Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally a candidate 's response may alter once our client 's identity is revealed . |
| 2 | He issued a detailed list of demands and said that the government 's response would determine the speed with which genuine negotiations could resume . |
| 3 | Alexander 's response would have left her breathless anyway . |
| 4 | However , if , by the date of trial , it can be shown that the deceased 's income would have risen since his death , then the dependency will be calculated by reference to what he would have been earning at the date of trial , rather than what he in fact was earning at the date of his death . |
| 5 | Beveridge thought a small part of the new scheme 's income should go to the NHS as it had under the old . |
| 6 | Clearly , if the demised property ceases to be used for trading , the landlord 's income will drop or possibly cease . |
| 7 | Alan Smith , chief executive of the Test and County Cricket Board , said the England team manager 's contract would expire on Sept 16 — the day after the end of the season and Mr Stewart 's 60th birthday . |
| 8 | Mr Mellor 's contract will run for six weeks , starting on January 9 . |
| 9 | The judge said , the men 's defence would have involved a re-examination of the events of nineteen seventy four . |
| 10 | Ford 's money may have been in evidence , but Ford 's men were not . |
| 11 | So it 's a bit frightening when you think a pensioner 's money may have been in that account at thirteen fifty on a , on ten thousand invested , and now they 're down to seven hundred . |
| 12 | As Manuel and I sat drinking our rum punch outside the tavern in the midday sun , patting Sombro and discussing dogs as pets in our respective homelands , we both knew Sombro 's manhood would remain intact and that , as long as he was able to mooch down to the village , he would do so . |
| 13 | The proposal to extend skiing facilities on to another part of the Caimgorms called Lurcher 's Gully could prove disastrous to wildlife , plants , locals and the mountain range itself . |
| 14 | The ill-feeling around Mrs Mandela 's trial will make the talks tougher , especially because the ANC has identified itself closely with Mrs Mandela . |
| 15 | I also told Sam that I did n't think the main Benskin 's board would approve the switch to management . ’ |
| 16 | This is because the target 's board will control the timetable for the scheme and its implementation . |
| 17 | Norsk Data 's board will recommend the solution to shareholders and the Oslo Bourse has been informed — not surprisingly , it is now considering permanently delisting the company 's shares . |
| 18 | Over the next few months he and IBM 's board will look at IBM with ‘ a no-holds barred ’ approach . |
| 19 | Over the next few months he and IBM 's board will look at IBM with ‘ a no-holds barred ’ approach . |
| 20 | It is much more likely to succeed where the target 's board can speak for control of the company and the board supports the scheme . |
| 21 | In the case of a hostile bid where the offeror is relying on the element of surprise , the target 's board can expect to receive the minimum of warning before the offeror 's press announcement ( announcing its firm intention to make an offer ) is released . |
| 22 | ARSENAL 'S rent-a-crowd will assist the team in their battle for the first Premier League title . |
| 23 | Last year 's winner could miss the race because of the fast ground . |
| 24 | At an informal meeting of G-7 Finance Ministers in London on April 14 , some ministers had expressed fears that the failure to stem the dollar 's rise would provoke a further rise in German interest rates , and in those of other members of the European exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) . |
| 25 | The yen 's rise could help trim the trade surplus in the long run as it could make U.S. exporters more competitive , although in the short-term that could help lift the amount of exports in dollar terms from Japan . |
| 26 | Economists said trade figures did not yet reflect much of the yen 's recent rise against the dollar but the effect of the yen 's rise could figure in the March and April trade figures . |
| 27 | If they did not act in order that the plaintiff should suffer damage they are not liable , however selfish their attitude and however inevitable the plaintiff 's damage may have been . |
| 28 | Nor could you just shut your eyes and throw them down the hatch ; because the whole pleasure of a chicken 's foot would come from sucking and nibbling it slowly , seeking out the tasty skin and the fragments of flesh like the last moments of a particularly luscious spare rib . |
| 29 | LEFT Practising bandaging your pet 's foot can help to prepare for the real event . |
| 30 | And Barnsley 's advantage could have been cut from five to two points had Keegan 's side not lacked the creative nous to topple them . |