Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the theory that always borrow other people 's money , and you 'll spend other people 's money is the best way is n't it ? |
| 2 | He beat Tertian in the competitive Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte over course and distance , and his trainer , Ellie Lellouche , believes today 's trial is the ideal Newmarket preparation . |
| 3 | However , yesterday 's award is the first money the peer has received . |
| 4 | Monday 's award was the second of its kind for Miss Paterson . |
| 5 | This year 's winner is the French gallerist Denise René , established in Paris since 1945 and a close contact of Dr Stünke 's since the Fifties . |
| 6 | The consideration relied on by the plaintiff 's counsel being the subsequent marriage of the plaintiff , I think the letter discloses no consideration . |
| 7 | The horse 's temperament is the inherited part of its personality . |
| 8 | As Foreign Secretary , after this news do you still feel Mrs. Thatcher 's stand is the correct one ? |
| 9 | Collins 's weakness is the patriarchal designated weakness of her sex which debars her from participation in public life outside the household . |
| 10 | Of particular relevance in BP 's case is the separate disclosure of profits and losses from sales of operations , and of fundamental restructuring costs , as exceptional items on the face of the profit and loss account . |
| 11 | Each side will probably already be covered under appropriate employers ' , occupiers ' and public liability policies , and , since the liability to be covered in each side 's case is the same type , the shift from one side to the other will not result in an overall increase of premiums . |
| 12 | The answer in Geoffrey Cowdrill 's case was the same one that occurs to numerous middle-aged executives who find themselves with a bit of capital and a lack of inspiration : he invested in a franchise . |
| 13 | Ballantyne 's description is the first one written , so I will look at it first . |
| 14 | Men and women 's skin are the same colour ; white is scarcely used , and red in a strictly limited way : for linear adjuncts like wreaths , for blood from wounds , and for inscriptions on the background . |
| 15 | The man 's skin was the matchless white of a person who preferred study to sport and shadow to sunlight . |
| 16 | Gencor 's decision is the first of its kind by a big South African firm . |
| 17 | The time limit for enforcing an expert 's decision is the same as that for enforcing other contracts , six years if the contract to refer to the expert is under hand , twelve in the unlikely case of its being under seal : s5 and s8 of the Limitation Act 1980 . |
| 18 | Stabile , but on this occasion Robertson 's Hurricane was the only British casualty . |
| 19 | Laura 's story was the major factor . |
| 20 | Elisabeth did not think that a life sentence of Bo-Bo 's knitting was the harshest a man might serve . |
| 21 | Fama 's lawyer complained that the length of his client 's sentence was the direct result of the racial elements of the case . |
| 22 | ‘ But my grandfather 's grave was the last on this hill . |
| 23 | Mellor 's resignation was the final act in a drama running since July , when his romance with Antonia was exposed . |
| 24 | Mr La Malfa 's resignation was the biggest surprise of all , given his long crusade for moral reform . |
| 25 | Dotty Harmer 's cottage was the only house to be seen here , basking among the buttercups like a warmly golden cat . |
| 26 | Answer guide : Limitation of owner 's liability is the main point to be made here . |
| 27 | Jonathan Eibeschutz , a Polish authority on the Cabala , similarly commented when he said , ‘ Man 's heart is the holy of holies . ’ |
| 28 | Last year 's outbreak was the first of its kind in the country . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The principal beneficiary of the CEDA 's discomfiture was the fascist Falange . |