specifically Conservative conception of political authority and social discipline . |
| 24 | It was seen as healthy for the British-American relationship and a good omen for Mr Bush 's re-election hopes this autumn . |
| 25 | The drive for preservation of cinema 's heritage reaches these shores with the inauguration of the BFI 's Film Classics series . |
| 26 | Bacon 's search involves discrete steps in a finite set of directions , rather than steps through a continuum . |
| 27 | The child 's mind demands strong lines and colours in the picture presented to it , while its moral sense is not satisfied short of the extremest sentence of the law . ’ |
| 28 | MFI firm 's closure cuts 259 jobs |
| 29 | He added that a tight market in the company 's stock exaggerates any movement . |
| 30 | ( Iago 's misogyny has deep roots in his psyche . ) |