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

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1 Did Philippa and her lover see Sir Ralph as an obstacle to their marriage or to Mistress Philippa 's inheritance ? ’
2 ‘ Master Lieutenant , I would be grateful if you could gather everyone in Mistress Philippa 's chamber .
3 A guard ushered them into the Beauchamp Tower and up into Mistress Philippa 's chamber on the second floor .
4 Remember , ’ Cranston continued , ‘ apart from Fitzormonde and Colebrooke , everybody was in Mistress Philippa 's chamber . ’
5 These features isolate the user from the technicalities of the computer and encourage a dialogue based on the user 's judgements rather than imposing the hardware engineer 's or computer programmer 's discipline on the user .
6 So Travis stayed the night on their couch , with the only bonus for him being that , bleary-eyed and hung-over the next morning , he had a chance to have a brief word with Rosemary before she went to her computer programmer 's job .
7 The thing Dada remembered most distinctly about the uncomfortable occasion was the very nasty look Twomey 's niece had given to Twomey 's cat .
8 MARTIN Offiah has been let off lightly over his Charity Shield loser 's medal snub .
9 Defence counsel 's application for the judge to inspect the sister 's first statement under section 17 of the Evidence Act to determine whether or not it should be made available to the defence was refused .
10 His plea of guilty to manslaughter was accepted by the prosecution with the approval of the judge , who granted defence counsel 's application for an adjournment to call character witnesses in mitigation .
11 The bravery of a parent bird when defending its nest is remarkable , as is proved by this blacksmith plover 's display towards an intruding elephant .
12 Chris Law of Internal Audit , Regent 's House and Susan Grieve of Leamington Spa Branch were taken on a tour of the department , given a slap-up lunch and presented with a £250 cheque by Bob McInnes , Branch Banking 's Deputy Managing Director .
13 MORE than 12 months after the closure of the Corporate Wardrobe and the selling off of the entire stock in a giant sale , Branch Banking 's Deputy Managing Director Bob McInnes is still searching for a solution to the uniform issue .
14 CGI Corp , US subsidiary of the Faris company , will present a resolution at Computer Horizons ' May 5 annual shareholders ' meeting to ‘ modify or terminate ’ Computer Horizons ' shareholder rights plan and the golden parachutes in place to give the top officers a handsome pay-off should the company be acquired .
15 The presentation was made by Branch Banking Division 's Deputy Managing Director , Bob McInnes , and at the same informal ceremony Donald 's wife , Ada , was given a bouquet .
16 INACCURATE reporting by the media — particularly newspapers — was condemned by Bob McInnes , Branch Banking Division 's Deputy Managing Director , when he spoke at an informal dinner in North Queensferry , Fife .
17 2 MILLION WATCH ARMADA 'S LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
18 The stocking buyer 's nose began to fascinate him .
19 In The Fiction Writer 's Handbook ( Piatkus , £7.99 ) , Nancy Smith offers masses of good advice — including more than 100 alternatives to the word ‘ said ’ !
20 Certainly , it was the effects of such rising social tensions and widespread industrial conflict which motivated the giant Siemens company in the electrical engineering industry to join the metalworking employers ' association ( Homburg , 1983 ) .
21 ( Interestingly , in the car industry , although Ford has never belonged to an association in Britain nevertheless in Germany it is an active member of the metalworking employers ' association and follows the terms of its negotiated agreements . )
22 Hun Sen proposed in a speech delivered on Oct. 17 that the party support Sihanouk 's candidacy for the presidency of Cambodia in the future elections .
23 After a cursory ‘ Ireland will be free , ’ the politician then adds with glee ‘ but what I really want to say is thank you mother , thank you father , thank you … ’ and heads off into the normal ‘ thank you auntie Doreen ’ award winner 's speech .
24 But he took a more positive stance in the third and at the first hint of resistance Newton 's temper began to rise .
25 TIM STEVENS / Trail Riders ' Fellowship
26 After the contra field commanders ' rejection of their exiled political leaders , and as a result of Washington 's loss of leverage , the estimated 12,000-strong force has become an even more unpredictable element in a complex equation .
27 The 1991 Census User 's Guide , to be produced under the Census Initiative , and the Census User 's Handbook will be covering these issues in more detail .
28 The 1991 Census User 's Guide , to be produced under the Census Initiative , and the Census User 's Handbook will be covering these issues in more detail .
29 I saw the hired hand from M. Deloche 's farm coming across the field with it in his hand .
30 The most important of these is the driver program which converts the made-up pages from the ICL into codes to drive , via magnetic tape , the Printing Division 's Lasercomp .
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