Example sentences of "'s [noun] [conj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Society 's Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 1992 shows a surplus of £3.7m . |
| 2 | Former Otago and NZ wicketkeeper Watten Lees 's contract as coach had expired . |
| 3 | But it is difficult to see how the section 5 restitutionary remedy could be available against anyone other than the other party to the transaction in question or the party to whom , under the transaction in question , the investor 's money or property had been paid or transferred . |
| 4 | He was able to satisfy Royalist investigators that an out-payment which he had made in connection with the king 's trial and execution had simply been a routine matter , in no way implicating him in the actual regicide . |
| 5 | At Trencern Hill , you 'll see the Giant 's Cradle where legend says victims were taken long before being murdered . |
| 6 | Prentice 's foot and leg shuddered as he rolled on the grass . |
| 7 | Neither player could calculate all the possibilities , but Yusupov 's judgement and bravery paid off . |
| 8 | He emphasized that Britain 's weakness and vulnerability robbed that country of the options which the United States still possessed in dealings with the USSR ; hence the British interest in peaceful co-existence . |
| 9 | Chant 's skin and syntax carried traces of the immigrant . |
| 10 | ‘ That does n't surprise me ; the old man was fond of cats so Sara decided to be allergic to cat 's fur and father encouraged the neighbourhood moggies into his office with kitchen scraps . |
| 11 | Except in very specific cases Sidonius 's attitudes and style encourage the reader to see continuity where there may have been disruption . |
| 12 | From this darkly humorous curtain-raiser , Scorsese steps back in time to Henry 's adolescence and time spent as a local don 's errand boy . |
| 13 | From this darkly humorous curtain-raiser , Scorsese steps back in time to Henry 's adolescence and time spent as a local don 's errand boy . |
| 14 | The book also records the 1972 National Federation of Fish Friers conference at the Park Hotel , Tynemouth , where the president 's banquet and ball cost £2.50 and delegates were entrailed in a debate about what to do with chicken giblets . |
| 15 | On the other hand , it conveys God 's presence because light shines down upon the world and illuminates everything within it . |
| 16 | There was a moment 's hesitation before attention turned to the shoes I was wearing . |
| 17 | Jimmy Carter 's election as President means more concern about human rights and reduced US support for repressive regimes in Latin America . |
| 18 | Alternatively people whose predominant coping strategy is to blame , project and rationalize may find themselves drifting towards isolation as well , as other people 's patience and tolerance wear thin . |
| 19 | TV 's Bodger and Badger cook up a Sunday lunchtime treat , with barmy Jane Bassett , juggling genius Tim Bat and Prince of Pottiness Pierre Hollins , and masses of mashed potato . |
| 20 | They can rightly be described as such because in each case the plaintiff 's freedom and ability to earn a living was affected . |
| 21 | But , you were saying erm your dad 's mum and dad had been |
| 22 | is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ? |
| 23 | Her reaction would be does Emma 's mum and dad know . |
| 24 | One of the reasons they all became friends was that Wally 's mum and dad did n't mind that he bunked off school all the time . |
| 25 | I had been saving up to buy a cooker and fridge and Brian 's mum and dad gave us some of the furniture . |
| 26 | In his heart Gaveston knew that young Edward quite liked the clerk ; admired the man 's fidelity and unwillingness to criticise him to his terrible father . |
| 27 | Among positive rights , we should include the rights : to have all one 's experience and knowledge assessed in the admissions process ; to determine the subjects studied ; to have a legitimate measure of control over the pace and the methods of study ; to be able to follow a particular academic interest , or develop a point of view of one 's own ; to be examined in ways which do justice to the student 's achievements ; and to be credited with those parts of a course which have been passed successfully ( should the student wish or need to move to another institution , or to take a break in the programme of study ) . |
| 28 | On March 11 an estimated 50,000 protesters supported a petition calling on Slovakia 's parliament and government to adopt " immediately " a declaration of sovereignty . |
| 29 | THE bitter tussle between Russia 's parliament and government appeared to be drawing to a close last night after preliminary approval was given to a compromise that would allow President Yeltsin 's administration to continue its reforms . |
| 30 | Since 1971 , though the scheme was temporarily abandoned , and more determinedly since 1981 , the control of monetary growth has depended upon the Bank 's willingness and ability to manipulate short-term interest rates and upon changes in interest rates ' ability to influence the demand for bank lending . |