Example sentences of "['s] [adj] [noun sg] and it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each tail movement or posture tells us ( and other cats ) something about the animal 's emotional condition and it is possible to draw up a ‘ de-coding key ’ , as follows : |
| 2 | These two predominant activities are merely complemented by the club 's social side and it is the former which , in fact , brings together friends and acquaintances in pursuit of the latter . |
| 3 | Willie was always Zach 's faithful assistant and it was quite obvious , as soon as Sherlock Holmes was mentioned , that Zach would be the famous deerstalkered detective . |
| 4 | Once again my sincere apologies for my absence , as I explained last September , this weekend is my mother 's 80th birthday and it falls to me to host a celebration and to entertain friends and relatives during the weekend . |
| 5 | It was he who tended most to be swallowed up by the show 's overall style and it was therefore he who became in a sense ultimately dispensable . |
| 6 | The ten-point margin reflected the Police 's overall superiority and it gave them a deserved triumph in only their second appearance in the final . |
| 7 | The certificate is a practical award that assess the candidate 's actual performance and it can be tailored to meet the needs of each candidate . |
| 8 | This was by far London 's worst display and it leaves them rooted at the foot of the European Division with a 1–2 record . |
| 9 | He was smoking some of Foley 's black tobacco and it tasted terrible . |
| 10 | As a consequence the PFA continued to support George Eastham 's legal battle and it was not until 1964 that the case came to court and Sir Justice Wilberforce established the players ' legal right to the second freedom that had already been negotiated in 1961 . |
| 11 | Conversation between persons depends in large measure on presuppositions each participant has of the other 's mental state and it is unlikely that the same presuppositions will influence conversation with a computer system . |
| 12 | Add to that McIvor 's powerful shooting and it 's easy to see why the Coleraine faithful are pinning their hopes on him . |
| 13 | I mean he kept , I mean he did n't do anything to the city you ca n't even see it from the old one 's still standing and it 's in the wrong it 's so nice . |
| 14 | The Origin of the Family , Private Property and the State , 1884 Formen is the most detailed discussion of pre-capitalist society in Marx 's mature work and it really can not be understood except as a part of the background for the more fully completed works Marx was either planning or did wrote , especially Capital . |
| 15 | Being a radical experimental company of the time , given to onstage nudity , we were no strangers to Beth 's voluptuous physique and it was hard to suppress our giggles at the absurd movie , in which a deformed , slobbering handyman ogles and gropes our heroine before coming to a violent end . |
| 16 | But Hambleton District Council opposes the move as the property lies in the heart of the town 's industrial estate and it says it is noisy and unsuitable for the old . |
| 17 | ‘ I understand that over 500 students altogether took part in the Guild 's first course and it is good to see so many here today to collect their certificates . |
| 18 | Such was Wagner 's first position and it satisfied him , if not his critics , for a decade . |
| 19 | Hippix is Hippo 's first product and it is currently trying to figure out its target market . |
| 20 | But outside the house on this Sunday morning the usual gossip was forgotten , for Max Klein 's new motor-car was parked at the Rabbi 's front door and it seemed that half the community had gathered to wonder at it . |
| 21 | As this is the Government 's 13th hour and it is now too late for them to help , will the Minister explain to disabled people why the Secretary of State for Employment spends so much of his time rubbishing trade unions , rather than finding jobs for those people ? |
| 22 | The ‘ traditional working class ’ is Britain 's newest minority and it is far too small by itself to elect a Labour government . |
| 23 | Dan-Air was Gatwick 's main airline and it was the effect on the West Sussex airport that prompted Mr Heseltine to reach his conclusion after the recommendations of the Director General of Fair Trading . |
| 24 | Hearts ' defender was in Roxburgh 's original squad and it was always the intention to play him after a worthwhile display against Portugal in October . |
| 25 | We went , we went to Jeannette 's last night and it was roasting in there ! |
| 26 | New proteins are now synthesized which provide the muscle 's contractile machinery and it becomes organized in the cell into a highly ordered array of filaments which gives muscle its striated appearance . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's A Shame … ’ is the title track from the Lemonheads ' enthralling album and it 's beautiful . |
| 28 | Guests ' bills are written up daily from the duplicate vouchers which are debited to the visitors ' tabular ledger and it follows that the balances shown on the guests ' bills must correspond with the balances in the visitors ' tabular ledger . |