Example sentences of "and [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may at times become chaotic and disordered , but that , that 's not the normal state of affairs , and Hobbes ' analysis of social order leads him to conclude that social order only becomes possible , when individuals give up some of their freedom , to centralize authority . |
| 2 | And Melanie 's laughter trickled to nothing when she saw his pale , bony face half-hidden by hair and could see nothing there , no hint of a smile or inflection of tenderness which might mean she would be spared . |
| 3 | And Melanie 's laugh ! |
| 4 | And Melanie 's aunt might be important if Loretta was going to pursue this line of inquiry : presumably it was she who had brought up the girl after her parents ' death in the plane crash . |
| 5 | Having made up his mind to talk , he spoke rapidly and fluently and Pascoe 's pen flew over the paper as he took shorthand notes . |
| 6 | One could argue , for example , that the truculent empiricism of the historian Geoffrey Elton ( born in Prague in 1921 ; and Ben 's uncle ) warped the growth of his subject in Britain . |
| 7 | Before either could speak again , the door at the far end of the room opened and Ben 's mother entered , carrying a tray . |
| 8 | Iain called it The Prison , and he began breaking out at weekends , finding his way back to Pinner , and Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 9 | The waste disposal sites are : — Cowpen , Billingham , and Wilton 's landscaping mounds — for inert industrial , dry factory , construction and demolition waste . |
| 10 | Yet the presentation of the book , and Lowry 's text , often speak of a fascination with the Princess that is more than simply the fascination one can derive from the exercise of deconstructing an image . |
| 11 | The agreement has now been reached and erm that is provided for in the amount the Council has for pay and price increases , and when we yesterday the Council agreed to cash limit it 's inflationary provision that was exclusive of teachers ' and lecturers ' pay , so that is secured , the cost is secured . |
| 12 | And Glentoran 's win at Larne put the final nail in their faint qualifying hopes . |
| 13 | And Fincara 's voice was going on , clear and murmurous . |
| 14 | Leanne Rees 's mother Pauline , who was shot outside her house in Lyonette Road on Sunday , and Pringle 's friend Jason Ward , who was shot at Stillington , are also stable in the same hospital . |
| 15 | As Cowley walked towards the slightly hunched figure of Bodie , he was able to see Doyle 's peaceful face , eyes closed , white as a sheet ; a moment later the trolley was behind the closing doors of the lift , and Doyle 's life was now in the hands of others , men skilled in surgery , and in the ways of keeping the tenuous thread of life attached to a dying body . |
| 16 | He shuddered again , and Doyle 's arm tightened round his shoulders . |
| 17 | His head was jammed up against the back of the sofa , his cheek on the carpet and Doyle 's hand clamped over his mouth . |
| 18 | For people 's and birds ' delight . |
| 19 | Though he allowed himself no fewer than four books ( She , Ayesha , She and Allan and Wisdom 's Daughter ) in which to analyse this character , he never seems to have decided exactly what she was meant to represent or how far she was intended to be a symbol of the ‘ world 's desire ’ . |
| 20 | Finally there was a big enough gap and Shelly 's scent came flooding in . |
| 21 | The cuts were not made evenly ; Salford , for example , suffered a 44 per cent cut and Hull 's grant fell by 31 per cent . |
| 22 | The final scene sets up the image of Suzannah and the Elders echoing the painting while reinforcing Tassi and Cauley 's conspiracy against Artemesia in the scene before . |
| 23 | Why the nights could not have been alternated is anyone 's guess but is symptomatic of the confusion that has dogged the competition — due in part to Linfield and Bangor 's involvement in European preliminary rounds . |
| 24 | It is the United States , rather than the USSR , which is significantly dependent on Latin America for its raw materials , and Moscow 's interest in this respect is largely confined to the as yet unexplored potential of Antarctica . |
| 25 | Western Europe 's hope and Moscow 's fear is that the process also entitles the West to stipulate what ‘ reduction of tensions ’ comprises and how it is to be judged . |
| 26 | And Carlyle 's History of the French Revolution that the maid lit the fire with … ’ |
| 27 | But , of course , executive control of Parliament and Parliament 's supremacy over the courts mean that the constitution may become simply what Her Majesty 's Government says it is . |
| 28 | The attempt to convey the moral illegitimacy of the government 's and parliament 's continuation of apprenticeship was fierce . |
| 29 | In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was the crown 's desire to spend , and Parliament 's desire to limit the tax burden , which led to regular conflicts between the king and Parliament . |
| 30 | In substance , the Church of England is now self-regulating and Parliament 's role in connection with its legislation little more than a throwback to the days when the established Church had a more substantial role to play in the affairs of the State . |