Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [det] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strategically sited wind-breaks reduce the impact of strong winds and provide more vulnerable plants with essential shelter for a distance many times the height of the wind-break . |
| 2 | ANGELIC-LOOKING beauty Rebecca de Mornay revealed yesterday how she was lured into wickedness — to play the demon nanny in The Hand That Rocks The Cradle . |
| 3 | A woman chatters excitedly and points to the rubble that carpets the floor . |
| 4 | In many circumstances the service to the University may have been over a period several times the 3 years of undergraduate study . |
| 5 | In the very early stages the white hole appears to expand at a rate several times the speed of light , as I explain in an article written with R. C. Kapoor in Astrophysics and Space Sciences ( vol 53 , p 155 ) . |