Example sentences of "[v-ing] to the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his statement , chairman John Slater says that the major problems relating to the group 's past have now been dealt with , but that the directors are not yet in a position to recommend the payment of a dividend . |
| 2 | Some of the designs are imported , others are composed in the factories by stylists — either an original design or one based on a specific order or according to the article 's intended market . |
| 3 | I asked because Carol was worried of having yet another stranger on board , which in retrospect seems a ridiculous notion owing to the Sloth 's , Gan 's and the Rubber Dummy 's existence . |
| 4 | It has also been proposed that breastfeeding may be less satisfactory for infants born after short than after long intervals , owing to the mother 's diminished ability to provide adequate milk , as deduced from the comparatively poor nutritional status of young children in El Salvador whose birth was preceded by a short interval ( Rinehart , 1984 , p. 686 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Going to the bathroom 's a pleasure again , it 's so easy ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The horses are going to the knacker 's on Monday if we do n't , ’ she said . |
| 7 | President and chief executive Lewis Platt was talking to the company 's half-yearly meeting with analysts in New York . |
| 8 | If unc is the wavefunction at a point on the detecting screen corresponding to the electron 's having traversed the first slit , and P , the associated probability , and if unc and P , are the similar quantities for slit 2 , the rules I have just stated imply unc Then , in the case when both slits are open , the probability unc let us call it ) is just given by unc The quantities unc and unc are what we called probability amplitudes ( p. 88 ) . |
| 9 | Using guitars equipped in turn with single coils and humbuckers and referring to the handbook 's suggested settings for guidance , I was able to access some excellently chunky rhythm sounds and quite respectable non-gothic lead tones into the bargain . |