Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [prep] [noun prp] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were reports throughout September of violent anti-government protests in North Korea , apparently ignited by the government 's decision in July to reduce the amount of money in circulation and to devalue the won by around 70 per cent . |
| 2 | Iraq 's defeat in Kuwait inflamed the Shias of southern Iraq . |
| 3 | Labour 's stronghold of Strathclyde has the worst schools in Scotland . |
| 4 | There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( CI No 1,697 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement . |
| 5 | There have already been suggestions that Wang 's deal with IBM to sell the RS/6000 has not lived up to expectations — in June 1991 IBM took a stake in the financially troubled company , in return for which Wang agreed to sell the AS/400 and RS/6000 machines ( UX No 39 ) , but late last year said that it would not be adding to its stake as it had the right to do under terms of the agreement . |
| 6 | Wimbledon 's auction on Wednesday carries the incentive of a £20,000 bonus if the sale dog wins the Daily Mirror/Sporting Life Derby . |
| 7 | Inevitably , Saturday 's rout of Wales evoked the 1951 match but , though the difference was only one point , the matches had little else in common . |
| 8 | Plato 's characterization of Thrasymachus inaugurates the tradition of ‘ political realism ’ in Western political philosophy . |
| 9 | Doctor Margarita Stocker a Fellow of St Hilda 's College in Oxford thinks the publishers commissioned the book purely for the money . |
| 10 | Aelfflaed 's question to Cuthbert reveals the ambition of this family , which had possessed royal power continuously for fifty years since 634 or 635 , to hold on to it . |
| 11 | In a referendum on May 17 voters approved the government 's proposal for Switzerland to join the two major international financial institutions , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank . |
| 12 | According to the considerably modified traditional " account outlined above , Abdulkerim would , of course , have been Mufti both before and alter this break , from Fahreddin Acemi 's death until Molla Husrev 's return from Bursa to assume the office . |
| 13 | Tshwete 's return from Australia saved the day and secured visas for the six beleaguered South Africans . |
| 14 | The most contentious issue discussed was Latin America 's attitude to Cuba following the change in its relationship with the former Soviet Union . |
| 15 | Cable 's work on OE shifts the focus away from overt features of half-lines such as stress and alliteration , and onto the syllable . |
| 16 | Tuesday night 's match at Fulham yielded the side 's heaviest defeat of a poor season . |
| 17 | Last week 's meeting in Paris presented the results of a two-year study of the competing projects . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's no secret that the Duke of York is not the brightest Royal and he ended up like Helen of Troy 's husband with Johnny playing the role of her lover Paris . ’ |
| 19 | If picture-books are for young children , then what is one to make of , for example , Charles Keeping 's edition of Alfred Noyes The highwayman or Raymond Briggs ' Fungus the bogeyman ? |
| 20 | In February 1940 he had raised the possibility with Read of starting a group of " Anglo-French " intellectuals , with headquarters both in London and Paris , but Hitler 's invasion of France rendered the idea inoperable . |
| 21 | But the troubles of the industry began well before Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait sent the price of jet fuel from 60 cents a gallon to more than $1.30 . |
| 22 | And Mansell did n't stop there , winning last Sunday 's race in Portugal to break the record for most firsts in a season . |
| 23 | Winning And Mansell did n't stop there , winning last Sunday 's race in Portugal to break the record for most firsts in a season . |
| 24 | And Mansell did n't stop there , winning last Sunday 's race in Portugal to break the record for most firsts in a season . |
| 25 | A coroner 's court in Darlington heard the accident happened at the end of a pedestrian zone in the German town of Lemgo , last October . |
| 26 | But Falkenhayn 's assault on Verdun disrupted the Allied plans . |
| 27 | Wrexham supporters ' club presented veteran Mickey Thomas with a special award before Tuesday 's game with Scunthorpe to mark the 600th league appearance of his career . |
| 28 | But while Saturday is vital , today 's news from Hillsborough occupies the immensely likeable Linighan 's mind even more . |
| 29 | The patient 's charter for Scotland emphasises the need for ‘ action to help those who are waiting longest with significant pain ’ and states that local targets for outpatient appointments ‘ will rarely be more than nine weeks . ’ |
| 30 | Stanley Kauffmann in The New York Times thought , ‘ Dustin Hoffman 's performance of Zoditch has the vitality of the born actor and the fine control of the skilful one . |