Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the young Scots ' first win in four outings and gave them an outside chance of qualifying for the latter stages of the championship . |
| 2 | And besides , there was soon a property wagon and two more sleeping wagons for the many members of the wealthy company . |
| 3 | The overall picture which has emerged from the analyses is of more or less consistent use of the same marble quarry for the same elements of the monument , but that a variety of marble types were selected for different purposes . |
| 4 | He served in the US Army Signals Corps during the latter stages of the First World War before settling in Onawa , Iowa , where he worked as a teacher and ran a sweetshop in his spare time . |
| 5 | The work that followed to finalise the user requirement is hitherto unpublished , and is derived from a series of discussion papers raised during the latter stages of the project . |
| 6 | After a month of continued competition , the pressure was understandably present in more than one camp during the latter stages of the tournament schedules . |
| 7 | post-war instructions from Moscow ( the Comintern had been dissolved in 1943 ) were to maintain the policy of cooperation with democratic forces which had been implemented during the latter stages of the war . |
| 8 | He took part in the attack on Porto Farina , and was advanced to rear-admiral during the latter stages of the expedition . |
| 9 | The Joint Transport Operation ( with Oxfam ) which was formerly located in Desse , capital of the region of Walo in the north of the country , was relocated in Addis Ababba during the latter stages of the civil war . |
| 10 | During the latter years of the war , Italy had undergone a traumatic experience with battles raging up the length of that country , and emerged with their King Victor Emmanuel resigning in favour of his son , Umberto II , and a succession of coalition governments . |
| 11 | The growth of synfuel industries during the latter years of the twentieth century and the gradual increase of the contribution to oil demand made by these oil shale , tar sand , coal based fuels mean an extension of the life of the IC engine probably well into the mid-21st century . |
| 12 | But the prime minister failed to broaden his alliance as the former Communists of the Democratic party of the Left and the small Republican Party refused to join his administration . |
| 13 | Kulishov does not rule out some complications in the talks with Germany and Hungary caused by relations between the former republics of the USSR . |
| 14 | In spite of the fact that the Russian parliament suspended the agreement on Russian territory , an interdepartmental commission , which includes Russian officials , is still at work in Minsk sorting out claims between the former republics of the USSR . |
| 15 | The focus of the project is the social and economic history of Aleppo between the latter years of the Ottoman Empire in 1918 and the creation of the United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria in 1958 . |
| 16 | This year I 've been thinking about the many faces of the moon and the wonderfully romantic and lovely patterns you can achieve with the moon as your theme , whether it 's a slender crescent or full harvest , hunter 's or honey moon . |
| 17 | And with that , the great swan spread its wings and glided gently downward through the many branches of the big tree . |
| 18 | After a few glasses of the local ‘ dark and stormy ’ cocktail — a mixture of rum and ginger beer — the new Governor might agree with the poet Andrew Marvell who wrote of eternal spring in ‘ an isle so long unknown and yet far kinder than our own ’ . |
| 19 | After a few days of the Novotel , I was able to move to the Trianon , a magnificent Edwardian building , well placed right on the edge of the park . |
| 20 | After a few laps of the track we could kick a ball about or even have a go at throwing a javelin . |
| 21 | The first of the many descendants of The Promised Land . |
| 22 | Percy Marlborough Stewart left to the people of Pocklington his collection of water-lilies , one of the finest in Europe , and the Stewart collection containing illustrations and objects of the many countries of the world which he visited on his hunting expeditions . |
| 23 | Spitfire PL965 is a fine testament to the skills and devotion of the full time members of the rebuild team along with the dedication of the many members of the Medway Aircraft Preservation Society . |
| 24 | How do human beings distinguish which of the many elements of the context are relevant ? |
| 25 | The years in Lubyanka prison in Moscow transformed Wallenberg into a hostage of the Cold War , and then into one of the many errors of the Stalinist period whose truth became too ghastly to reveal . |
| 26 | Today it houses the Vigili Urbani , one of the many factions of the Italian police forces . |
| 27 | She was an anchoress , one of the many recluses of the period who shut herself away from the world to pray in solitude : we can still see the foundations of her anchorage next to the church which is now called St Julian 's in Norwich . |
| 28 | The result is very different from the ideas expressed in chapter 6 , where it was suggested that one of the many results of the rise of material culture as a mode of cultural form was its ability to multiply and keep apart a plethora of hierarchies and diverse spheres . |
| 29 | In Ashar 's attitude one senses one of the many paradoxes of the Iranian revolution . |
| 30 | ‘ It is vital that they are aware that it only gives protection against one of the many strains of the disease . |