Example sentences of "'s [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After leading its sector in hectic growth , Saatchi 's became the largest ad agency in the world . |
| 2 | IN 1891 , St Cuthbert 's became the third new church to be opened in Bradford in the space of four years . |
| 3 | Vivoli 's sell the best ice cream in the world . |
| 4 | Questions set by the computer , which then supplies the answer for checking purposes after a randomly set time delay , seem to have a powerful motivating effect and are but one example of the effectiveness of the computer 's simulating the random elements which the pupil experiences in everyday life and work . |
| 5 | Unlike so many hotel kitchens , which are completely enclosed , La Rive 's has the unusual feature of being surrounded by windows , with a door on to a magnificent herb garden , where guests can only go at the invitation of the chef . |
| 6 | Leaders of deputies from the opposition nationalist organization , Rukh , did not carry out their threat to boycott the session of the Supreme Soviet in protest at Kravchuk 's signing the transitional plan for the new state structure at the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies on Sept. 2 . |
| 7 | Hurd declared himself " reasonably encouraged " by his discussions on security issues , although there appeared still to be difficulties over Kazakhstan 's signing the nuclear non-proliferation treaty . |
| 8 | Sainsbury 's sponsored the grape-treading stage and Faith gave a bare-footed demonstration before the Prince . |
| 9 | British Coal 's deserve the same treatment . |
| 10 | St Patrick 's High School Ballymena defeated North-eastern rivals St MacNissi 's to reach the Junior semi-finals for the first time . |
| 11 | Neil MacGregor , director of the National Gallery , was invited by Sainsbury 's to select the eight paintings . |
| 12 | Human realities are recognised , but in Jesus 's teaching the lifelong marriage deal is nonetheless firmly upheld . |
| 13 | An agenda proposal by Yeltsin 's opponents that he should give a " report back " explaining his conduct was defeated in favour of Yeltsin 's giving the customary keynote report in his capacity as Chair of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet . |
| 14 | In 1894 he joined the Wilson Line in Hull as second mate of the SS Draco and three years later a chance meeting with the Norwegian explorer H. Borchgrevink , a passenger in his vessel , the Montebello , led to Colbeck 's joining the Southern Cross expedition ( 1898–1900 ) as magnetic observer , following an intensive course of instruction at Kew Observatory . |
| 15 | The stress on efficient or productive causes means that , though Bacon 's natural philosophy includes Divinity , Hobbes 's excludes the theological study of a God that is eternal and ingenerate . |
| 16 | In that imperial annus mirabilis of 1897 Nonconformist representatives were invited for the first time in English history to take part in a royal celebration when thirty representatives were allowed places at St Paul 's to witness the short act of worship in the midst of the Queen 's Jubilee procession through London . |
| 17 | If Louis VI 's reign was decisive for the revitalization of the chancery , his son 's saw the dramatic extension of royal visitations across the realm . |
| 18 | Recommended films in London : Kieslowski 's A Short Film About Killing , Greenaway 's The Cook The Thief His Wife And Her Lover , Soderbergh 's sex , lies and videotape , Russell 's The Rainbow , Phil Noyce 's Dead Calm , Spike Lee 's Do the Right Thing , Kenneth Branagh 's Henry V and Bertrand Tavernier 's Life And Nothing But . |
| 19 | The Howard Beach outrage , when a young black man was killed while looking for a public phone in an Italian neighbourhood , provided much of the inspiration for Spike Lee 's Do The Right Thing . |
| 20 | MIKE LEIGH 'S DO THE RIGHT THING |
| 21 | JOHN SAVAGE , an American actor whose roles include a white man living in a rough black neighbourhood in Spike Lee 's Do the Right Thing , was attacked in Soweto last week . |
| 22 | This trait of Richard 's gave the Young King some reason to hope that he might be able to win over his father , Henry of Anjou , to an Angevin cause . |
| 23 | The bald election result was bad enough , but then there were the personal touches : that brave but shattered look on Glenys ' face as Neil announced his resignation , the dreadful picture on the back of the Independent of a group of City dickheads celebrating their unexpected winnings , and the downright irritating news that my fellow chatterer on Stop the Week , Milton Shulman , had made a packet at Ladbroke 's predicting the correct result . |
| 24 | Frank Cox , producer of Scottish Television 's Take the High Road , explained that hooking the audience by providing compelling characters is the most important thing . |
| 25 | During her researches she went to Lord 's to examine the immense collection which belongs to the MCC and went into the Long Room . |
| 26 | Even in the event of Israel 's relinquishing the occupied territories this political problem is likely to continue , partly because the absorptive capacity of the West Bank is limited but also because the vast majority of refugees in Lebanon come from Galilee , Haifa and Acre , and consider these places to be home . |
| 27 | Of the thousands of headstones in Roselawn cemetery Brian 's remains the only one which does not carry the date of his death — it is not known . |
| 28 | Lord Home 's remains the unknown premiership of the post-war period . |
| 29 | For example , the following two sentences of Ruskin 's contain the same number of words , but [ 8 ] consists of just one main clause , whereas [ 9 ] contains two subordinate clauses ( which are italicised ) : [ 8 ] Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery . |
| 30 | Wendy 's rejoined the fast food market in Great Britain after an absence of nearly six years . |