Example sentences of "['s] [adj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ivan III had recognized the peasant 's right to leave his lord , provided he settled his debts and paid a fee , laying down only that such movement should take place at the end of the harvest , during the fortnight surrounding St George 's Day ( an autumn as well as spring feast in the Orthodox calendar ) . |
| 2 | Hence the Strafpatent of the same year , which limited the lord 's right to punish his peasants , and the Unterthanspatent , also of 1781 , which allowed a peasant to lodge a complaint against his lord with officials of the central government . |
| 3 | However , despite the teacher 's independent authority to discipline pupils , the test laid down in the case of R v Rahman by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Lane for the limits to a parent 's right to detain his/her child probably offers a guide to teachers . |
| 4 | Harman J accepted the Crown 's contention that " The appellant 's right to recover his debt is an asset held by him and … the value of that right is increased by anything tending to increase the value of the company 's assets " ( see p627 ) . |
| 5 | However , the summit rejected Western pressure for East European-style reforms , stressing each state 's right to decide its own democratic system " in all sovereignty " and on the basis of its own " social and cultural values " . |
| 6 | A true feminist morality would strive to root the abstract principles of right and wrong in the firm ground of our tangible day-to-day existence : because one of the inherent limitations of an ethic based solely on rights — whether it be the fetus 's right to life or women 's right to control our bodies — is that it is one-dimensional . |
| 7 | Part of the honour in Aberdeen included the conferee 's right to wear his citation , or burgess-ticket , all day in his hat . |
| 8 | The Local Government Act , 1972 , allowed local authorities to choose between district auditors and private auditors ( who needed to be approved by the secretary of state ) but the Local Government Finance Act , 1982 , removed an authority 's right to choose its own auditor . |
| 9 | The issue is the people 's right to choose their representatives and to hold them accountable ; and , in this English context , Parliament has already become the focus of the struggle for democracy , as it was to remain in subsequent centuries . |
| 10 | In a letter this week to the Lord Chancellor , Mark Sheldon , President of the Law Society , says that recent remarks made by Lord Mackay suggest that the Government is considering restricting the individual 's right to choose their own solicitor . |
| 11 | The Interfax news agency quoted Mr Sergei Filatov , deputy Speaker , as saying the Congress of People 's Deputies was ready to debate revoking Mr Yeltsin 's right to choose his own government , to remove him as Prime Minister and to choose the Cabinet itself . |
| 12 | We had our own campaigns and set of demands , and what 's more , amongst them was a woman 's right to define her own sexuality . |
| 13 | But , now it 's in , Britain is coming under increasing pressure to support a single European currency ; this scheme has already raised the hackles of Mrs Thatcher who says that sacrificing the pound will undermine Britain 's right to manage its own economy . |
| 14 | Parliament 's right to regulate its own internal proceedings |
| 15 | She did notice that the nice little woman had gently squeezed her hand when Dr Neil was being at his most dictatorial over men 's right to beat their wives . |
| 16 | Michael 's lawyers have complained in a High Court writ that the label 's right to reject his work is unreasonable and the legal action goes on to allege that the distribution of profits from his albums ‘ Faith ’ and ‘ Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 ’ was unfair . |
| 17 | But Lord Selborne L.C. treated the mortgagee 's right to add his costs , charges and expenses to the security as an implied term of the mortgage contract . |
| 18 | In In re Leighton 's Conveyance [ 1937 ] Ch. 149 it was held by the Court of Appeal that a statutory provision providing that ‘ a poor person shall not be ordered to pay any costs ’ did not affect a mortgagee litigant 's right to add his litigation costs to the mortgage security . |
| 19 | Parliament 's right to determine its own composition |
| 20 | For a parent to hide sorrow or even anger denies the child 's right to have their own feelings . |
| 21 | Butler-Sloss LJ said that the meaning of the words " trade secrets " had developed since Herbert Morris v Saxelby and was now interpreted in the wider context of " highly confidential information of a non-technical or non-scientific nature … " . 1.4 The employee 's skill and knowledge Although the courts are anxious to uphold the employer 's right to have his business secrets protected they have ensured that the employee is not prevented from using , once he has left his employer , the general skill and knowledge which he has acquired during employment even though this may have been acquired at some cost to the employer . |
| 22 | Cynthia 's due to join her husband in Florida in September , hoping for a quieter life . |
| 23 | The women 's eight , who won their Head of the Float race this season , challenge in the women 's regatta starting on June 20 , while the men 's eight start their campaign 10 days later . |
| 24 | They are said to have worked pretty well in the morning before the full blast of Florida 's finest struck their backs . |
| 25 | Josh Gifford 's seven-year-old completed his novice chasing year with a tally of seven wins from nine races . |
| 26 | Rowland 's quick to understate his own importance as a guitarist , but he 's not prepared to attribute the host of apparent Howard derivatives entirely to synchronicity . |
| 27 | Bernard 's sure to have his spies out looking for me . |
| 28 | England 's Under-15s gained their first win of the season , 3–0 , against Northern Ireland before a crowd of 3,944 at the Goldstone Ground , Brighton . |
| 29 | And of course committing the murder is an act of perverse self-assertion , like the underground man 's notional sticking his tongue out — with the difference that the anti-hero 's mind movement breaks no bones , and hurts no feelings except his own . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Jo 's happy to count her blessings and remains quietly confident that hard work , professionalism and talent will keep her riding high . |