Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [adv] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nowadays there 's more elbow room and less cigar smoke — and the shrewder restaurateurs have set out to replace their lost business regulars by constructing lunch menus that are brief , light and designed to show off the chef 's talents rather than the customer 's credit rating ; it 's hard to believe that anyone can produce a good meal so cheaply . |
| 2 | Yet realistically this dilemma is likely to be brief as long as employers hold the key to one 's livelihood rather than the professional association . |
| 3 | Hot Springs boasts of being Clinton 's boyhood home and the village of Hope of being his birthplace . |
| 4 | This means pressing the child 's chest so that the blood — with its vital oxygen — is pumped around the body and up to the brain . |
| 5 | It has been held that the court is able to order a sale of mortgaged property against the lender 's wishes even though the mortgage will not be redeemed by the proceeds , if it would be unfair to the borrowers to postpone a sale ( p 100 ) . |
| 6 | The Court of Appeal has decided that the Court has unfettered discretion to order a sale of mortgaged property against the lender 's wishes even though the mortgage will not be redeemed by the proceeds , if it would be unfair to the borrowers to postpone a sale ( see Palk v Mortgage Services Funding plc [ 1992 ] , The Times , 7 August ) . |
| 7 | It 's just that we do n't want anything to ruffle the Khedive 's hair just when the negotiations are approaching a delicate stage . ’ |
| 8 | Our family 's heart home where the sea smashes against cliffs in winter , and the sun pulls life out of its rich earth in summer . |
| 9 | Client agrees with KPMG ( for itself and on trust and as agent for the others mentioned below ) fully to indemnify and to hold harmless KPMG , its partners , employees , its lawyers , [ Stephenson Harwood ] , any Approved Broker and ( subject to Client 's prior consent to their engagement ) any other advisers , agents and consultants retained by KPMG in connection with the Offer ( any and all of which or whom is referred to as an ‘ Indemnified Person ’ ) from and against any and all losses , claims , costs , damages , actions , proceedings , demands , liabilities and expenses whatsoever , joint or several , ( collectively ‘ claims ’ ) which any such Indemnified Person may suffer or incur and which relate to or arise from , directly or indirectly , KPMG 's engagement hereunder and/or the provision by KPMG of its services in connection with the Offer . |
| 10 | Perhaps Herpomyces is able to penetrate the host 's exoskeleton only where the exoskeleton is thin , as it is around the base of the sensory hairs that cover the cockroach antennae . |
| 11 | Little did they know that they would be stepping into Hunter and Rae Brown 's shoes less than a year later ! |
| 12 | There is more to Wittgenstein 's attitude here than a straightforward refusal to play the philosophical game . |
| 13 | This is possible as it is obvious in Mark 's Gospel especially that the disciples did not really understand what the Messiahship of Jesus meant . |
| 14 | The possibility that Khreesat or Abu Elias or some other PFLP — GC bombmaker had incorporated a Libyan timer as well as Libyan Semtex into the Lockerbie bomb remained open , therefore — with the balance of probability tilted towards Jibril 's group rather than the Libyans in view of its previous use of Toshiba radios as bomb housings . |
| 15 | This has a more constructive effect in that the explanation becomes the focus for the other person 's reaction rather than the fact of a disagreement . |
| 16 | Kennedy 's assassination less than a month after that of Diem left an unhappy heritage in South-East Asia for his successor Lyndon Johnson . |
| 17 | Generally speaking those days are agreed by the member of staff 's needs rather than the organizations interviewed |
| 18 | In discussions with the child it is often possible to plan a course of work to meet the individual 's needs so that the learning process is negotiated rather than dictated . |
| 19 | Yet it is in this dangerous arrogance , that the politician can know a person 's needs better than the person himself , that the seeds of bureaucratic authoritarianism lie . |
| 20 | [ music ] But as this music fades into the Interlude the E/F figure is suddenly no more than a detail in the seascape , a gull 's cry perhaps or a slight turbulence on the water [ 3 ] . |
| 21 | The industrial buyer is therefore acutely aware that he or she is building-in , or using , someone else 's product so that the final customer 's demands can be met . |
| 22 | The work involves the legal processes of obtaining probate of wills and the winding up of a deceased person 's affairs so that the wishes expressed in those wills may be carried out . |
| 23 | FISA , the governing body , went some way towards assuaging Senna 's grief by banning Mansell from Sunday 's race even though the court of appeal is not due to sit until Thursday . |
| 24 | It would seem to cover the situation where the accused takes the victim 's umbrella dishonestly and the victim buys back the umbrella , not realising that it is his own . |
| 25 | It 's a production to be recommended there 's lot of fun , good singing and the riverbank scene of Act 3 was as effective as I have ever seen , not least for Colin Rees 's mercurial exploration of the fat knight 's character even though the river was more Essex marshes than Windsor . |
| 26 | They operate on a slightly different basis , controlling movement from the dog 's head rather than the neck , and again , a normal collar should be removed before these are used . |
| 27 | Elsie 's wall so that the water does n't come down here , down the wall what you need to do is put the , lead sheeting chipping out from the , the block , chip , chip into the , the rendering , put lead sheeting into it , cement the rendering back in again |
| 28 | The key worker should regularly check that the child 's whereabouts are known , and inform the Child Protection Register 's custodian immediately if the child goes missing . |
| 29 | Everyone should follow Marshall 's example here because the amount of effect level needed can change from gig to gig and the mix pot makes this adjustment instantly , without your having to mess about with the processor 's levels . |
| 30 | But Taylor will have noted that there is much more to Atkinson 's game now than the blistering pace which launched him into league football with Ipswich Town six years ago . |