Example sentences of "[noun prp] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the international recession , the debt crisis , and the protectionist reaction to the NICs ' success raised doubts about whether the 1970s strategy is still the best . |
| 2 | Changing tides and climate , new demands and general wear and tear are eroding Venices ' foundation . |
| 3 | The Zeppelins ' glory was short-lived – well-documented disaster , but in the 1930s the most romantic of all planes , the flying-boat , came to the fore . |
| 4 | Nicholsons ' pubs for the most part are architectural gems in their own right and include The Blackfriar and The Argyll Arms in Central London and the Prince Alfred in Maida Vale amongst their number . |
| 5 | William Downes ' study of King Lear 's famous question to his daughters is a superb example of the level of depth and insight that stylistics can reach when it draws eclectically from a variety of areas within linguistics in order to relate the surface features of the text to the situational , historical and cultural contexts which are relevant to their effect and interpretation . |
| 6 | Its author , perhaps a canon of St Florent , wrote after the death of Supplicius II , castellan of Amboise , to warn later generations of the family that a repetition of Supplicius ' acts of disloyalty towards his overlords might ruin the family . |
| 7 | This currently accounts for around two thirds of P&O Roadtanks ' UK business and involves long term contracts of between three and five years . |
| 8 | Above : Training and Administration Manager , Frank Hesketh discusses documentation with P&O Roadtanks ' only female driver , Anita Loades . |
| 9 | P&O Roadtanks ' safety record is excellent but if one of their vehicles gets into trouble — be it breakdown , crash or spillage — police and fire services can quickly make contact with key personnel who are on call day or night . |
| 10 | The Moorings ' holidays offered through Caribbean Connection range from fully crewed charter to combined hotel and sailing holidays where you stay at an hotel on Tortola or St Lucia , either learning to sail or combining the pleasures of a beach holiday with sailing . |
| 11 | ‘ Natural Beauty ’ , the ten-minute epic closing track on ‘ Harvest Moon ’ , connects with other Young songs — the post-nuclear fall-out of ‘ After The Goldrush ’ , the spectre of a lost civilisation on ‘ Zumas ' ’ majestic ‘ Cortez The Killer ’ . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , during October of 1756 , Anthony Tissington of Alfreton in Derbyshire , set men to work at Coniston on the westerly edge of the sett , that part which became known as Paddies ' End . |
| 13 | This figure ( about 18,830 tons ) does not include ore mined above the ever lengthening Deep Adit Level , or the numerous other adits such as Fleming 's , Taylor 's , Grey Crag , Middle , Top , Gaunt 's , or Kernal — the last five being at Paddies ' End . |
| 14 | Now climbeth Tamora Olympus ' top , |
| 15 | In many ways societies such as the Trobrianders ' are obsessed with exchange , but with a form of exchange of a totally different nature to that envisaged by Marx and most economists . |
| 16 | There will be displays featuring four-colour p.o.s. in 250 bookshops and garden centres ; there are two competitions , one through all outlets and one through W H Smith 's Bookcase magazine , to win cruises ; and leaflets about the series will go into the RHS ' Garden magazine . |
| 17 | Richard Strauss ' explosive Salome fell foul of Vienna censorship . |
| 18 | Strauss ' most influential work was his Life of Jesus ( 1835 ) , which was enthusiastically translated into English by George Eliot . |
| 19 | The first ran up to Strauss ' Life of Jesus , and struggled with the question whether the supernatural and miraculous elements in the gospels should be accepted . |
| 20 | Similarly , theologians such as Schleiermacher had moved away from the idea of a miracle as a supernatural intervention in the normal processes of nature , and were in essential harmony with Strauss ' conclusions . |
| 21 | In various articles of the forties Eliot refined his material , whether in relating poetry to religious ritual in ‘ The Social Function of Poetry ’ or returning to Primitive Culture and John Layard 's studies ‘ in the ‘ stone age ’ New Hebrides ' in ‘ Cultural Forces in the Human Order ’ which reworks many of the points in the earlier ‘ Notes ’ series . |
| 22 | It is intended to cope with irregular plurals ( " child " — " children " ) , other morphological variation which is too context dependent to be handled algorithmically ( " Hebrides ' = " Hebridear " ) , abbreviations ( " BBC " = " British Broadcasting Corporation " ) , words with alternative spellings ( " gaol " = " jail " ) and near synonyms ( " Great Britain " = " United Kingdom " = " Britain " = " UK " = " British Isles " ) . |
| 23 | There was a plan once to supply our place and the Fawcetts ' at West Birk Hatt from a source within the boundaries of High Birk Hatt , but the Fawcetts had to leave when their farm disappeared under the waters of Balderhead Reservoir which , ironically , put paid to that enterprise . |
| 24 | George Fawcett , one of Sam 's sons and now in his seventies , also has keen recall of his boyhood days working as a beater under his father 's orders , Sir Emmanuel , as the owner or West Birk Hatt , was the Fawcetts ' landlord . |
| 25 | Here , for the first time , Mozart demonstrated to the full his superlative skill in making music a medium for the expression of human emotions — in such highlights as Ilia 's aria ‘ Padre , germani , addio ’ , which expresses her conflict between love for her enemy and duty to her native country ; Idomeneus ' aria ‘ Fuor del mar ’ , in which the king describes how , although he is physically safe , his mind is still storm-tossed by dark forebodings ; and the masterly quartet ‘ Andrò rammingo e solo ’ — one of the great operatic ensembles of all time — in which four characters all express different emotions . |
| 26 | The true social and environmental costs of this form of extraction should be reflected in new planning guidance that lays down demanding criteria , based on Flowers ' recommendations , that would need to be satisfied before planning permission could be justified . |
| 27 | De Raimes ' smile broadened . |
| 28 | The entrance to de Raimes ' castle was a death trap , no less . |
| 29 | De Raimes ' voice lost some of its smooth mockery . |
| 30 | De Raimes ' eyes narrowed as her meaning sank in . |