Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [noun] have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report claims that complaints about Britain 's rail services have quadrupled in the past decade to reach a record high . |
| 2 | Since 1979 , Newcastle 's teaching force has declined by almost 1,000 with pupil-teacher ratios rising from 25:8 to 27:8 . |
| 3 | Speaking at the opening of the conference , Wang Fang , State Councillor and head of the NNCC , said that China 's drug problem had re-emerged during the mid-1980s and that the situation was the grimmest since the 1950s . |
| 4 | In order to assess the extent to which the Council 's curriculum development had impinged on schools , the researchers chose to investigate the degree of ‘ contact ’ , ‘ some use ’ and ‘ extensive use ’ of project materials . |
| 5 | The Bundesbank 's fear of inflation and the impact of unification on Germany 's budget deficit have resulted in higher real interest rates in Germany — and hence in other countries that are members of the European Monetary System ( EMS ) . |
| 6 | Eskimo 's Canoe Store has moved to a high street location in St David 's where accessories are selling well , allowing the old shop to be converted into an office and bedroom for Andy . |
| 7 | IBM 's recognition budget has changed with the times . |
| 8 | Indeed GM 's Buick division has climbed to the top in surveys of customers ' satisfaction while its Cadillac division recently won a prestigious quality award . |
| 9 | Britain 's aid budget has fallen to 0.32 per cent of gross national product , less than half UN 's target of 0.7 per cent . |
| 10 | Stephanie 's rosebud mouth had curved in a small pout . |
| 11 | Aylesbury 's Bear brook has run through these brick arches since the beginning of the last century . |
| 12 | The Croatian parliament , before which he announced his resignation , approved it unanimously , and backdated it to Oct. 8 , when Croatia 's independence declaration had come into effect [ see p. 38513 ] . |
| 13 | And Clinton 's campaign broadcasts have focused on the level of tax paid by foreign companies operating in America . |
| 14 | The Pentagon 's procurement budget has fallen from $97 billion in 1985 to about $67 billion in the current fiscal year and further cuts are in prospect . |
| 15 | The review was regarded as necessary because the change from NCDAD higher diplomas to CNAA master 's degree programmes had resulted in substantial increases in the teaching in art and design courses and what some regarded as a difficult switch from a professional to an intellectual approach . |
| 16 | Over the past 30 years the region 's forest cover has fallen from 42% to less than 15% . |
| 17 | According to the Cambodian government 's own Forestry Department , the country 's forest cover has shrunk from 73 per cent 20 years ago to around 40 per cent today . |
| 18 | For instance , if an economy grows at 5 per cent per year following a two-year disbursement of a structural adjustment loan , if the international price for the country 's commodity exports has risen by at least 5 per cent in the same period of time , can the loan be regarded as justified ? |
| 19 | It was improbable in the extreme that Brian 's sterling qualities had come to the notice of the Comptroller of the Household , and she could only assume that the summons had been the consequence of her father 's having been an RA . |
| 20 | ITN 's cash problems have come at a time when news is more in demand than ever |
| 21 | The European Parliament 's Transport Committee has called for a 40 per cent cut in carbon dioxide by the year 2010 — a far more ambitious figure than the Community 's official target of a freeze at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 22 | This might lead to looking at communications at work in English , distribution problems in Geography , or how a company 's product lines have changed over the years in History . |
| 23 | Moments earlier Amanda 's husband Tony had stopped outside the Comfort Inn car park to let the car Keith was driving go first . |
| 24 | The company 's share price has fallen from A$1.87 in January to 14 cents on Tuesday . |
| 25 | Graydon 's work with many of Europe 's credit insurers had resulted in their credit rating system being exhaustively tested for accuracy and predictiveness . |
| 26 | THE Government 's education policy has come under attack from the headmaster of a leading North Wales public school who appealed to the public to put more trust in teachers . |
| 27 | TIM Godwin 's wife Julie had left for her South African holiday barely hours earlier and already he was missing her badly . |
| 28 | Bob 's wife Barbara had died of cancer when Kim was two and she was the only thing left in Bob 's life . |
| 29 | Virtually all the faces around Attlee 's Cabinet table had served in the wartime Coalition ( Aneurin Bevan was the most important exception ) . |
| 30 | Sweden 's environment commission has ruled against the construction of a bridge to link the country with Denmark across the Oresund strait , on the grounds that it would damage the strait 's sensitive marine environment and cause an unacceptable rise in car pollution . |