Example sentences of "'s [adj] [noun sg] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another key element of Bush 's economic programme is the promotion of free trade and investment . |
| 2 | Shelford 's full-time employment is the promotion of Wayne Shelford ( through Mark McCormack 's International Management Group ) . |
| 3 | Hess 's outstanding contribution was the suggestion that new oceanic crust is actually generated at a mid-ocean ridge , and spreads out laterally away from it . |
| 4 | Roth 's crowning achievement was the editorship of the Encyclopaedia Judaica , which he held from 1965 . |
| 5 | Glenn Hoddle 's free kick was the start of the next goal . |
| 6 | It meant also that the consideration which more and more came to dominate the Dual Monarchy 's foreign policy was the need to check Russian influence over the Slavs of the Balkans . |
| 7 | The most recent outstanding event in Jim 's distinguished career was the publication of his definitive catalogue of the collections of Christ Church , Oxford , on which he had been engaged for several years , coinciding with the opening of the new galleries to contain them . |
| 8 | If , however , her main dislike of Ken 's sexual behaviour was the way it coloured his career , then she has perhaps cause for concern . |
| 9 | The Union 's guiding principle was the need for the local community itself to take charge of the process whereby health priorities were set and met . |
| 10 | Delia 's favourite breed is the Labrador , but she is a friend to all dogs . |
| 11 | There , everybody 's favourite whipping-boy is the multiple-choice test , 100m a year of them . |
| 12 | The Company 's principal activity is the promotion of economic development in the city of Glasgow . |
| 13 | Palatine 's principal activity is the brewing , bottling and sale of beers and the ownership and management of public houses within Cheshire , Greater Manchester , Lancashire and Merseyside . |
| 14 | Vizzini 's principal concern is the influence of ads on young people . |
| 15 | IT HAS been Labour 's good fortune in this election campaign that the electorate 's principal concern is the recession . |
| 16 | In Michoacán , a poor agricultural state with a radical tradition , the PRI 's principal opponent was the Party of the Democratic Revolution ( PRD ) led by Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano . |
| 17 | Mosanat 's ethnic base was the Hadjerai from mountainous central Chad . |
| 18 | The nation 's real shield was the navy . |
| 19 | The General knew he would probably die , for infantry took pleasure in killing cavalry and he would be the leading horseman in the attack on the bridge , but the General was a soldier and he had long learned that a soldier 's real enemy is the fear of death . |
| 20 | This brought the bitter words from Duran , ‘ How can I win in America [ a hint that the political climate between Panama and the United States is also manifested in boxing ] when Leonard 's Siamese twin is the referee ? ’ |
| 21 | As such , knowledge of each person 's personal experience is the field where the treasure of Jesus christ will be ‘ discovered ’ . |
| 22 | The $3.65bn buyout will increase the airline 's debt-equity ratio from less than 50 per cent to 585 per cent and NorthWest operates one of the oldest fleets in the industry , but Mr Skinner 's chief concern was the citizenship of KLM 's representative on the NorthWest board . |
| 23 | Coyle 's early strike was the culmination of a superb move started by Paul Lemon in midfield . |
| 24 | Vincent 's early history is the story of a great refuser . |
| 25 | This year 's overall winner was the reconstruction of the Kennet and Avon canal from Bristol to Reading . |
| 26 | The Bill 's central feature was the creation of a new right of appeal against a refusal of asylum . |
| 27 | Dr Mann 's central theme was the ability of humanity to use scientific knowledge for the good or the bad of his fellow man . |
| 28 | The plan 's central aim was the importation of some 9,000 prefabricated houses and 5,000 trailer homes ( as compared with Sharon 's aim to import 90,000 homes over 2 years ) . |
| 29 | A system 's explicit purpose is the exploitation of resources — in this case , energy — in the interests of productivity and economy . |
| 30 | The Fox 's previous wife is the focus of another set of stories . |