Example sentences of "'s [noun] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New York-based Judith Barry 's installation is also uninspiring , didactically retracing familiar issues to do with the dehumanising implications of technology , its potential to control rather than serve humankind. computer generated references to the history of communications fleet across the floorspace between two walls of words , one written as mirror writing but not as a direct reflection of the other . |
| 2 | One in seven primary-school children now suffers from asthma — but the Government 's response is simply that children who are at risk should be kept indoors when air quality is poor . |
| 3 | An elicitation procedure is designed to provide a child with the opportunity to respond to a specific set of stimuli ; the relationship between a stimulus and the child 's response is then taken as an indication of the child 's mastery of a particular aspect of language . |
| 4 | On this occasion , Murphy 's skill can only be admired visually , and the real force of his audience 's response is only to be guessed at . |
| 5 | This may seem a ridiculous assumption but , where there is an unvarying food supply , nature 's response is often somewhat like this . |
| 6 | Suragai 's response was barely audible . |
| 7 | Bevin 's response was implicitly to accept the strategic vulnerability of the Middle East in wartime , but to argue that Britain 's presence in that area was crucial to its role as a great political power . |
| 8 | Mrs Whitehouse 's response was again immediate , and she says that she thought that the poem was ‘ like the recrucifixion of Christ , only this time with twentieth-century weapons ’ . |
| 9 | Guy 's response was calmly matter-of-fact , but she saw the tense concern in his eyes . |
| 10 | Labour 's response was noticeably muted . |
| 11 | The public 's response was so overwhelming that the procession of cars , which each carried two team members , was halted several times as fans surged around the cars asking for autographs , shaking hands and giving the occasional kiss . |
| 12 | They do not have too much to grouse about , though : the family 's income is about 1,600 yuan a month . |
| 13 | Another welcome gain is that if a husband 's income is too low for him to use all or part of the married couple 's allowance , he can request that the unused part be transferred to his wife — thus reducing his wife 's tax bill . |
| 14 | The statement added that McGlinchey 's contract was immediately terminated once they learned who he was . |
| 15 | Mrs Orchardson 's contract was really with the finance company involved with the deal , Sabre Rentals Ltd . |
| 16 | The solicitor 's defence is only as good as the quality of the information in the written documents . |
| 17 | Protagonists argue that the nation 's defence is more important and that the mere possession of nuclear weapons prevents attack by other nuclear powers . |
| 18 | Aldershot 's defence were as square and ragged as a new intake of squaddies having their first stab at the right dress , the gifts they distributed coming like manna from heaven to a team who had managed just two goals in their first nine games . |
| 19 | Using the argument that the Jews , not being a definite community , were not His Majesty 's subjects and therefore not under the protection of his laws , and quoting the Gospel of St John that the Jews were descended from the devil , Leese 's defence was partially successful . |
| 20 | On 30 minutes , Farnham 's defence was all over the place at a free-kick and the ball fell at a perfect height to an unmarked Lamboll who struck an unstoppable volley past Cann . |
| 21 | Even ten years ago the notion of the nurse as the patient 's advocate had not been formally recognised , and the stress involved in being unable to act properly in the patient 's defence was almost enough to persuade me to give up altogether . |
| 22 | Many of the natural elements which cause damage are , under more normal circumstances , sources of livelihood and man 's activities are closely integrated with them . ’ |
| 23 | Children 's activities are also a high priority , with art workshops and dance courses taking place on a regular basis . |
| 24 | Special children 's activities are also available during some holiday periods . |
| 25 | In the UK , ICL 's activities are now concentrated in three areas : Commodity Products — the personal computer side of the business , organised through reseller Technology Plc ; mainframe-based Industry Solutions ; and Cross Industry Services , comprising the Sorbus hardware and software services arm ; facilities management company CFM in which ICL has a 75% stake ; disaster standby venture Guardian Computer Services ; and newly formed ICL Enterprises . |
| 26 | The purchase of the Stockholm group already means that more than 60% of Wolters Kluwer 's activities are now outside the Netherlands , an objective that the company had originally set out to achieve in 1994 . |
| 27 | Wasps can only wish then that this weekend 's activities are as fruitful , the students putting on a brave show with two second-half tries from their dashing wing , Andy Parton , but Wasps — fielding only two of this season 's first-teamers — winning with something to spare thanks largely to the goal-kicking of Paddy Young . |
| 28 | Indeed , it might be suggested in this context that to use the concept of subsidiarity to restrict the Community 's activities is hardly compatible with the achievement of a ‘ level playing-field ’ throughout the Community . |
| 29 | By the mid-1980s , the SDA 's activities were primarily directed towards attaining four major objectives ( Aitken and Sparks , 1986 ) . |
| 30 | A cynic might say that Obispal 's activities were directly responsible for triggering the rebellion , and thus for all the deaths , including those of millions of bystanders . |