Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new manufacturing towns were growing around collections of villages in the north of England far removed from the privileges of the chartered municipal corporations . |
| 2 | The US Federal Reserve , the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England all stepped into the markets to defend the pound . |
| 3 | but Vietnam joined Laos to torpedo Malaysia 's attempts to have the conference renew the endorsement of ZOPFAN previously made at the Algiers Summit Conference . |
| 4 | The Anglo-Dutch fleet pursued the beaten French as they withdrew and the Battle of Barfleur now merged with the Battle of La Hogue [ or La Hougue ] by which name both are sometimes known . |
| 5 | Chettle looking for Rozario and finds him and it goes towards Collimore just cleared in the nick of time by Whitlow . |
| 6 | She was beyond coping with it ; she had no intention of living there ; she had moved , instead , to an early eighteenth-century townhouse in the Faubourg Saint-Germain , a quarter of Paris still preferred by the pre-Napoleonic French aristocracy . |
| 7 | In 1988 , offered the honour of taking part in the Lord Mayor of London 's Show and carrying the Burgh Standard , the town of Langholm proudly declined on the grounds that the cherished flag was never displayed other than on Common Riding Day and never left the town , and that ‘ It would be demeaning for the Principals to take part in a ‘ fancy dress ’ parade' . |
| 8 | The bath qol was an inferior substitute for the Word of God formerly given by the Spirit to a prophet . |
| 9 | The all important hip-consciousness of Manchester wholeheartedly jerked to the harsh snap of the Linn Drum . |
| 10 | Blinking politely at the assembled masses hanging on his every syllable , the poodle-headed astronomer and Friend Of Freddie swiftly got to the point of his keynote address to the CMJ Music Marathon . |
| 11 | The implicit linking of the two issues represented the most serious attack on the patriotism of Clinton yet mounted by the President , and was denounced by the Clinton team as " a pathetic ploy by a desperate politician " . |
| 12 | The population of London nearly trebled between the mid-sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries and , suddenly , the city people wanted meat . |
| 13 | ‘ I was courteously received at the Guildhall , but found , to my chagrin , my lord of Gloucester already ensconced in the chair of state . |
| 14 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 15 | Art depends a lot on contrast and in urban areas there is plenty of that — even in a place like Darwin repeatedly bombed by the Japanese in World War 11 and further flattened by Cyclone Tracy in 1974 , now rebuilt as an up-to-date hotelsville in a style of architecture that , trying hard to be modern , succeeds in being already dated . |
| 16 | Bob Forrest , Fumigation Manager for Scotni recently called on the Conservation Scientist for Glasgow Art Galleries and Museums , to discuss the range of fumigation services Rentokil Pest Control could offer . |
| 17 | He recalls the car trips across Malta with Frankie firmly lodged in the passenger seat . |
| 18 | With Hartie mortally wounded by the vengeful NZRU council , Kirwan has now made himself available and the newly appointed backs coach Earle Kirton has been heard suggesting that ‘ King John ’ might be assigned a new role at centre , a position he is successfully filling for his second division Italian club Thiene who are coaches by another Kiwi , John Boe . |
| 19 | There was concern that , with Monrovia effectively besieged by the NPFL , food and medical supplies would run out . |
| 20 | And are most of the documents in Sussex now kept in the East Sussex Record Office ? |
| 21 | And are most of the documents in Sussex now kept in the East Sussex Record Office ? |
| 22 | Admittedly , the background was exceptional ; the true beneficiaries of the waiver were the allies , who did not want Germany 's economic resources to be diminished through claims from States previously allied to the Third Reich . |
| 23 | Hathaway wanted the scene played one way , Hopper wanted to do it another ; they battled for seven hours and eighty-six takes before Hopper finally bowed to the director 's wishes to do it straight . |
| 24 | Opinion in Washington therefore moved to the conclusion that on balance it would be best to reduce American involvement in Korea and to request the UN to assist in achieving an acceptable solution . |
| 25 | The loss of heart she experienced in May perhaps contributed to the loss of touch she demonstrated through the summer . |
| 26 | The measures addressed ( i ) restoring peace in the region of Sarajevo ; ( ii ) re-opening the Belgrade-Zagreb motorway ; ( iii ) the security of humanitarian convoys ; ( iv ) the situation of " pink zones " in Croatia ( Serb-populated areas in Croatia not covered by the UN peace plan , but still patrolled by the UN Protection Force in Yugoslavia — UNPROFOR ) ; and ( v ) placing Croatia 's Prelavka peninsula under UN forces . |
| 27 | Durham , in 1923 , the son of Henry Percy and Stella Barclay Douglas , Mr Douglas was sent to the Friends ' School after attending St. Olave 's Boys ' Preparatory School in Ripon now attached to the cathedral as the choir school . |
| 28 | At Hyde Park Corner , a taxi travelling from Knightsbridge suddenly cut across the front of the Cortina and Charles had to slam on all his brakes . |
| 29 | ‘ I played for my junior school in Barnsley then progressed through the various Yorkshire representative teams . |
| 30 | The penalty for not entering an accurate record in the new Domesday Book would be that after the new vesting day for the exercise , all that wealth in Britain not entered in the record would become available for redistribution by the Government . |