Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RSC had been consulted by the National Curriculum Council over proposed revisions to the science component of the national curriculum and QEB was pleased to note that the main thrust of the RSC 's response had been accepted by the NCC . |
| 2 | ACET 's response has been to provide clients with special tubes for the disposal of dirty needles and syringes or help them if they wish to cease injecting . |
| 3 | Delhi 's response has been complicated by the existence of the lame-duck Kashmiri state government of Dr Farooq Abdullah , who fought last month 's general election in alliance with the then governing Congress party , and which is deeply unpopular in the valley . |
| 4 | The government 's response has been to impose an unpopular and inflationary emergency programme . |
| 5 | The Soviet Union 's response has been a relentless increase in its chemical warfare capability . |
| 6 | Officialdom 's response has been to throw more money at the problem . |
| 7 | The BMC 's response has been to offer to install abseil points and lower-off stations on the Horseshoe Bend area and to apply for assistance from the Sports Council for stabilising work |
| 8 | The government 's response has been to pump demand into the economy . |
| 9 | And the public 's response has been fantastic … |
| 10 | The Government 's response has been inadequate and that is why I initiated the debate . |
| 11 | The most extraordinary feature of the Opposition 's response has been the deafening silence of their principal spokesman in relation to the proposals . |
| 12 | " As you know , Sara , your aunt 's income has been dwindling of late years — she was very careless of investments and spent too much of her capital . |
| 13 | Joe 's contract had been renewed during each year of his captivity but that did n't happen this year . |
| 14 | In a Board statement issued less than an hour ago , it was announced that Mr Peterkin 's contract had been terminated , to take effect immediately . |
| 15 | Dr 's defence had been legally unusual , that of necessity . |
| 16 | Only one bastion of prime importance to the city 's defence had been lost so far : Douaumont . |
| 17 | Ershad 's trial had been scheduled to open on Feb. 16 , but was postponed for a month on a technicality . |
| 18 | But if Hardy 's Virgilianism had been pointed out to Pound , this would not have counted in Hardy 's favour . |
| 19 | After the stories of the last few chapters , since the point when the promises were first given , our confidence in Abraham 's reliability has been shaken nearly to pieces . |
| 20 | The contradictions in Belsey 's text have been examined sharply and at some length by Patrick Parrinder . |
| 21 | The result means that Lillywhite 's advantage has been cut to 20 seconds by Simensen , now in second place , with today 's 86-mile stage from Liverpool to Salford and tomorrow 's city-centre circuit race at Manchester remaining . |
| 22 | But I think you could do , see the whole great thing about what 's happening in this electronic change in print is that broadcasting 's advantage has been almost completely wiped out . |
| 23 | These could manifest themselves either during active cow 's milk allergy or later , when clinical tolerance to cow 's milk has been acquired . |
| 24 | Lesk 's technique has been adapted to meet these requirements : the definitions of these three candidates are compared with those of the rest of the sentence to find the one with the highest overlap . |
| 25 | The firm 's stand has been borne out by the earnings figures published by Fortune : for the calendar year 1987 , Korn/Ferry 's recruiting fees reached $64.6m. worldwide , of which $45.2m. was generated in the USA . |
| 26 | The Chelt 's course has been diverted in this area and consequently , it no longer actually flows to a mill which , like the majority of the mills on the lower section of the Chelt , is of brick and slate construction . |
| 27 | It has an impressive list of collaborators and the first year 's course has been fully subscribed . |
| 28 | The busmen 's case had been that their strict schedules made the satisfactory operation of physical functions difficult . |
| 29 | My office was subsequently informed by telephone on 10 May and by a letter dated 13 May from the deputy manager of the unemployment benefit office that Mr. Docherty 's case had been allowed by the adjudication officer , and that he was therefore entitled to arrears of benefit . |
| 30 | If the judges in Elmer 's case had been strict conventionalists they would have decided that case in two stages . |