Example sentences of "[noun] ['s] [noun] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Library Association 's position is therefore based entirely on the rule of law : whatever is published and has not been banned by law is permissible within a library . |
| 2 | The horse must always be driven forward and down onto the contact and the danger of running reins is that the horse 's head is merely pulled in . |
| 3 | The horse 's temperament is extremely important to us , because as its basis of personality it will interact with our personality and determine how successful our horse-partnership will be . |
| 4 | So the anxious horse 's body is continually prepared for physical danger , and so for flight — which is a rather inappropriate reaction for ordinary everyday care and riding of the horse . |
| 5 | Although Stephenson 's office is just a cricket ball 's throw from where the bust-up took place the report had still not arrived yesterday — and was not expected until tomorrow ! |
| 6 | ROSENCRANTZ 's bag is nearly full . |
| 7 | Neil 's PR is now at the door , signalling frantically for the second time in two minutes . |
| 8 | Faced with the prospect of partial closure if it ca n't convince its parent that it has a viable future serving third party customers , IBM France SA 's plant is energetically laying plans to exploit its skills in chip packaging , in particular IBM 's proprietary technology for surface-mounting chips on multi-layer ceramic substrates to create multi-chip modules . |
| 9 | Orton 's camp is indeed constituted by playfulness and it acts as a solvent of morality — but it does this to provoke rather than disarm moral indignation . |
| 10 | first , the definition of infanticide is limited to the killing of the child most recently born , which means that when a mother in a disturbed state kills both her last-born child and another slightly older child , the one killing is infanticide and the other may be murder , whereas the defendant 's culpability is surely the same in both cases . |
| 11 | Kahn 's thesis is simply that both because of its profit record and its potential as a brand name , Velcro 's share price should have been a lot higher — in the region of over $40 a share . |
| 12 | ‘ I understand Lady Eleanor 's funeral is tomorrow ? ’ |
| 13 | In the work of Cadaquès Picasso had moved ahead of Braque with characteristic impetuosity , and then late in 1911 , when Picasso 's painting is once again comparatively legible , Braque had in turn produced a series of unusually elaborate and highly personal paintings ( of which the Man with Violin ( discussed above ) and the still life Soda in the Museum of Modern Art in New York are good examples ) which represent the most hermetic stage of his Cubism and which have no counterpart in the work of Picasso . |
| 14 | But the reason for the cod 's decline is fiercely debated , with the Canadian and European fishing industry 's blaming each other , and some arguing that the end of the seal hunt has contributed to the problem . |
| 15 | In my view , the Revenue 's contention is much less tenable with regard to the payment of dividends by a group 's existing subsidiaries , even though the Revenue argues that an abnormal dividend is itself a ‘ transaction in securities ’ , applying the dicta in Greenberg v CIR ( 1971 ) 47 TC 240 . |
| 16 | The result is that the club 's fleet is soon to be in the order of 30 canoes . |
| 17 | The hyperbole in Brezhnev 's statement is less significant than the disillusion it reveals : Brezhnev , after all , was the figure most closely associated with the strategy of import led growth . |
| 18 | For a car with such razor-sharp handling , the Limited 's ability to keep the lumps and bumps of the road away from the car 's occupants is surprisingly good . |
| 19 | Blake and Mouton 's analysis is effectively complemented by the best known of the contingency models — Adair 's ( 1983 ) model of action-centred leadership . |
| 20 | SPAG 's membership is currently working on getting 1984 X400 implementations certified , and on the horizon is work on X500 and network management . |
| 21 | David 's life is now in balance with time to follow to the country pursuits like shooting he loves . |
| 22 | If we think David 's utility is terribly important we might consider a move from A to F a good thing , even though Susie 's utility will be severely reduced . |
| 23 | Well David 's mug is positively quiet compared to yo |
| 24 | We know that David 's mother is neither Carol nor Ann , who bought the popcorn , nor is she Jean , whilst Meg is Simon 's mother , so David 's mother must be Helen , and they therefore saw Mickey Mouse . |
| 25 | and put it down , it , on the kitchen floor of this place , and in the , our sitting room we had a carpet it was er a carpet of David 's mother 's actually , but it covered the entire sitting room and it looked rather nice you know , because it was a big room and we also had a carpet of sorts in the bedroom . |
| 26 | David 's collection is primarily made up of one colour , cream , which you can mix with whatever you like . |
| 27 | All the same Schneidau 's argument is just and illuminating , so far as it goes . |
| 28 | With regard to Gundovald 's aristocratic support , Gregory 's account is less straightforward . |
| 29 | Munchausen 's syndrome is usually seen amongst those with some medical knowledge , such as failed medical students or nurses . |
| 30 | ‘ Jeff 's work is more about cultural self-intoxication . |