Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 However , the judges awarded it one of the fifth prizes for a War Department design .
2 After 1787 the graveyard was no longer used and the Jewish community buried its dead in the cemetery in the Žižkov quarter .
3 While in times of war its uneasy location between the Frankish and German kingdoms rendered it prone to the ravages of invading armies , in times of peace , it was ideally situated at the crossroads to the great trade centres of Europe .
4 A doctor certified him dead at the scene after his body was cut free from the wreckage , which rescuers found embedded in a tree .
5 He had been made mayor by the Germans during the Occupation , and had in fact done his best for the villagers .
6 Defoe in his time called it one of the finest cities in Europe .
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