Example sentences of "x ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The orange river picked up the rejection letter and open cigarette packet in its path and floated them over onto X 's lap . |
| 2 | ‘ A bit concerned over X 's honesty , though as yet no evidence ’ and ‘ Mother professes an interest in his welfare but we hear stories of drinking and late night parties ’ — both come from school records but could not stand parental scrutiny . |
| 3 | At X 's request Four Point Garage delivered the car direct to Mr. Carter who believed himself to be taking delivery from X. X became insolvent without ever paying Four Point Garage . |
| 4 | When Four Point Garage , at X 's request , delivered direct to Mr. Carter , it was exactly the same as if X had taken delivery from Four Point Garage and himself delivered the car to Mr. Carter . |
| 5 | The most effective way of doing this is for X to comply with the provisions of section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 , i.e. to give Y a written notice , signed by X , unconditionally assigning to Y all X 's rights as buyer under the contract of sale . |
| 6 | However , equity may also recognise X 's rights on the basis of the agreement with Y if there is sufficient writing as required by s. 2 of the 1989 Act . |
| 7 | In almost every society we know something about , except perhaps the very simplest , there are individuals who specialize in music or who are regarded as more skilled ; in this respect , notation brings about not a total change but an added stimulus , and even without it , there can develop — as in blues or in British ‘ folk ’ traditions — an idea of particular songs being attached in some way to individuals : ‘ that 's X 's song ’ . |
| 8 | It was put repeatedly to the psychologist witnesses called by the defence that whatever the tests might say those present could form as good an impression of Mr X 's intelligence from observing his behaviour in the witness box . |
| 9 | When the plaintiff presented himself at the theatre , the defendant , who was X 's servant and manager of the theatre , detected the plaintiff and refused to admit him . |
| 10 | The argument was not without precedent : in 1316 Louis X 's daughter Jeanne had been passed over in favour of his brother Philip V , and Philip 's own daughters had been excluded in 1321 in favour of his youngest brother , Charles IV . |
| 11 | His mother the dowager Queen Isabella survived until 1358 and if she could transmit title to Edward III , why could not Jeanne of Navarre , Louis X 's daughter , or any of the daughters of Philip V do likewise ? |
| 12 | On X 's order and with Y 's tacit consent the defendants dispatched some of the barley to Kuwait . |
| 13 | In either case the problem for X is the same , namely what is X 's position if Y Ltd. having taken delivery then becomes insolvent and goes into liquidation before paying for the goods ? |
| 14 | We have first to pretend that , in the event of A wrongfully directing an innocent person X to do something to B 's goods , A is in the position of a finder or custodian of the goods ; and then we must ask ourselves , ‘ Would X 's acts have been excused if these were the facts ? ’ |
| 15 | X 's secretary , formerly for eight years secretary to Judge now of the European Court of Justice and formerly an advocate who lives just along , came with me to see get the Royal Bank/Univ Alumnus of the Year Award on Saturday . |
| 16 | Michael X 's friend , Jim Haynes , was doing better . |
| 17 | Fire broke out on X 's land . |
| 18 | The problem can also arise where Y takes goods from X under a sale of goods contract which contains a retention of title clause , i.e. a clause stating that Y is not to become the owner unless and until he has paid for them and that if Y re-sells them before paying for them , X 's ownership is to transfer from the goods to the proceeds of the re-sale received by Y. Suppose Y sells the goods to Z before he has paid X for them . |
| 19 | The presumption of ownership which follows from A's or X 's possession may , for instance , be rebutted by a rival claimant , Y , who can show that he or his predecessor was in possession , and that A or X wrongfully dispossessed him . |
| 20 | In Said v. Butt the plaintiff wished to get a ticket for X 's theatre . |
| 21 | It is simply , King 's X 's creed . |
| 22 | It is simply , King 's X 's creed . |
| 23 | However , re-modelling the X-Windows XT intrinsics toolkit — upon which Motif and other X-Windows-based interface styles are built — for C++ , still wo n't , because of X 's limitations , allow developers to take advantage of native object-oriented languages , says Dave Sternlicht of the X Consortium . |
| 24 | Finally , we asked you what , in your opinion , was the very practical way in which X 's inability as a pilot let him down ? |
| 25 | Such weirdness aside , the heart of King 's X 's greatness is riff power and soul power . |
| 26 | Such weirdness aside , the heart of King 's X 's greatness is riff power and soul power . |
| 27 | As the loan is repaid from property in the trust Mr X 's deposit , pound for pound , is released to Mr X. Mr X will have retained an interest in the income in the trust because he benefits when the deposit , pound for pound , is released . |
| 28 | Being part of the natural world and a proper object of scientific study , X is predictable on the basis of X 's preferences and information , which are in turn the result of X 's nature and nurture . |
| 29 | In 1993/94 £100,000 of capital under a deed of appointment is paid for the benefit of Mr X. The relevant income in 1992/93 was £20,000 , in 1993/94 £50,000 and in 1994/95 £70,000. £70,000 of the £100,000 will be treated as Mr X 's income for 1993/94 and £30,000 will be treated as Mr X 's income for 1994/95 . |
| 30 | In 1993/94 £100,000 of capital under a deed of appointment is paid for the benefit of Mr X. The relevant income in 1992/93 was £20,000 , in 1993/94 £50,000 and in 1994/95 £70,000. £70,000 of the £100,000 will be treated as Mr X 's income for 1993/94 and £30,000 will be treated as Mr X 's income for 1994/95 . |