Example sentences of "'s [noun] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( She wonders , in parenthesis , how much of the nation 's income is spent on cosmetics , and whether the statistics will be provided in the New Year issue of Social Trends . ) |
| 2 | The Australian 's frustration at being unable to find chinks in Marshall 's defence was expressed in arguments with the referee . |
| 3 | Outside the North Sea and Indonesia , the Company 's activities are focussed on ventures that offer potential for discoveries that will have a material impact on the Group 's reserves . |
| 4 | Black-figure 's incision is used for details , but men 's skin is coloured brown , women 's drawn in outline , and compositions show much overlapping which , with its implication of depth , is foreign to most Greek vase-decoration . |
| 5 | At the same time the Bakufu 's weakness was exacerbated by problems over the shogunal succession ; the selection of the nearest blood heir , a young boy , to succeed to the title in 1858 , highlighted the problems of Bakufu leadership at a time when the institution required all the strength it could muster . |
| 6 | Although during the defence summation Barry 's attorney had admitted that his client had been an " occasional " cocaine user , the prosecution 's case was hampered by doubts within the jury over the credibility of key prosecution witnesses including Moore and Charles Lewis , a convicted drug dealer whose evidence was responsible for four of the drugs charges against Barry . |
| 7 | The unbeliever supposes that the believer must have proofs of the existence of God ( as we point out below , there is some disagreement over whether some of the traditional ‘ proofs ’ of God 's existence were intended as proofs at all ) . |
| 8 | ‘ If the last 50,000 years of man 's existence were divided into lifetimes of approximately sixty-two years each , there have been about 800 such lifetimes . |
| 9 | The government 's decision was criticized by sections of the Iranian press with close links to radical factions . |
| 10 | The Pope 's decision was influenced by events over the past year . |
| 11 | The court 's decision was based on facts . |
| 12 | The Constituent Assembly 's decision was based on recommendations emanating from a political pact signed by Gaviria with leaders of his Ruling Liberal Party ( PL ) and the two parties jointly outnumbering the PL in the Assembly , namely the M-19 Democratic Alliance ( a left-wing coalition led by the former guerrilla group 19 April Movement ( M-19 ) ) and the conservative Movement of National Salvation ( MSN ) . |
| 13 | Given that a large part of FWWG 's assessment was based on interviews with engineers on the Monitored Professional Development Scheme [ MPDS ] , the training scheme has clearly received ‘ customer ’ approval . |
| 14 | A comparison of the names of singers found in the livrets with the music they sang shows that the vast majority of the many soprano role in Lully 's ballets were performed by women . |
| 15 | It was reported that mourners visiting Allende 's grave were attacked with batons and tear gas , while supporters of Pinochet celebrated the anniversary in theatres and in wealthy Santiago suburbs . |
| 16 | Lydia 's kitchen was littered with left-overs , stacks of plates balanced at crazy angles and glass bowls full of capsizing mousse . |
| 17 | Khartoum 's offensive is thought by observers to have taken advantage of a rebel rift last August over alleged human rights abuses . |
| 18 | More than 3m of the 22m cars ( of all ages ) now clogging Britain 's roads are registered by companies or other organisations . |
| 19 | Dr O'Kane 's views are shared by Somalis . |
| 20 | The principles established for the protection of married women providing security for their husband 's debts were extended to parents providing security for an adult child 's debts . |
| 21 | Sue 's hair was wound onto rollers using the directional technique , following the contours of her head and giving a more natural result by allowing the hair to fall naturally into place . |
| 22 | Simon Girl 's guitar is stripped of effects — just brutally direct . |
| 23 | Simon Girl 's guitar is stripped of effects — just brutally direct . |
| 24 | Even Maureen , usually so alert to anything that happened to her mother , was lost in her dreams of Chris , and Pat 's mind was filled with worries about his business . |
| 25 | The phone was disconnected and the family 's heads were put in pillowcases . |
| 26 | The film 's shooting was marked by outbursts and tantrums from Mr and Mrs Madonna ( or were they Mr and Mrs Penn ? ) , mostly involving confrontations with reporters and photographers . |
| 27 | Sales totalled nearly £700,000 last year , holding steady , despite seven of the charity 's shops being hit by bombings in Belfast and provincial towns . |
| 28 | The firemen 's department was filled with men from inland towns or anywhere from whence they could be obtained . |
| 29 | Kohlberg 's research is based on questionnaires which demand a response to hypothetical and imaginary situations in which concrete detail is necessarily omitted . |
| 30 | Women 's sessions are held on Wednesdays from 2pm–5pm and women workers are available . |