Example sentences of "[adj] 's [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bertrand de Goth had also profited from his favoured position among Clement V 's relations to acquire the Italian mar-quisate of Ancona , as well as land on the other side of the Rhône , including the castle of Monteux in the Comtat Venaissin . |
| 2 | The nomes craned and tried to climb on one another 's shoulders to look at it , and none of them knew what it was except for Grimma , who was staring at it with a strange quiet smile on her face . |
| 3 | Consequently , the company made charges of £2.1 million against 1991 's profits to cover the overstatement and thought the problem had been solved . |
| 4 | Convinced , and quite rightly , that nothing had or would come of Napoleon III 's attempts to drum up an alliance with Italy or Austria-Hungary , dismissing such a possibility as ‘ idle gossip ’ , the Prussian Chancellor prepared to spring his trap . |
| 5 | This is particularly apparent in MDC 's efforts to forge alliances with local authorities in its extended area and to complement their regeneration efforts . |
| 6 | He said Advanced Micro 's announcement it plans to ship ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of 80486 chips this year amounts to about one week of Intel 's total productive capacity , and as for the latter 's plans to line up a manufacturing partner to boost production in 1994 , he said he doubts the company will find much excess capacity in the industry — and any company acting as a partner with Advanced Micro could face legal action , but he would not say what Intel might do . |
| 7 | A public inquiry has opened into Oxford United 's plans to build a twelve million pound football stadium . |
| 8 | They want United 's Directors to quit after United 's fifth defeat in six games . |
| 9 | AN announcement is expected this week on the NewZealand-based company Fortex Group Ltd 's plans to establish a new lamb processing plant in the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | Xtra , the process by which X/Open Group Co Ltd 's hopes to determine what users want from open systems , is being handed over to those very users in the shape of the X/Open User Council . |
| 11 | Pyramid also promises a repost to arch rival Sequent Computer Systems Inc 's plans to offer Microsoft Corp NT-based superserver systems ( UX No 392 ) . |
| 12 | US West Inc 's plans to get into the fun-and-games end of the telecommunications business with Time Warner Inc has received a mixed review from the junior among the credit rating agencies , Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co of Chicago , which placed the securities of US West Inc , US West Capital Funding and US West Financial Services on rating watch . |
| 13 | Bolt Beranek & Newman Inc 's plans to get out of its current financial hole have left Standard & Poor 's Corp unmoved and seen the company 's subordinated debt downgraded to a dire CCC+ with the outlook negative ( CI No 2,111 ) . |