Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When money is falling in value ( prices rising ) , borrowers gain at the expense of lenders because today 's money is worth more than tomorrow 's money . |
| 2 | Ademar 's evidence is demonstrably unreliable , however ; and without it , there is nothing to show that Pippin II 's support was at all widespread . |
| 3 | John Uff QC , writing in Keating on Building Contracts ( at p925 ) , states that the engineer 's decision is like that of a valuer . |
| 4 | Adam 's mum 's like that . |
| 5 | Preston 's experience was in many ways typical of the other old market towns that had been overwhelmed by the cotton industry . |
| 6 | The man 's mind is in such a state that it might unhinge him completely . |
| 7 | All I 'm trying to do is to establish where your father 's Datsun was on that night , and then stop wasting your time . ’ |
| 8 | Filmer 's bedroom was in that car . |
| 9 | They were that Filmer 's bedroom was in that car . |
| 10 | The question might be raised whether a surgeon 's callousness is after all even a local violation of ‘ Be aware ’ . |
| 11 | Swedish international Limpar 's future is in some doubt at Highbury . |
| 12 | Shamim 's village is like many others from which Pakistani immigrants have come to Britain . |
| 13 | Erm now we have , as an authority to negotiate er , to put that land together erm the Scout 's hut is on some of that land at the moment , and we 've failed er , to do that in the past . |
| 14 | Agnes and Tommy Docherty 's marriage was in many respects typical of their generation and typical of their catholic upbringing in the west of Scotland . |
| 15 | The uncertainty that up to now has surrounded Norsk Data 's business is by this clarified , ’ the company declared . |
| 16 | If you knows like how my big cock , my Dad 's cock 's like this . |
| 17 | Maurice 's funeral was in many respects indistinguishable from Beatrix 's . |
| 18 | As ever , the people who will suffer from Labour 's failure are among those who are furthest removed from the political process ; who are most likely to believe that the outcome of the election has little to do with them ; and , hence , who are least likely to be taking part in the election postmortem on why Labour lost . |
| 19 | Norwich Union 's aim is at all times to provide a first class standard of service . |
| 20 | The claim that 's being made here is that no one 's body is at all essential to them . |
| 21 | Nicola 's husband was after all , thought Dexter , the second suspect they had seen that day who had decided to dry-clean the clothes worn at the farewell party . |
| 22 | The SS Emma Bates 's name was on that torpedo , so he had n't had much of a choice . |
| 23 | And the fact that the LP 's outer sleeve depicts dozens of oranges bouncing on the moon 's surface is of little metaphorical significance . |
| 24 | Mr 's wife is in this . |
| 25 | We now know what the Labour party 's agenda is on that issue . |
| 26 | Recent work by Zeki ( 1983a , b ) shows that Land 's theory is of more than theoretical interest because cells in area V4 have properties compatible with it whereas cells in Vl do not . |
| 27 | In Parliament Gould 's career was of little note until the later years of Anne 's reign when , in 1713 , he spoke three times ( and very effectively ) against the treaty of commerce with France . |
| 28 | As the Secretary of State has said , today 's debate is to some extent a re-run of the debate that took place on 16 April , and we shall be deploying some of the same arguments . |
| 29 | ‘ Today 's debate is about those parts of the Gracious Speech related to the inner cities — local services and education . |
| 30 | You ask what the Government 's policy is on this matter . |