Example sentences of "'s [noun] [modal v] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approach , far from just offering a comfortable sense of hand-holding , serves as an excellent safety net , as it helps us to identify at an early stage where a trainee 's progress may be for some reason deficient , and to take whatever steps may be needed to rectify the situation . |
| 2 | I started sending out a ‘ ten , thirty — three ’ , the Citizen Band S.O.S. , on channel 1 but I knew that by the time I got through all 40 channels , Danny 's truck would be on the Motorway and we would lose it . |
| 3 | The Everqueen 's policies may be at odds with those of the Phoenix King . |
| 4 | There is no way that we can be sure , from the statements of members of Labour 's Front Bench , what the Opposition 's policies would be in the context of the Bill and of the industry that we are trying to preserve and strengthen . |
| 5 | For this reason , commercial letters of credit usually stipulate that the bank 's payment will be against presentation of the shipper 's copy of the air waybill . |
| 6 | If competence and complexity are increasing correlatively , tomorrow 's user will be in a sense no better off than his present day counterpart . |
| 7 | The search for a new director to oversee future expansion has now begun and it is expected that Hickey 's successor will be in post by early summer . |
| 8 | Mr Hill 's cheque will be for £2,008,137.60p , the company 's sixth-biggest payout and only the seventh to top the £2m mark . |
| 9 | The related business person 's turnover will be under the current registration threshold if ( broadly ) it is not over £36,600 in any of the last 12 calendar months and is not reasonably expected to exceed that amount in the next 30 days from any time ( VAT Act 1983 , Sch 1 , para 1(1) ) . |
| 10 | Just a quick reminder ; tomorrow 's night 's programme will be at the earlier time of 6 p.m . |
| 11 | ‘ An' remember to be careful what yer say or do , fer yer Granny 's eyes will be on yer in the future . ’ |
| 12 | The CRE 's findings and recommendations are expected to go to the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , for approval and action if its inquiry upholds complaints that the region 's methods may be in breach of race relations and education law for failing to test in a child 's first language . |
| 13 | The tenant 's adviser should be on his guard against such a provision since it is little more than a trap for the tenant , particularly since the figure specified by the landlord need not be a bona fide and genuine pre-estimate of the market rent ( Amalgamated Estates Ltd v Joystretch Manufacturing Ltd ( 1980 ) 257 EG 489 ) . |
| 14 | We wondered what a Bishop 's Palace would be like , I think William had expectations of maidservants and throne rooms , but it turned out more like a typical Kiwi residence . |
| 15 | The ridden horse 's ears may be at half mast indicating that he is relaxed and listening to his rider . |
| 16 | And models of Noah 's ark must be among the most enduring of children 's toys , whether the animals are made of wood or plastic . |
| 17 | He said almost half of Darlington 's homes would be on the lowest band and 60pc will be on the bottom two bands when the council tax is introduced . |
| 18 | She asked why women 's labour should be worth less than that of men . |
| 19 | ‘ God knows , ’ he concluded softly , ‘ some of the Duke 's blood may be on my hands . ’ |
| 20 | 210 In all cases between landlord and tenant , as often as it shall happen that one half year 's rent shall be in arrear , and the landlord or lessor , to whom the same is due , hath right by law to re-enter for the non-payment thereof , such landlord or lessor shall and may , without any formal demand or re-entry , serve a writ in ejectment for the recovery of the demised premises , which service shall stand in the place and stead of a demand and re-entry ; and in case of judgment against the defendant for non-appearance , if it shall be made appear to the court where the said action is depending , by affidavit , or be proved upon the trial in case the defendant appears , that half a year 's rent was due before the said writ was served , and that no sufficient distress was to be found on the demised premises , countervailing the arrears then due , and that the lessor had power to re-enter , then and in every such case the lessor shall recover judgment and execution , in the same manner as if the rent in arrear had been legally demanded , and a re-entry made ; and in case the lessee or his assignee , or other person claiming or deriving under the said lease , shall permit and suffer judgment to be had and recovered on such trial in ejectment , and execution to be executed thereon , without paying the rent and arrears , together with full costs , and without proceeding for relief in equity within six months after such execution executed , then and in such case the said lessee , his assignee , and all other persons claiming and deriving under the said lease , shall be barred and foreclosed from all relief or remedy in law or equity , other than by bringing error for reversal of such judgment , in case the same shall be erroneous , and the said landlord or lessor shall from thenceforth hold the said demised premises discharged from such lease ; provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to bar the right of any mortgagee of such lease , or any part thereof , who shall not be in possession , so as such mortgagee shall and do , within six months after such judgment obtained and execution executed pay all rent in arrear , and all costs and damages sustained by such lessor or person entitled to the remainder or reversion as aforesaid , and perform all the covenants and agreements which , on the part and behalf of the first lessee , are and ought to be performed . |
| 21 | People 's lives could be at stake , or at the very least their futures . |
| 22 | They ignored the possibility that tomorrow 's refugees might be from China or Yugoslavia ; or that , even if they are Muslim , their needs may be material or cultural and not religious . |
| 23 | But in the eighteenth century McKeown 's criticisms may be on less secure ground ( Woodward 1974 ) . |
| 24 | Whatever Mr Major 's motives may be for having concluded that your that the process is at an end that your involvement , effectively , with Gerry Adams is at an end , what about Mr Reynolds ' motives ? |
| 25 | Of particular importance today , it was agreed , was what the Church 's attitude should be to non Mass-going parents seeking baptism for their child . |
| 26 | The farmer 's delight may be in one or more species of livestock , in arable farming , in gardening , or in bringing all these enterprises together in a mixed farm . |
| 27 | But there the EFTA 's work would be at an end . |
| 28 | For these reasons , however valuable Bourdieu 's work may be in identifying the patterns and relationships or the society or mass consumption , it is limited with respect to the present project . |
| 29 | A fascinating collection of architectural fittings and other objects relating to the history of London 's architecture will be on permanent display for the first time in its ninety-year history from April . |
| 30 | bring into active play all the possible forces , schools and clubs , etc. , to neutralise and overcome the pernicious influences of ‘ blind alley ’ employment , to insure that , however uneducative and useless a juvenile 's job may be from the point of view of the future , he shall not on that account emerge from it unfitted for any other kind of labour . |