Example sentences of "[art] [noun] 's [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples are a pawnbroker selling the pledgor 's goods when the loan is not repaid and an innkeeper selling the guest 's property when the bill is not paid . |
| 2 | The dust-cart was being overtaken by one of the defendant 's buses when a collision occurred the husband was killed . |
| 3 | ‘ You should be more careful , ’ he said , coming up to her , his fingers reaching up to smooth the horse 's flank only a hand 's length from her knee . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , although it is easy to see why the thrust of the arguments has throughout been to concentrate on the charging of the suspect and ( in the light of Ex parte Saunders ) on the association of a renewed caution with any exercise of the Director 's powers where the person under interrogation has already been charged , I believe that the result has been to set the inquiry off in the wrong direction . |
| 5 | This does happen occasionally and when all else fails it is as good an excuse as any , since it puts the blame firmly where it belongs , on the fish 's shoulders not the fishkeepers . |
| 6 | Also , there is a need for a dissolution account to be drawn up so musicians know the state of the band 's finances when a member either leaves or is dismissed . |
| 7 | She was still looking in the mirror making sure there were no other tell-tale signs of the evening 's activities when the living-room door was thrown open and her mother , looking very stern , appeared . |
| 8 | He was bound to provide at his own cost one riding forester and two walking foresters to keep his bailiwick , and to perform the military service of ‘ going in the army at the King 's cost wherever the King goes ’ . |
| 9 | It is suggested , therefore , that the husband 's solicitors should submit to the wife 's solicitors merely a copy of the last conveyance , together with a copy of any mortgage affecting the property and memoranda of any " sales-off " or other documents affecting the legal title . |
| 10 | Thus only cause seems appropriate in the uses given below : ( 142 ) … moved the governor 's race forward a few months , causing the campaigning to get started earlier than usual . |
| 11 | He had obtained the auctioneer 's catalogue only a day before the sale and the purported effect of the clause was to relieve the sellers from telling more than a part of the material facts , thereby obliging the buyer to check the remainder for himself . |
| 12 | While individuals may be seeking : ( 1 ) freedom to advance their careers by moving on to other firms , but " job security " in the meanwhile ; ( 2 ) payment , on death or retirement , of the full value of their partnership shares ( including capital contributions , undrawn profits , goodwill etc ) ; and ( 3 ) upon death and/or retirement from practice , financial security for themselves and their families , the firm 's priorities in the interests of preserving profitability are likely to be concentrated on : ( 1 ) the need to impose restrictions on the freedom of partners to leave without adequate notice and/or thereafter to compete with the firm ; ( 2 ) the ability to remove from the firm any partner who has failed to meet proper professional standards who is disruptive or who is not seen to be pulling his weight ; and ( 3 ) the need to minimise the strain on the firm 's finances when a partner leaves whilst recognising a certain moral responsibility towards the family of a deceased partner . |
| 13 | The Blankety Blank star , who married the ex-barmaid 17 years his junior after his first wife Meg died from cancer , recorded the interview for Radio 4 's In The Psychiatrist 's Chair just a week before he died of a heart attack in June . |
| 14 | This is fully tax relievable in the employer 's hands so the liability nets down to £3,393 for the employer . |
| 15 | She found the wrecker 's yard down an alley just behind the station , about an hour and a half after she had first arrived there on the train . |
| 16 | Some further details of the poem were clearly borrowed directly from West Somerset : the harbour from which the mariner set sail can only be the little harbour at Watchet , the hermit 's woodland home the wood at Culbone , and the ‘ loud bassoon ’ , whose sound caused the wedding-guest to beat his breast , probably had its original in the bassoon which the vicar of Stowey had just provided for the Stowey church band . |
| 17 | Glowering at having been woken from a satisfying doze , the guard opened the eye-level flap to find the Doctor 's eyes only an inch or two from his own . |
| 18 | It was obviously much easier during the Kaiser 's war when a short sharp Court Martial was followed by the offender being shot the next morning . |
| 19 | Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence has taken place in connection with that vehicle ( p 94 ) . |
| 20 | Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence in connection with that vehicle has taken place . |
| 21 | In 1987 in sixteen counties across south-east England an estimated 15 million trees were blown down ; from the Trust 's estate alone the figure was at least 250,000 . |
| 22 | Research on encounters between police and public has shown that from the public 's view even the crime-fighters need communication skills ( Dix and Layzell 1983 ; Southgate and Ekblom 1984 , 1986 ; Sykes and Brent 1983 ) , although these abilities are all too often absent . |
| 23 | The likelihood is that if a current course meets the UKCC 's criteria then the National Board may consider an exemption from the new rules , although this again will have to be allowed for in legislation . |
| 24 | If returners are to be able to comply with the desired outcomes as defined by the UKCC 's guidelines then the course offered would have to satisfy requirements set out in Table 4.2 . |
| 25 | The pool was just bel just beside the harbourmaster 's office just a little further where it is now , cos what we had , what we call the yard , that 's where the engineers ' workshops was , the carpenters ' shop , which is still there and then little further up th up the Newcut East there was the pool place for the National Dock Labour Board . |
| 26 | That is being taken to good money they say , it was the professional 's choice yesterday the faces were all backing it yesterday . |
| 27 | ’ Killer Bombs ’ The sirns waled , The sirne ecoed through the streets as the planes ( zoomed ) across the sky Droaned there was a quick burst of ack Ack fire Then a whistling of Bombs all around Suddenly here was silence Then a rumble , Then a boom getting louder like a volcano The sky filled smoke and flames Black Bright orange leeping through the air across the sky in the middle of the noise a child 's crying Then the shouting of people trapped in the rubble House in flames all around The loud ringing of fire engines rushing to the fire More and more voices ( shouting ) for help screaming Body lieing all around . |
| 28 | If the product is a child 's toy then the target market will clearly be important . |
| 29 | Since 1 December 1992 ( an implementation date agreed between Customs and the Law Society ) , Customs also see the payment of a landlord 's costs where a tenant exercises an existing right under a lease or licence as consideration for the supply by the landlord to the tenant . |
| 30 | Willie Baxter was gripped by fear , he did n't understand it , he hated the dark tunnels , he stopped walking and the noise stopped ; by now Willie was probably near the point where the tunnels passed under the River Clyde and it was said that it was possible to hear the sound of a ship 's propeller whenever a vessel passed overhead . |