Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Washington 's fear of devaluation is reflected in Johnson 's decision to set up a Special Study Group in the middle of 1965 to examine the implications of the weakness of sterling for the dollar and the Bretton Woods international monetary system . |
| 2 | Reliant 's decision to bring out a British-made sports car follows its success with the revamped Sabre , which sells at £15,000 . |
| 3 | In a similar ‘ misunderstanding ’ the signal from a security guard 's walkie-talkie closed down a major generator at a production plant . |
| 4 | It essentially regards consent as existing whenever one 's action brings about a natural event in the world or increases the likelihood of such an event . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Francois Boutin 's bid to pull off a clean sweep of the French Classics rests with Accommodating in the French Oaks at Chantilly on Sunday . |
| 6 | After the failure of Hawkins 's attempt to open up a regular slave trade with South America , the English had paid only infrequent visits to the west coast of Africa , though a company to trade with ‘ Ginny and Binny ’ ( Guinea and Benin ) had been launched in 1618 . |
| 7 | Brian McEniff 's side took on a full strength Roscommon in a challenge match at the week-end and won by six points . |
| 8 | That result has helped Ardiles 's side open up a two-point lead over Frank Stapleton 's Bradford City at the top of the Second Division . |
| 9 | Looked at from this point of view Gundovald 's revolt illustrates perfectly a major aspect of sixth- and indeed seventh-century politics , that is the tendency for those lacking royal support , either because of accidents of death or because they were in opposition to a particular monarch , to search out the favour of another king . |
| 10 | Mounting debts , unconnected with Crisis Line , may leave the service without a home , wiping out a year 's work building up a national referral network.So Mr Morris wants a grant to continue the work . |
| 11 | The council of state ordered a settlement , but Thomson 's group won only a partial victory . |
| 12 | The failure of yesterday 's meeting to achieve even a preliminary compromise makes the prospect of a final agreement before the end of this year highly unlikely . |
| 13 | As we have seen earlier ( p. 5 ) , Tim Devlin 's teacher conjured up a disorderly , senseless situation . |
| 14 | Although Linda is not the youngest child to receive a liver , the Addenbrooke 's team carried out a successful transplant on a seven-month-old baby two years ago , her size and the fact that she has received previous surgery for her condition complicated the procedure . |
| 15 | He had Lucia 's father 's body brought down a fiendish spiral staircase to centre stage — the singer was convinced that his bearers would drop him , so Menotti 's secretary had to play the corpse — and the opera closed in a graveyard cloaked in drifting snow . |
| 16 | My mother 's picture shows only a drab , mouse-like girl with timid eyes . |
| 17 | The Council 's initiative to set up a multi-professional group to address the borough 's drugs problem was well conceived for it allowed , for the first time , the information and concerns picked up by various parties in relation to heroin to be pulled together . |
| 18 | Cecil 's initiative brought together a huge army of 500,000 canvassers — 35,000 in London , 6500 in Birmingham , 3000 in Edinburgh , 500 in Gloucester . |
| 19 | Zeta 's Lad put in a smooth performance to beat Docklands Express ( fourth in the National last year ) and Bradbury Star with Royal Athlete fourth . |
| 20 | It seems , therefore , that the prevalence of spots on the Sun 's surface follows not a single I l-year cycle but a 22-year ‘ double-cycle ’ . |
| 21 | If the Scoutmaster says a novelty plastic umbrella stand is pure elephant 's foot or if the vicar 's wife passes off a gold-plated tie-pin as the real thing , they can be held to account under law . |
| 22 | June 's event takes on a new prize category , a team award . |
| 23 | Nicolo 's smile took on a faint edge . |
| 24 | Thus Kohlberg 's theory seems more a political manifesto than a scientific statement . |
| 25 | Norwich 's victory opened up a four- point lead at the top of the table with their fifth win on the trot . |
| 26 | Here Butcher 's union put up a spirited resistance against the " adventurer from Sunderland , doing his utmost to cause a separation or division , by endeavouring to form a rival association " . |
| 27 | Mortimer 's voice took on a purring note . |
| 28 | Dermot 's voice took on a new urgency . |
| 29 | Leo 's voice took on a lecturing note . |
| 30 | Jean-Paul 's voice took on a belligerent note . |