Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] is [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Erm her blood pressure was being , being depressed er by some other , you know , blood pressure regulator and erm one of the side effects of hormone replacement may be , yeah , that people 's susceptibility to migraine is heightened .
2 In C. ( 1972 ) , John Berger shuns defining endings , and defining order in fiction generally , remarking that ‘ the writer 's desire to finish is fatal to the truth .
3 The cat 's ability to pause is instinctual — in other words , it is an automatic function of the subconscious brain .
4 He stored it up — the mind 's ability to store is inexhaustible — and wrote it down when he was finally released .
5 Information concerning a customer 's ability to pay is important to any business .
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