Example sentences of "['s] [noun] of [noun prp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A former Methodist minister from Victoria and a leading member of the ALP 's left wing , Howe 's appointment was widely interpreted as a reward for the left 's support of Hawke in the leadership contest . |
| 2 | Mubarak confirmed that Assad was now willing to renew contact with Yassir Arafat , chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , but stated that many obstacles still remained to prevent an early reconciliation between Assad and Iraq 's President Saddam Hussein , between whom a bitter personal rift existed due to Syria 's support of Iran in the Gulf War . |
| 3 | For instance , the ‘ syntactically brusque beginning of the poem ’ ( a nominal sentence without any kind of introduction ) corresponds to the violent , irrational character of Jupiter 's rape of Leda in the guise of a swan . |
| 4 | He had already written one book , and revised another — H. Rashdall 's Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages , edited with ( Sir ) F. M. Powicke [ q.v. ] , |
| 5 | The 29-year-old Widnes maestro was forced to pull out of Great Britain 's tour of Australasia in the summer because of a persistent groin strain and said : ‘ I feel the injury can only get worse over the next couple of months . ’ . |
| 6 | Where is Labour 's vision of Europe in the year 2000 , weaving together political , security , economic and industrial issues ? |
| 7 | There is a backwards movement in saying No , which can be a slight withdrawal of head and shoulders ; a more emphatic shake of the head perhaps accompanied by the hand pushing away an undesirable request or person , e.g. Juliet 's rejection of Paris in the Bedroom scene . |
| 8 | Millais 's painting of Christ in the House of his Parents was deeply offensive to Dickens , apparently because its workaday imperfections implied a far from Holy Family . |
| 9 | ‘ The Chinese people have incurred great sufferings from Japan 's militarism , and so have the Japanese people , ’ said Jiang , recalling the ‘ severe damage ’ to relations caused by Japan 's occupation of China in the thirties . |
| 10 | Their studies have also led to some surprising conclusions concerning chronology : Jacopo Bellini 's Paris album they have argued , contrary to most of the literature , precedes the London album , which they date to 1460–70 ; they have been able to date Paolino Veneto 's Map of Venice in the Marciana Library precisely to around 1328 , when previously it was thought to have been made in the second half of the century . |
| 11 | States could choose to join the Soviet Union or the people 's Republic of China in the non-market part of the world economy . |
| 12 | After the Tories ' loss of Newbury in the by-election on May 6th , and the death of Robert Adley , the MP for Christchurch , on May 13th , is that still true ? |