Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creating this world and all the , the millions of worlds and spa , and galaxies and , and all the rest of creation , that was child 's play compared to forgiving you and me . |
| 2 | We must be prepared to focus unsentimentally on antiracism 's inability to respond to other distinctive aspects of these new forms of racism . |
| 3 | They also modify the accountant 's certificate to refer to controlled trust money . |
| 4 | The newspaper changed sides and the public 's antagonism changed to vocal support as the safety and environmental benefits became clear for all to see . |
| 5 | It is however seen as an important signal of Mexico 's willingness to respond to environmental concerns . |
| 6 | She does not deny the philosophical impetus toward a Horatian retirement , but suggests that garden retreats often had less to do with spiritual delights than with ‘ the bodily and social pleasures of a fashionable men 's club transposed to rural surroundings … |
| 7 | It should be christened the Teddy Bear 's Picnic — Europe 's biggest teddy bear 's picnic according to advance promotional material but Radio 1 has decided that sentimentality over lost childhood went out with Smashy and Nicey . |
| 8 | Bearing in mind that even if an employer 's action amounts to constructive dismissal , this does not always mean that the dismissal will automatically be unfair . |
| 9 | Customers such as those in the automotive , plastics and rubber industries , are increasingly demanding tighter and tighter product specifications and also the right to assess a supplier 's capability to produce to consistent standards . |
| 10 | The Cockcroft Committee 's recommendation relating to graduated tests is stated in para 553 of the report : a study should be commissioned to consider whether it is possible to devise a means of providing evidence of achievement in mathematics for lower-attaining pupils in ways which will support , and not conflict with the provision of suitable mathematics courses in schools . |
| 11 | I found this scientific proof unnecessarily detailed and would have much preferred to see the space devoted to a discussion of how Wentwood 's philosophy compares to other recent approaches to assessment and competence development . |
| 12 | Sarah 's laughter turns to ruthless jealousy ( 21.8ff . ) . |
| 13 | Knox 's attitude turned to bitter hostility . |
| 14 | Controversy over the Fleet had flared up again when Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk 's decree transferring to Ukrainian jurisdiction all military formations in the republic , including the Fleet which would form the basis of Ukraine 's navy , had been answered by Russian President Boris Yeltsin 's decree of April 7 transferring the Black Sea Fleet to Russia . |
| 15 | The technological innovations which have developed as a result of society 's need to adapt to new conditions have been accompanied by a new epistemology . |
| 16 | Fear of this happening is a prime reason for some religious people 's failure to relate to other people 's views ; they therefore take refuge in intransigent attitudes often referred to by other people as fundamentalist or extremist . |
| 17 | THE head of MI5 , Mr Patrick Walker , has allowed a former senior officer to publish a book that includes strong criticism of the Government 's refusal to agree to independent oversight of the Security Service . |
| 18 | The well-known argument is that the woman 's refusal to concede to sexual intercourse is totally unjustified , since the two bodies have in fact already been made one by a flea , who has been sucking blood from them both . |
| 19 | Not merely the Antonine Wall but Hadrian 's Wall fell to hostile tribes . |
| 20 | But as for the long-term , he acknowledges that non-IBM sales will be key to Havant 's success , and says that he hopes to see half of the plant 's output going to new customers . |
| 21 | France had immense influence in Brussels and a long and happy record of setting the EEC 's agenda according to French needs . |
| 22 | That exposure to extreme communism , which included Stalin dispatching Fred Koch 's chauffeur to Siberia for becoming infected by Western ideas , prompted Koch 's father to swing to rabid right-wing beliefs . |
| 23 | Pavlov 's dog analogizes to previous occasions when it learns to expect its dinner as before when the bell rings as before , the ape simulates when it ‘ apes ’ . |
| 24 | André Chastel 's library goes to French state |
| 25 | The portrayal was of enslaved society , of people 's life reduced to stretched death , and of nations suffering warfare in which foreign armies are replaced by their own national security forces . |
| 26 | When Sonauto finally decided to stay in GP racing , Ruggia 's life returned to normal after months of high anxiety . |
| 27 | The first local authority fridge disposal schemes have also been launched , under pressure from local environmental groups keen to extend last year 's aerosol bans to practical action on fridges . |
| 28 | The epigraph , ‘ A penny for the Old Guy ’ , stresses that Eliot 's poem relates to ceremonial effigies . |
| 29 | As we have seen , equilibrium was central to Bukharin 's approach relating to social , political and economic problems . |
| 30 | But referee Ed Morrison 's leniency led to bad blood spilling over in a six-man brawl as Richards looked for revenge . |