Example sentences of "[noun] 's [noun] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another effect of Frank Spencer 's success was the fan-mail Crawford received from parents of handicapped children . |
| 2 | ‘ The flower of the Merkuts — ’ Jagatan 's voice was a mumble , ‘ all gone . |
| 3 | For the priests , in fact , were doing exactly the same trick , and probably by exactly the same means , as the old East Anglian and Scottish horsemen who made out and actually believed that the horse 's immobility was the result of some secret and magical device they had resorted to . |
| 4 | The other aspect of the 1991 World Cup that certainly caught the TV watcher 's eye was the inconsistency among the referees . |
| 5 | Rodrigo de Triano 's defeat was the only disappointment in an otherwise memorable day for owner Robert Sangster , who landed an 899–1 hat-trick in the last three races with Lost Reputation , River Defences — his Derby contender — and well-fancied Ecliptic , backed from 33–1 in the morning to 9–1 . |
| 6 | If he fails to establish , on the balance of probabilities , that the defendant 's negligence was a material contributory cause of his damage , his action fails . |
| 7 | The court held that the first defendant 's negligence was a cause of the death and he was held 25% responsible . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ The defendant 's mother was the subject of interest to the police on this occasion as well . |
| 9 | Toney 's friend was a police superintendent who played at Birkdale . |
| 10 | Dressed in silk and ablaze with jewellery , apparently to prove that Donna 's inheritance was no myth , Mavis Bricknell stumbled off towards the toilet room at the dome car 's entrance saying she must repair the ravages to her face , and presently she came back , screaming loudly . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly Edward was soon facing increasing demands to accept a number of reforming ordinances along with a commission to implement them ; predictably Gaveston 's exile was the key stipulation . |
| 12 | That may be because people have got so used to killings : after the murder of Lalith Athulathmudali , one of Sri Lanka 's two main opposition leaders , on April 23rd , the assassination of the president who some suspected of involvement in his rival 's killing was no great surprise . |
| 13 | Singh 's government was the first to be defeated on the floor of the Lok Sabha and shortly afterwards the Prime Minister tendered his resignation to President Ramaswamy Venkataraman . |
| 14 | Grom 's tribe was the Broken Axe , a tribe of Goblins that lived at the eastern end of Mad Dog Pass . |
| 15 | One adverse critic of Dustin 's performance was the young and eccentric English actor Victor Henry , who , on seeing Dustin in a bar after the show , emptied a glass of beer over his head . |
| 16 | In fact at one stage I thought this lack of drama might make poor reading , however , as I progressed I realised that the Club 's story was a neat piece of social-history entwined with personalities and tested by problems . |
| 17 | The club 's pivot was the drama : its master was Leo Lloyd — the second of those men who were to promote the career of so many boys and girls from the Afan valley . |
| 18 | The person who should be given the credit as the father of the redevelopment of the city centre and of the fine St. David 's centre was the late councillor Ron Watkiss . |
| 19 | David 's reward was a shield presented by Steve Burrows , Local Director , Liverpool . |
| 20 | By then , the DIA had satisfied itself that Asmar 's murder was the work of drug-trafficking elements in the Lebanese Forces , the ultra right-wing Christian faction whose secret war council complex was barely half a block from Asmar 's office in Karantina . |
| 21 | Martin McHugh 's absence was a massive blow , but why was he left idle until four minutes from the end when the game was effectively over . |
| 22 | Perhaps the clearest expression of Shevardnadze 's views was a speech he delivered in April 1986 on the anniversary of Lenin 's birth , some months after he had become professionally responsible for foreign affairs . |
| 23 | Observers noted that Shevardnadze 's appointment was an attempt to reassure the West over the splintering of foreign policy into republican units , with the attendant worries over nuclear weapons and the co-ordination of foreign aid . |
| 24 | Allsop 's auction was a record sell-out , with all but two of 111 lots sold for a total of £6.3 million , and other auction houses reported successful sales with average prices well above the guides . |
| 25 | MacArthur 's guard was a formidable force . |
| 26 | Thus , recognition by Her Majesty 's Government was the decisive matter and the courts had no role save to inquire of the executive whether or not it had recognised the government in question . |
| 27 | Rumour had it that Sir Hector 's influence was the only reason George had been taken on in the first place . |
| 28 | Lucy 's voice was a strangled whisper . |
| 29 | Lucy 's son was the apple of her eye , work her raison d'être . |
| 30 | Crucial to Shah 's and Murdoch 's success was the Thatcher government 's industrial relations legislation that limited the unions ' power to respond . |