Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [noun] be the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soil Association 's symbol is the consumer 's only guarantee that the food being offered for sale is truly organic and worth the premium that is demanded for foods produced in this way . |
| 2 | For the priests , in fact , were doing exactly the same trick , and probably by exactly the same means , as the old East Anglian and Scottish horsemen who made out and actually believed that the horse 's immobility was the result of some secret and magical device they had resorted to . |
| 3 | The other aspect of the 1991 World Cup that certainly caught the TV watcher 's eye was the inconsistency among the referees . |
| 4 | The physicist 's problem is the problem of ultimate origins and ultimate natural laws . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ The defendant 's mother was the subject of interest to the police on this occasion as well . |
| 6 | One of the keys to the club 's success is the communication between members and the Club management . |
| 7 | The club 's pivot was the drama : its master was Leo Lloyd — the second of those men who were to promote the career of so many boys and girls from the Afan valley . |
| 8 | To me resignation is a priceless liberation , for with it I have taken the first big step to that place where I may hope to wash my hands of what in my mind 's eye is the blood of millions of poor and starving peoples . |
| 9 | One of the most important of a lawyer 's accomplishments is the ability to resolve facts into their legal categories . |
| 10 | And the priest 's garb is the disguise that fooled the Germans . |
| 11 | All we are left with in this critic 's eyes is the drama of one simple and honourable man created by what seemed at first a ‘ carefully studied impersonation ’ but what became a very moving performance by Muni . |
| 12 | But the most striking anomaly of Labour 's plans is the way it treats millionaires living off unearned income . |
| 13 | Presidents usually nominate persons of the same political party as themselves , but at the lower levels of the federal judiciary a critical factor in the President 's choice is the views of the senators of the state in which the appointee is to serve . |
| 14 | The industry 's expansion is the result of the IDA 's efforts to create a new industry to take over from the ailing assembly , light manufacturing , and textile industries that started Ireland 's industrialisation in the early 1950s . |
| 15 | Well — the argument goes — it must be because we do not think that behind the parrot 's utterance is the thought ‘ I 'm going to the bank ’ . |
| 16 | You must understand that the boat 's history is the affair of the Customs officers . |
| 17 | There will certainly be concern abroad that one measure in the administration 's locker is the growth of American exports . |
| 18 | When an employee 's relocation is the result of a promotion or when an employee receives an increase in salary at the new location , any disturbance allowance payable on the basis of a percentage of salary is usually calculated on the new salary . |
| 19 | Across the mammal 's back are the remains of an iron tool which was riveted to the upper part of the tail . |
| 20 | On the walls of the guard 's tomb was the graffiti symbol of a boat , a stark line drawing of a felucca . |
| 21 | ( 5.16 ) once more , the total variance of the portfolio 's returns is the sum of the two types of risk : total portfolio variance=market variance + non-market variance . |
| 22 | An important feature of the Scottish Council 's work is the opportunity for members to exchange views with visitors and specialists . |
| 23 | An important feature of the Scottish Council 's work is the opportunity for members to exchange views with visitors and specialists . |
| 24 | The anticipated increase in the South 's population is the result of a high birth rate and , at present , a declining death rate ; thus despite some economic growth many poor LDCs face the prospect of static or declining per capita incomes . |
| 25 | The most obvious sign of the Act 's influence is the presence of statements along the lines of " this guarantee does not affect your statutory rights " which are now added in close proximity to all consumer guarantees . |
| 26 | The secure knowledge of a parent 's presence is the precondition for such exploration , as it is for satisfying curiosity and for sharing new experiences . |
| 27 | We had argued , to put it very briefly , that since one of the law 's concerns was the preservation of public order and decency , steps ought to be taken to remove the affront to public order and decency which was presented by the obtrusive presence of large numbers of prostitutes openly soliciting on the streets . |
| 28 | Another form of sun-clock employing the direction rather than the length of the sun 's shadow was the sundial , but the Egyptians who invented it were far from understanding the subtleties involved in making an accurate instrument of this type , which must be calibrated for the latitudes of the different places where it is to be used . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps the most enlightening part of the Committee 's investigation was the discovery that many able sociologists … abandon the empirical stance and rely upon folk myth and stereotype ’ . |
| 30 | The boy 's existence was the horror he spoke of . |