Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The canton of Glarus lies between this mountain barrier in the south and , in the north , the Walensee ( lake ) and the Linth Canal which in the short northern plain links Walensee with the eastern extension of Lake Zurich which is known as the Obersee , ( ie , Upper Lake ) The canal also drains former marshland between these two lakes Glarus , though one of the smallest cantons , is often described as an epitomy of Switzerland as a whole in that it has three geographical sectors : a vast area of mountain country , a moderate stretch of rolling upland plateau capable of settlement what the Swiss call Mittel-land ( literally , middle-land ) and a small area of real lowland . |
| 2 | Crosby , who still has no guarantees of landing the job on a permanent basis even after guiding the club to the FA Cup Final , was concerned to see uncertainty show itself during the 2–0 defeat at Grimsby . |
| 3 | For each of the 164 active audit firms , we established from the audit register which of the recognised supervisory bodies ( the ICAEW , ICAS , ICAI and the ACCA ) these firms had chosen as their regulator . |
| 4 | Sport & Recreation is a very small part of a huge leisure industry which over the last 20 years has seen a massive increase in both the provision of Local Authority facilities and in participation levels . |
| 5 | Modulation to keys on the flat side is usually limited only to the subdominant , so that a chord progression something like the following is used : |
| 6 | Well , it is summertime and if you have trouble getting time on the courts here in town and tripping to the Hamptons presents a problem why not simply go to Terry Dintenfass where the witty William King he of the loopy lanky aluminoids has set up a gallery-wide installation called ‘ Tennis : The Monument ’ ? |
| 7 | ( op. at. : 6 ) Art sessions took place in the Art Room itself at the far end of the school , and Drama work happened in the hall . |
| 8 | Her heart sank as she remembered the phone call which for the first time began to make sense . |
| 9 | situation I 'd suspect will be addressed within that other part , I did mention in my presentation that there are a number of inter-related problems here , I can trace about four or five , all of which have a chain reaction one upon the other , unfortunately Brandon is up front so we 've got to tackle it from the other direction . |
| 10 | Graffiti around his house sneer ‘ Ustasha ’ , the name of the puppet government which during the last war collaborated with the Nazis . |
| 11 | Big Stan , as he likes to call himself , is a retired physical education teacher and Langbaurgh district councillor who in the 1950s played outside left for Shildon , Redcar Albion and once or twice Darlington . |
| 12 | On Feb. 20 , 1990 , Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. , a brokerage firm which in the 1980s had successfully dealt in junk bonds until its collapse following insider dealing and fraud cases [ see pp. 36582-83 ] , officially filed for bankruptcy . |
| 13 | In 1985 he had set up a consultancy firm which in the past year had advised the government on privatization . |
| 14 | ‘ The council provides the site , I take care of their £400,000 investment which in the current economic climate they ca n't find , and the LTA gives me their £200,000 grant to run it . |
| 15 | Those wanting to spot the more unusual wild flower would appreciate the Autumn Gentian which like the Chiltern Gentian has been successsfully cultivated here . |
| 16 | She really made Seles fight , in a hard-hitting baseline battle which at the same time surely set a new decibel record ! |
| 17 | The North York Moors National Park committee has agreed to expand its Moorsbus service which for the last ten years has enabled visitors to get to the heart of the moors without congesting roads and villages with private cars . |
| 18 | The emphasis is on a purposeful and communicative approach to language learning which at the same time will provide students with a sound command of language structure and vocabulary . |
| 19 | Like most western European nations the UK divides between ‘ left ’ and ‘ right ’ : between the Labour party 's view of the world , in which an emphasis on public spending on welfare and infrastructure was closely associated with post-war urban and regional planning , and a Conservative party view which in the 1980s emphasized that free-market economic growth must come before state spending . |
| 20 | Moreover , since there is no irreducible kernel of class interest which in the last analysis guides all else , the ideas , the culture , the religion of a given society may well play a critical role in explaining social and political development . |