Example sentences of "'s was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company which sold the Abbey brewery to Charrington 's was the London and Burton Brewery Co of Stepney , which carried on brewing in Stepney until its own takeover by Watney 's in 1929 . |
| 2 | Khrushchev 's was the first and only involuntary departure of an established Kremlin leader . |
| 3 | At Little St Mary 's was the future stalwart enemy of apartheid , Geoffrey Clayton . |
| 4 | At King 's was the former teacher of little Ramsey at the choir school , now a member of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd , Eric Milner-White . |
| 5 | Spurgeon 's was the greatest single influence in ensuring that the Greeks were never totally defeated . |
| 6 | Van Huysum 's was the ‘ able hand ’ chosen by the Society of Gardeners to illustrate their Catalogus Plantarum . |
| 7 | William 's was the last successful invasion of the British Isles and he was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day , 1066 , aged 39 . |
| 8 | For centuries young bloods had been sent off by indulgent parents to tour Europe in the hope that they would return cultured , educated , their manners refined and their address books packed with useful contacts , but Cook 's was the first group tour of European countries organized by an excursion agent . |
| 9 | Sainsbury 's was the first retailer to eliminate CFCs from its own brand aerosols . |
| 10 | Sainsbury 's was the first company to develop a range of cleaning products — Greencare — specifically formulated with the environment in mind . |
| 11 | Next to Talbot 's was The George Herbert Elementary School which from 1919 , became a girls-only institution , the boys being taught at St. Martin 's . |
| 12 | When tempers were aroused at home , and dirty names were bandied back and forth , Louis 's was the quiet voice of reason which held sway , melting the fires of passion . |
| 13 | A favourite hymn of Flora 's was the Metrical Psalm 46 . |
| 14 | But Maria Theresia was sufficiently impressed to present the family with a stylish set of court clothes : Nannerl 's was the court dress of an archduchess , of white brocaded taffeta , richly ornamented , while Wolfgang received a lily-coloured suit with broad gold trimmings . |
| 15 | St Paul 's was the first important example of the new ‘ auditory ’ churches which were to become increasingly common in the later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . |
| 16 | Germany 's was the great industrial achievement of these years and her metals industry was the basis of her strength . |
| 17 | Sir John Soane 's was the collection of a working architect , and the wonderful variety of objects and works of art in the museum were used as an anthology of antique architecture and decoration as well as a teaching collection . |
| 18 | More recent data of this type are not available , as Dunnell 's was the most recent major survey of family formation . |
| 19 | In the aftermath of Whitby , Rome 's was the only voice to speak about whatever differences had previously existed between the two churches . |
| 20 | Preston 's was the only film that even mentioned God , and that was only in connection with his opposite number . |
| 21 | St. Saviour 's was the first church in this country to be specially dedicated to use by deaf people and was the crowning achievement of the Rev. Samuel Smith , the first clergyman ordained to minister entirely to the deaf . |
| 22 | The agent subsequently contacted us to advise that the company 's was the highest bid and asked if we would be prepared to proceed at that figure . |
| 23 | He loved her too much even to be able to imagine such a thing ; Pavel 's was the love of Judas , a devotion so great that it encompassed even betrayal . |
| 24 | Canon Wheeler 's was the first and largest of the block of three houses which constituted Canons ' Court . |
| 25 | A bottle of Bell 's was the only witness of his lowest moods . |
| 26 | On Friday night , therefore , Miss Tilley 's was the only information which seemed to lead anywhere . |
| 27 | But she could n't just desert them , either ; for several members of the cast this play of Josh Thayer 's was the first decent break they 'd had , and she knew from dressing-room conversations just how much personal and emotional investment they 'd made in its success . |
| 28 | Single seater racing in Formula FF1 600 's was the next event . |
| 29 | Aunt Anna 's was the only one of great personal significance . |
| 30 | This whole charade of Wolff 's was the elaborate opening round of some little scheme of theirs to humiliate her . |