Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] to [noun] [verb] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The most contentious issue discussed was Latin America 's attitude to Cuba following the change in its relationship with the former Soviet Union . |
| 3 | Yet if they are to fulfil their responsibility to monitor their population 's access to health care the authorities must have all of this information . |
| 4 | THE IMAM 'S CALL TO PRAYER MAKES THE VICAR TALK OF BEDLAM . |
| 5 | At the last , Britain 's ambassador to Constantinople abandoned the encouragement he had been giving the Turks and advised them to go on negotiating , but by this time neither Britain nor France was in a position to withdraw the backing which they had been giving the sultan . |
| 6 | Barthes 's approach to S/Z has the merit of respecting the individual play of a given text while at the same time relying on the general concept of the scriptible and the lisible to do so . |
| 7 | The latest disclosures , a week after the Guardian published the National Audit Office 's memorandum to MPs revealing the existence of the sweeteners , led to a third clash between Labour and the Prime Minister on the Government 's involvement in what Labour called the ‘ calculated deception of Parliament and the European Commission ’ . |
| 8 | Never since the Lord 's promise to Moses to bring the Israelites to a land flowing with milk and honey had Jewish hopes been so high , Jewish dreams so wild , Jewish spirits so elated . |
| 9 | Hence Trevelyan 's invitation to MacDonald to chair the new organization . |