Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she finishes speaking , the blunt colloquialism of Wilekin 's response emphasizes the facile and artificial nature of her self-portrait : ( " Dear woman , give over ! " ) |
| 2 | The user 's acceptor represents the users and approves the specifications from the users ’ point of view before construction starts , and the user will use the operational system . |
| 3 | Luckily , the Field Guide 's glossary explains the unfamiliar terminology and much of it is obviously useful . |
| 4 | Yesterday 's award follows the collapse of another BR case in which MP Harry Greenaway had been accused of corruption involving a rail engineering firm . |
| 5 | Pat 's sketch offers the dimensions used on Carole and Alan 's winning kite . |
| 6 | The machine manual should go into detail on this but Pat 's sketch shows the two possibilities for going wrong , and explains the correct way with notes on adjustment for a typical domestic machine . |
| 7 | The force of a runner 's foot deflects the pavement very little in running , and therefore does little work ( in the Newtonian sense ) on his environment . |
| 8 | The property of springiness is easy enough to detect : it is in direct relation to the speed with which a runner 's foot leaves the surface after contact with the ground . |
| 9 | Harlot 's Ghost distils the uneasy , febrile , panicky essence of American Cold War paranoia and bottles it at a literate room temperature . |
| 10 | Mr Lamont 's stand means the Royal Family , including the Duke and Duchess of York will continue to escape the attentions of the inland revenue . |
| 11 | In short , Dobson 's case follows the erroneous interpretation which was endowed with authority by Lawrence and was therefore , in my respectful opinion , wrongly decided . |
| 12 | Orwell Transport 's case concerns the tachograph regulations which are frequently infringed , deliberately and unwittingly . |
| 13 | Charlie 's case raises the question of the employer 's personal duty of care and the duty to provide adequate equipment . |
| 14 | Today 's case brings the number of successful prosecutions in the Thames region to thirty four since the N R A was formed last year . |
| 15 | Now , Alan Janes 's play matches the well-loved songs with equally well-loved dialogue in a K-Tel Golden Greats collection of Dramatists ' Reliables . |
| 16 | In redefining the events that occured , Dei Treanor 's play redefines the truth of Artemesia 's rape and her rightful place in Art History . |
| 17 | Brandon Thomas 's play reflects the social propriety that meant young ladies were always chaperoned in mixed company even to a lunch party such being in 15 minutes time was n't thought unusual . |
| 18 | Flaubert 's fiction poses the question : Does irony preclude sympathy ? |
| 19 | Roth 's fiction internalises the brother identified in The Facts . |
| 20 | Almost always considered secondary to his poetry , Masefield 's fiction has the same basic theme , man 's search for beauty — in nature , in ideas and , often , in the ideal of womanhood . |
| 21 | Hampden 's statue guards the entrance to St Stephens Hall , formerly chamber of the House of Commons . |
| 22 | But the publisher 's favourite remains the first reply he received . |
| 23 | The jester in Notker 's story conveys the anxiety of men at the mercy of the king 's will . |
| 24 | Robbins 's direction complements the verité emphasis of the film and is stylized enough to make us aware that Roberts is not always comfortable with witnesses . |
| 25 | Randa Haines 's direction shows the TV-movie-of-the-week competence she showed in her debut , Children of a Lesser God . |
| 26 | A chance hearing of the Lord 's Prayer produces the following conversation : Child : What 's heaven ? |
| 27 | In refinement , equipment and build quality there 's little to choose between the two , while Vauxhall 's head-turner outshines the more expensive Corrado in more humdrum aspects , such as passenger and luggage space , and its motorway ride . |
| 28 | As AT&T 's Bob Kavner , soon to be USL 's erstwhile chairman , says Novell 's purchase takes the emotions out , leaving people to get on to the real issues . |
| 29 | This week 's chart shows the correct figures . |
| 30 | The real danger of Conservative defeat in today 's election reflects the scale of the disillusionment which has intervened . |