Example sentences of "'s [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , what disturbs me most is Hartley 's total disrespect for the ‘ ancients ’ as he calls them , and the musicians who use and love these products , and ours . |
| 2 | At the national level , however , the service industries have accounted for over half the economy 's total output since the late 1960s ( Barras , 1984 ) . |
| 3 | The field is expected to go into production in the third quarter of 1994 , and to increase Cairn 's total output from the equivalent of 4,500 to 7,500 barrels per day of oil . |
| 4 | * Usage Rate — the supplier may attempt to increase the purchase rate of the customer , so that the customer becomes a heavier user , or may instead try to increase his proportion of the customer 's total order for the product . |
| 5 | Other negative feelings may arise out of the learning situation itself , or the student 's total ignorance of the language to be learned . |
| 6 | Other officials claimed Diana 's total indifference to the four-day South Korean tour was illustrated by her choice of clothes . |
| 7 | The main reaction of Europeans confronted by the American desert has been a powerful sense of dread , at the vastness , the silence , the heat , the absence of greenery , the land 's total indifference to the existence of human life . |
| 8 | These figures are the equivalent of one year 's total production in the the SADCC region and far exceed the region 's total debt . |
| 9 | Pilger and Hayling wrote a job description outlining the editor in chief 's total power over the editor , which was to be shown to applicants for the editor 's job so they would know the position . |
| 10 | In scene one , for example , Anderson has 14.9 words per turn in comparison to McKendrick 's 11 ; a fact which neither suggests Anderson 's total domination of the conversation nor his loquacity . |
| 11 | This development , currently under construction , is an example of this Government 's total disregard for the process of democracy and its equal contempt for the attendant principle of genuine accountability . |
| 12 | This will take the company 's total workforce in the city to over 400 — and even more jobs could follow if Direct Line 's rate of growth continues at its present level . |
| 13 | After selection , both these systems are manually pumped out using a fore-and-aft lever beside one 's right thigh with an extending red-topped handle like a heavy walking stick . |
| 14 | A mother 's brother of the bride then tied the little finger of the bride 's right hand to the little finger of the groom 's left hand with a gold chain . |
| 15 | It floats enough to raise the pitch of the top E string by a full tone , but this amount of movement means that any slight pressure from the player 's right hand on the bridge affects the pitch of the strings . |
| 16 | They had , apparently , ridden in around dawn , after a hectic escape from the battlefield 's carnage , the Steward 's right arm in a sling . |
| 17 | It is these positive examples of what is generally taken to be a negative force that have given rise to such concepts as ‘ white ’ ( i.e. good ) witchcraft ; they are part of our European tradition and lend a certain credence to Margaret Murray 's exaggerated presentation of a satanic underground cult of evil co-existing with orthodox Christianity . ’ |
| 18 | Dr Clarke 's painstaking scrutiny of the record now shows that Keynes was even more changeable than we thought . |
| 19 | Michael Croggan 's painstaking work on the Amazon rainforests has earned international acclaim and the first Jameson award for the twenty first century . |
| 20 | PETER Scudamore 's seven-season monopoly on the champion jump jockeys ' title could be under threat , according to the bookies . |
| 21 | Despite Maury 's odd experience with the French Revolution , it seems that dreams proceed at a " normal " temporal pace . |
| 22 | She told Bridget about Veronica 's odd behaviour over the Paris flat . |
| 23 | Perhaps rock star Bryan Adams , the victim of Selina 's odd questioning on the Wogan show , offered the best explanation for the success Selina will be looking for when she interviews celebrities on Entertainment Express next year . |
| 24 | He had already assessed Paul 's due income from the returns of publishing , and proposed to make an annual settlement which would enable Paul to be kept in comfort in the mental home and , also , provide for the education of the children . |
| 25 | Such overcrowded conditions , together with my father 's low salary as a teacher , were probably as important factors as my own abilities in my being considered a suitable case for rescue . |
| 26 | However , there was no doubt that , despite Owen 's low salary as a lecturer in philosophy at Columbia University , and the fact that they had two small children to clothe and feed , her cousin and her husband were amazingly happy and contented together . |
| 27 | The Government 's low standing in the polls meant that the debate on policy and public relations , which was to be replied to by Norman Fowler , the chairman of the Party , would no doubt release a flood of anxiety and complaint . |
| 28 | Again the pitch played a part , Clough struggling to change direction as Harford ran in unmarked to steer Kamara 's low centre into the bottom corner . |
| 29 | He is a better finisher than that , of course , and amends were duly made in the 43rd minute when he brought it to 2-0 on the night and 3-3 overall by meeting David Smith 's low centre from the left with a 12-yard volley of stunning velocity . |
| 30 | Whether Ray Farningham meant to collect Ian Cameron 's low cross from the right as he did is equally puzzling , but he turned well and shot past Andy Rhodes . |