Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] of [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the tasks which are particularly sensitive to the effects of even one night 's loss of sleep had been identified , it became feasible to attempt to establish how little sleep is enough to prevent any of the effects of sleep loss . |
| 2 | All the same , Cissie was right in one assumption : Beth 's peace of mind had been shattered on that particular day . |
| 3 | How last year the crop had meant nothing to him at all ; how , without understanding , he had walked about the harbour and warehouses of Episkopi , and the misuse of the Order 's cargo of sugar had been simply a matter noted and used as a playing-counter . |
| 4 | Up until now Katherine 's posture of confidence had been an act of will , a daring of elements which might prove as hostile as her mother . |
| 5 | I asked him what Gómez 's point of departure had been and he replied , ‘ Ushuaia , accordin' to Rodriguez . |
| 6 | Not that the working man 's point of view has been generally well heard . |
| 7 | Perhaps most significant from Intergraph 's point of view has been the development of a tailored reporting routine for all of its European sites . |
| 8 | Because John Smith 's period of office had been reasonably successful , the Company put the colony under military discipline , which stabilized the situation and provided a more efficient system of government than trying to transplant a peculiarly English way of running things . |
| 9 | Britain 's growth rate has been one of the lowest of any major Western economy since 1961 , that Britain 's share of investment has been one of the two lowest , that Britain 's share of world trade has been falling while others have had rising shares and that Britain 's rate of inflation has been one of the fastest in the Western world . |
| 10 | Althusser 's theory of history has been more widely attacked and denigrated than any other aspect of his work , largely because he dared to argue that , far from providing the unassailable foundation of Marxism , history was a problematic concept even in Marx 's own texts : |
| 11 | The contribution of Saussure 's theory of language has been to point out how personal identity and subjectivity are constructed through differentiation . |
| 12 | Right or wrong , Chomsky 's theory of grammar has been undoubtedly the most dynamic and influential in modern times . |
| 13 | Yet , if pain remains , who would be so bold as to decide when the patient 's limit of tolerance has been reached ? |
| 14 | The restructuring that has taken place during the Government 's tenure of office has been remarkably good for the region . |
| 15 | In The Fountain the Boy 's offer of sonship had been similarly rejected ; perhaps Matthew is peculiarly honest and telling us that there are no substitutes , but we still have the ‘ sigh of pain' and the persistence of the memory to account for . |
| 16 | Britain 's growth rate has been one of the lowest of any major Western economy since 1961 , that Britain 's share of investment has been one of the two lowest , that Britain 's share of world trade has been falling while others have had rising shares and that Britain 's rate of inflation has been one of the fastest in the Western world . |
| 17 | Sheldukher 's choice of bodyguard had been a good one . |
| 18 | A strong , coherent and well-administered personnel strategy is where I believe IBM 's secret of success has been , is , and will continue to be . |
| 19 | Under the Pomerene Act , a person to whom a common carrier 's bill of lading has been transferred ( not negotiated ) acquires title to the goods , subject to the terms of the agreement between the issuer and the transferor . |
| 20 | Richard Foster 's Celebration of Discipline has been hailed as a best-seller and huge numbers attended his lectures on spirituality at the Greenbelt Festival '83 . |
| 21 | Suffering is used in this sense in s1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 which provides that where a plaintiff 's expectation of life has been reduced the court in awarding damages for pain and suffering shall take into account the suffering caused or likely to be caused by awareness that his expectation of life has been so reduced . |
| 22 | Dr Horn 's assessment is that by the 1790s the southern farm labourer 's standard of living had been falling for thirty years , and that an increase of around 85 per cent in money wages over the war years kept it just about level up to 1815 . |
| 23 | The United Church of Christ 's Office of Communication has been honoured by the University of Missouri School of Journalism for its years of campaigning for justice in broadcasting . |
| 24 | Since 1973 , Coutts ' support of Virgin had been pivoted on the cashflow generated by Tubular Bells . |
| 25 | The problem from the owners ' point of view had been solved . |
| 26 | This is not to deny the discoveries that have been made , but to state that the purposes that have given meaning to the scientists ' pursuit of truth have been success in and the sustaining of the scientific establishment . |