Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [art] [adj] 's [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One aspect of Peter the Great 's reforming energy in the early eighteenth century , which had an indirect effect on the population dynamics of Siberia , was his massive use of convict and forced labour on his gigantic construction projects in European Russia , in particular the building of St Petersburg , the digging of canals and the fortification of new ports and harbours , like Rogervik , on the Baltic . |
| 2 | Word of Peter the Great 's skilful physicians had spread throughout Europe and Asia , and in 1715 the Emperor of China sent an Ambassador to Peter asking that an able physician be sent to his palace at Peking . |
| 3 | The ‘ Lamuts ’ ( Even Tungus ) of the Okhotsk region fought hard to preserve their freedom , while in Kamchatka the Itelmens , whose conquest did not begin until the early eighteenth century , were subjected to genocidal slaughter by troops using the up-to-date weapons of Peter the Great 's military machine : muskets and hand grenades . |
| 4 | While some DOCOMOMO delegates were tough-minded Modern enthusiasts , mindful of Frederick the Great 's famous exhortation to his wavering guardsmen : ‘ Do you want to live forever ? ’ ; others were out and out conservationists , desperate to get their hands on another endangered species to save . |
| 5 | In so far as Anselm had a policy as archbishop beyond the pastoral duties outlined in Gregory the Great 's Regula Pastoralis , the defence of the Canterbury primacy formed its foundation and the legislation of his two primatial Councils were its crowning achievement . |
| 6 | Major works by Rubens , Rembrandt and Van Dyck have come from Frederick the Great 's private gallery at Sanssouci and from the Berlin and Potsdam museums , the Washington National Gallery and the Metropolitan . |