Example sentences of "[indef pn] ['s] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in nobody 's interest for consumers to supply false information when seeking credit , or to try to take on more credit than they can manage . ’ |
| 2 | Everyone 's copy of Windows is likely to be slightly different ; we set the cursor blink speed to different rates , use different wallpaper , printers and so on . |
| 3 | Everyone 's guide to tulips , daffodils and lilies ; August 1 Focusing on the splendour of camellias , rhododendrons and magnolias ; |
| 4 | How one reconstructed a dinosaur might depend upon one 's views of relationships between reptiles and birds ; and indeed with the coming of cladistics , taxonomy based on descent , this is still a live issue , though there is now general agreement that Iguanodon stood on its hind legs . |
| 5 | Such awareness becomes important in helping clarify one 's place in society and , thus , one 's relationship to others in that society . |
| 6 | They are taught what our moral philosophy calls ‘ the other-regarding virtues ’ , those that enable one to take responsibility for one 's actions towards others ( see Overing 1985 ) . |
| 7 | But from the perspective of constructivism — which is a general theory of how cognisance is possible and how it develops — the immediate ‘ information-processing ’ shortcomings that lead to the failure to relate one 's actions to objects is not relevant . |
| 8 | Much of that worth depends , as it does for the teacher cited above , on recognition and status given to one 's work by others . |
| 9 | Previously one 's knowledge of stars comes from the light that comes in in the optical range and the visible range , or in perhaps the ultra violet if you can put a satellite above the atmosphere . |
| 10 | Is one 's grip of things to be always so fickle ? |
| 11 | True beliefs are n't generally better than false ones in any moral sense : there is usually nothing morally wrong about being mistaken in one 's beliefs about matters of fact . |
| 12 | Sometimes there is , especially when one has to act on one 's beliefs in ways that affect other people . |
| 13 | It is also because it is a well-written , intensely moving story which shows that MPs can and do achieve things , that true love can and does exist , and which restores one 's faith in politicians at a time such restoration is badly needed . |
| 14 | It was strange how Hank had a way of withdrawing from one 's company at times , just as if he had forgotten one was there . |
| 15 | He told her that being firm , sticking to one 's guns in situations of this kind , always paid off . |
| 16 | SHEAN DORL Gazing at one 's reflection for reasons other than vanity |
| 17 | And allied to this are concerns about ‘ not getting the results ’ and about one 's reputation with colleagues in general , and especially with the senior staff whose opinion can make or break a career . |
| 18 | Time to turn one 's thoughts to matters of a more intellectual calibre . |
| 19 | Should Gatting and his crew receive their paroles one 's sympathy for refuseniks like Rob Bailey can only heighten . |
| 20 | For some weeks now , Rusty had been in that peculiarly unreal state when words leap out from pages , voices or one 's own thoughts , and rudely rattle their bones about , or shove their meanings under one 's nose like exhibitionists until the meanings themselves vanish in a dance of death . |
| 21 | One must be realistic in one 's promises to patients in respect of their admission to hospital for non-life threatening operations . |
| 22 | Commercialism was not a quality she rated highly , but protection of one 's children from outsiders was . |
| 23 | The persistent conviction that one should model one 's house on houses superior to it is further emphasized by the popular practice of country house visiting . |
| 24 | As far as equities are concerned , and depending on one 's view of developments , selection might focus on stocks likely to benefit from falling interest rates such as Michelin , Rhone Poulenc and Pechiney , and those benefiting from reflationary measures in the economy , such as Bouygues . |
| 25 | To think clearly is to organize one 's speech into sentences and paragraphs ; sentences and paragraphs into sections and chapters ; sections and chapters into a coherent draft report , ready for submission . |