Example sentences of "'s [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | changes in the group 's and/or company 's pension arrangements . |
| 2 | This application should still be made even if , because of the student 's and/or parents ' income , it appears unlikely that there will be any assistance towards maintenance , because fees are payable in full by the grant-awarding body without regard to the income of student , parent or spouse . |
| 3 | ‘ Socialist Realism ’ has been described by Ernst Fischer as implying ‘ the artist 's or writer 's fundamental agreement with the aims of the working class and the emerging socialist world ’ ; in short , this is a stance of political progressivism . |
| 4 | This brings with it the corollary that it is not always apparent whether the beliefs he expresses are Ackroyd 's or those of the writer to whom he is exposed , or both . |
| 5 | And on the facing page he breathes some more of Shakespeare 's words : ‘ To return to Gavin 's or not . |
| 6 | The doctors tell us that elderly pilots and pilots who smoke should be aware that their tolerance to a shortage of oxygen is lower than younger people 's or that of non-smokers . |
| 7 | The experimental context in which the behavioural understanding of cognition developed involved such a presupposition : we understand the rat 's or the pigeon 's behavioural repertoire because we see it in the context of a physical layout that we take as given . |
| 8 | Everyone then gets out of the habit of going to the pub and goes to the ever-increasing competition such as McDonald 's or other fast food establishments . |
| 9 | But the other versions , admiring ones like Hartman 's or Megill 's , and hostile ones like Tallis 's , are all based on something in his writing . |
| 10 | In a view of the subject radically different from Hirsch 's or Lewis 's , ‘ literariness ’ emerges as an essential concept , akin to ‘ philosophy ’ or ‘ history ’ . |
| 11 | It is not hard to see that in Homage to Sextus Propertius Pound is centrally concerned with just this question , and is defending his own scale of priorities against Hewlett 's or Newbolt 's . |
| 12 | Of course , it is difficult to pre-empt a jury 's or judge 's decision on damages , but the fact that a very rich plaintiff might hand over his damages to charity should and could be taken into account in any assessment . |
| 13 | None of Mao 's or Mr Deng 's heirs has survived long enough to assume fully their designated role as successor . |
| 14 | Ashman seems to make more whimsical use of the device of exit up-stage , re-entry stage right ( whether the idea is Ashman 's or Noelte 's , its use in duets where one knows the exiting character has a line to sing almost at once , soon becomes irritating ) . |
| 15 | ‘ When I first became involved , getting the Olympics to Britain was n't on anybody 's agenda within sport , not the Minister 's , not the Sports Council 's , not the BOA 's or any sports body . ’ |
| 16 | Partisanship was the main influence on Thatcher 's and Kinnock 's scores but not Steel 's or Owen 's ; and even for Thatcher and Kinnock the partisan influence was weaker than on other aspects of their image . |
| 17 | The terrorist is normally a person who , as such , risks death either by his own weapons or in the commission of his act , and is at least as likely to court what he might regard as a martyr 's or patriot 's death as to be deterred by it . |
| 18 | This is payable when a copy of a writer 's or composer 's song is made mechanically ( or these days electronically ) . |
| 19 | The first figure relates to the writer 's or composer 's percentage ( 95 or 85 per cent ) , and the second to the amount retained by the publisher ( 5 or 15 per cent ) . |
| 20 | In doing so I wanted not to reduce , say , Gide 's or Fanon 's defence of difference to the limiting historical conditions of its articulation — the first as merely a sexual tourist , the second as developing a homophobic theory of Negrophobia . |
| 21 | It was not in fact published during Marx 's or Engels 's lifetime . |
| 22 | A woman can have Izzat but it is not her own — it is her husband 's or father 's . |
| 23 | As a teenager , I longed to have a curtain of hair like Paul McCartney 's or John Lennon 's . |
| 24 | Theirs is a sado-masochistic vision of the universe to rival Samuel Beckett 's or Schoolly D's . |
| 25 | Saltpetre , or potassium nitrate , is a preserving salt usually available only at a chemist 's or pharmacy and is most commonly used to preserve the pink colour of pickled or salt beef . |
| 26 | Often very soft owing to a high whey content Cheese , Soft p69/ Cheeses of the Brie and Camembert types , made from uncut curds which are allowed to drain naturally Cheese , the nutritive value of p88 Cheesecake , Rich Chocolate p77 Cheesemaking p93–5 Cheeses , Blue p97 Cheese , Goat 's milk p96 Cheeses , Hard p72/ A group including some very hard varieties such as Parmesan , but also Cheddar Cheeses , Semi-hard p70/ Probably the largest group of cheeses , including many traditional British varieties Cheeses , Sheep 's or Ewes ' milk p96 Chicken Pilaf p57 Chinese Egg Noodles p52/ Thin dried noodles reconstituted in boiling water , used for Eastern Cookery Chocolate p77/ The refined product of the cocoa plant Chocolate Biscuit Loaf , Italian p78 Chocolate Cheesecake p77 Chorizos p14/ Spicy sausages used extensively in Spanish and Mexican cookery Clam Sauce for pasta p82 Cocktail Tartlets , Tartlets in a Hurry p113 Cocoa p77/ Cocoa butter and cocoa powder are the basis of the chocolate industry , and are extracted from the beans of the cocoa plant Coffee p32/ A drink prepared from the berries of the tropical coffee plant Coffee , types of p34 Creamed Leek & Chilli Sauce p82 Currants p61 |
| 27 | The perverse result , in many poor neighbourhoods , is that a young man lives off his mother 's or pregnant girlfriend 's welfare cheques , or both . |
| 28 | The celebration must take place between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. , and must be preceded by a publication of banns or the obtaining of a Registrar 's certificate or a Bishop 's or Registrar 's licence , and unless a special licence is obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury , must take place in a recognized place of worship or Registrar 's office situate in the district in which one at least of the parties resides . |
| 29 | The vibrator , too , might well have some other application like soothing a dog 's or an old lady 's rheumatic shoulder . |
| 30 | Make sure they are practical and are within your budget ( or your spouse 's or friend 's budget ! ) . |