Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's [noun] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The flower of the Merkuts — ’ Jagatan 's voice was a mumble , ‘ all gone . |
| 2 | Neil 's wife is a TV hotshot |
| 3 | Tuesday 's Budget is an opportunity to revive homebuying and encourage savings . ’ |
| 4 | I get the impression that , of the three , Hardenberger 's favourite is the Blake Watkins Concerto , which he considers ‘ very English , more traditional perhaps but without being in any way limited . |
| 5 | Raw stuff in 1964 , nearly 30 years on Entertaining Mr Sloane still packs a punch , Joe Orton 's target being the humbug and hypocrisy of suburban life , writes Christopher Grier . |
| 6 | In some respects , Castells 's ideas were a continuation of Marx 's and Engels 's early ideas . |
| 7 | Toney 's friend was a police superintendent who played at Birkdale . |
| 8 | Dressed in silk and ablaze with jewellery , apparently to prove that Donna 's inheritance was no myth , Mavis Bricknell stumbled off towards the toilet room at the dome car 's entrance saying she must repair the ravages to her face , and presently she came back , screaming loudly . |
| 9 | David 's reward was a shield presented by Steve Burrows , Local Director , Liverpool . |
| 10 | By then , the DIA had satisfied itself that Asmar 's murder was the work of drug-trafficking elements in the Lebanese Forces , the ultra right-wing Christian faction whose secret war council complex was barely half a block from Asmar 's office in Karantina . |
| 11 | Perhaps the clearest expression of Shevardnadze 's views was a speech he delivered in April 1986 on the anniversary of Lenin 's birth , some months after he had become professionally responsible for foreign affairs . |
| 12 | Observers noted that Shevardnadze 's appointment was an attempt to reassure the West over the splintering of foreign policy into republican units , with the attendant worries over nuclear weapons and the co-ordination of foreign aid . |
| 13 | Carlo Bertelli 's monograph is a translation of a work that appeared in Italian in 1991 . |
| 14 | The hero of Kipling 's story is a London bank clerk who is also an ambitious poet . |
| 15 | Allsop 's auction was a record sell-out , with all but two of 111 lots sold for a total of £6.3 million , and other auction houses reported successful sales with average prices well above the guides . |
| 16 | Closest to Kathleen 's heart is the dream of one day being able to walk down the road with her son , his bare hand in hers . |
| 17 | Described as ‘ an intellectual triumph ’ by John Summerson , Watkin 's book is a delight to read and should be recommended to all students . |
| 18 | Lucy 's son was the apple of her eye , work her raison d'être . |
| 19 | Crucial to Shah 's and Murdoch 's success was the Thatcher government 's industrial relations legislation that limited the unions ' power to respond . |
| 20 | Murdoch 's success was the cue for the rest of Fleet Street to forge ahead with new investment ( sometimes long planned ) in buildings and plant . |
| 21 | The practical key to Arsenal 's rise was the balance effected between defence and attack , to meet the new conditions of the changed offside law . |
| 22 | ‘ The Syrian forces could , if they wanted , speedily resolve the problem of Gen Aoun in Lebanon through military means , but the Syrian leadership is fully convinced there will be no need to resort to this as Gen Aoun 's removal is a matter of time and will take place quickly through political means . ’ . |
| 23 | Malpass 's car was a five-year-old Vauxhall which had seen better days , but then have n't we all . |
| 24 | Philip thought that maybe Mrs Wright 's friend was an invalid and could n't come to the door to open it . |
| 25 | The outward sign of Wright 's success was the building of a great country house , Osmaston Manor , outside Ashbourne , in 1846–9 . |
| 26 | Certainly , the most poignant part of Mr Wright 's history is the fate of the Cherokees . |
| 27 | OPENING with the puzzling Aurora by Iain Hamilton , Friday 's concert was an occasion , one suspects , when audience expectations and actual realisations failed to coincide . |
| 28 | Ann 's dad was a bookie . |
| 29 | Linsdall 's Hospital was a row of almshouses built in 1843 with money left by Pheobe Linsdall of Winestead . |
| 30 | ‘ Miss Burge 's brother was an admiral , and Mrs Harper is the widow of a cathedral organist . |