Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The point about one 's schooldays is that they are the most irrelevant days of one 's life . ’ |
| 2 | Another reason for selecting Greer 's books is that they are used in almost all of the ILEA schools which do not use the Authority 's SMILE project and in many secondary schools nationally . |
| 3 | We talk later in this chapter about the use of other people 's words , making the point that one problem with other people 's words is that they usually make more sense where they come from than where you put them in your essay . |
| 4 | The gist of Lord Templeman 's words is that an occupant of residential accommodation , not obtaining exclusive possession , is a " lodger " , and lodgers are not tenants . |
| 5 | One possible advantage of the checks in Schantz 's pianos is that each check can be adjusted individually . |
| 6 | One of the design 's eccentricities is that the gear never retracts fully , leaving a stub of tyre to be seen from each wheel . |
| 7 | The effect of clauses which define the contractor 's obligations is that , if the contractor performs in accordance with the express undertaking , it has performed the contract and is not in breach of contract at all . |
| 8 | Provided that Ali 's analysis of Hacihasanzade 's motives is correct-and one must remember that Ali is writing nearly a century after the event it would appear that already at the beginning of the sixteenth century the career of a kasabat kadi was regarded as a dead end . |
| 9 | The reason for reducing the event 's costs is that the less money which is spent on the gig means that more money goes to the artist . |
| 10 | Yet one of the striking characteristics of Shakespeare 's Sonnets is that they exist on an almost universal level ; they are generalized ( with none of the depersonalization that usually goes with generalization ) ; they are widely , perhaps indefinitely applicable . |
| 11 | But one of this chapter 's implications is that their preoccupations may not have been so misplaced after all . |
| 12 | One of this book 's merits is that it shows how hard stone application was not confined to the Baroque , and includes unexpected nineteenth-century examples . |
| 13 | The common fault of children 's stories is that they grab the attention with some device , amuse thoroughly , but end up answering no questions . |
| 14 | ‘ The nice thing about being a woman talking about women 's things is that , as you grow older , you can relate to them . |
| 15 | 4 One problem with many passages in Eliot 's plays is that they send us to similar but stronger passages in the poetry . |
| 16 | In conversation about this family it may be perfectly understandable to say that ‘ one of Keith 's problems is that he is so aggressive ’ but it is not defining the problem from the viewpoint of intervention . |
| 17 | The reason we want to adopt other people 's beliefs is that we know that everyone wants their own beliefs to be true : because , as we 've seen , truth is what makes our own beliefs useful to us in the way I described earlier , by making our actions succeed in fulfilling our desires . |
| 18 | The problem faced by Detroit 's producers is that , while some new American cars have been panned as dumpy and boring , the Japanese have been rolling out a stream of glittering and highly praised new vehicles . |
| 19 | What is striking about the Information Workstation Group 's efforts is that their actual study of multimedia is far better than their attempt to define it . |
| 20 | Historically the most important aspect of Davenant 's productions is that they removed English masque/opera from the Court to the field of public entertainment . |
| 21 | One indication of the effect produced by Boulestin 's recipes is that whenever a second-hand copy of one of his books turns up — and that is not often — one finds it scarred with pencil marks against the recipes which have been cooked by the previous owner and often , slipped somewhere among the pages , a list of dishes noted for future trial . |
| 22 | The fear of Cardiff 's rivals is that , without the same resources , they can only lose in a transfer war , and some are looking to the Welsh Rugby Union for legislative salvation . |
| 23 | The interpretation which perhaps makes most sense of people 's answers is that their decisions seem to be based first on a desire to pay off quickly , and second ( in modification of this ) on how high an instalment they can afford — rather than on interest rates or total cost . |
| 24 | Also acting against Britain 's interests is that the previous director general before Quistgaard hailed from these isles . |
| 25 | A curiosity about this year 's Masters is that Scotland , the home of golf , will be denied a view of today 's proceedings . |
| 26 | ONE of Harold Gale 's attributes is that he perpetually thinks of new ideas . |
| 27 | One of Europe 's peculiarities is that most of its nations fall quite neatly into one of three categories , in terms of population and political-economic importance . |
| 28 | One of ACE 's claims is that members will be able to develop systems based upon the same building blocks which are sufficiently differentiated to enable them to go after separate market niches . |
| 29 | The paradox of today 's Lords is that it is this weird and undemocratic assortment of characters , largely there by freak of birth , that is more inclined to call for the will of the people to be tested . |
| 30 | The difference between Figures 2 and 3 is probably not important , each being just a different representation of what can only be a pale reflection of the true state of affairs , just as any illustration of the body 's organs is but a poor reflection of its true inner workings . |