Example sentences of "[adj] the [adj] [noun pl] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , yes , Edward could point out that we live in a time when the very meaning of the word myth has been debased , that it has come to signify only what is untrue , false , misleading ; and , yes , I could largely agree that it is nevertheless by myths we live , and what matters is how large the contrary truths a myth reconciles in its embrace . |
| 2 | Mr Richter was so smitten by Mr Cliburn 's talent , and so bored by the competition ( 1958 was the last time he ever served as judge for anything ) , that he decided to give the talented American pianist the top score of 25 for everything and all the other contestants a zero for everything . |
| 3 | In addition to all the other things the child is experiencing , this is an essential learning-time when it comes to forging relationships . |
| 4 | She willingly agreed within the context of all the other benefits the marriage would bring . |
| 5 | The receptionist must have a complete knowledge of the hotel , the rooms , types , location , furnishings and rates , and all the other facilities the hotel has to offer . |
| 6 | It gives all the other strugglers a bit of heart . " |
| 7 | It was not a job that Ernie Brewer had had time to get around to , with all the other demands the garden made on his time . |
| 8 | The work covered by the larger legal departments in commerce and industry may cover all the legal services the company requires . |
| 9 | Every buyer , prospective lessee and mortgagee of unregistered land should search before completion — no search is necessary in the case of registered land , whose Registers contain all the protective entries a purchaser needs ( except overriding interests — p73 below ) . |
| 10 | Of all the big cats the leopard is the most adaptable . |
| 11 | My mother … held all the conventional opinions a person was obliged to have , but then her unconscious personality would suddenly put in an appearance . |
| 12 | In the beginnings of this second stanza , the poet is describing all the wonderful things the sun can do but then goes on to say that all these great wonders are completely forgotten when the sun can not even rejuvenate a man whose body is still warm and almost living . |
| 13 | Yet within each school , and perhaps particularly among those using a long-wave framework , there is debate about the degree to which in spite of all the observable regularities the shape of the future is mouldable , is ours to create . |
| 14 | The easiest trick is to make all the leading values a multiple of the base or text leading — we call this the modulus . |
| 15 | Well , the city was n't a nice place to live because of all the silly laws the merchant had passed , and people started to leave it and go to other towns and other countries , and the merchant was spending so much time passing new laws and trying to make people obey the ones he 'd already passed that his own business started to fail , and eventually the city was almost deserted , and the merchant found that he owed people much more money than he had in the bank , and even though he sold his house and everything he owned he was still broke ; he was thrown out of his house and out of the city too , because he had become a beggar , and beggars were n't allowed in the city . |
| 16 | We had taken evidence in public and given all the interested parties the chance to have their say . |
| 17 | Of all the aquatic plants the water lily is undoubtedly the most beautiful , therefore when selecting lilies , never buy the first one that takes your eye . |
| 18 | I hope that figure is right er , I have to confess that I have not added it up and er the copy that I have , the five and the nine could be mistaken for other figures , but I hope that there the right figures to that must be added first the general damages a calculation which like all by other calculations need to be carefully checked , I would er calculate the interest on general damages to date would be five thousand , two hundred and seven pounds future care totals six hundred and twelve thousand , five hundred and seventeen pounds suitable accommodation , seventy one thousand , one hundred and fifty two pounds , transport costs thirty nine thousand , eight hundred and sixty six pounds , that makes a total of one million , two hundred and six thousand , three hundred and thirty eight pounds that is the amount which I would be minding to award , I understand that the parties in the light of that would wish to have further discussions about the matter |