Example sentences of "[prep] the [adv] [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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1 | The under-16 team recently picked up an award as the most sporting girls ' rugby team and have completed a very successful season ; eight girls have been selected for the Lancashire under-18 team and three for the under-13 team . |
2 | On Tuesday night , panicky government whips scurried to and fro through the usually dignified members ' lobby , just outside the chamber , like mad hares . |
3 | A SURVEY has shown one of the most popular girls ' names in Essex is Chelsea . |
4 | She is Sue Leggate , editor of the immensely influential Consumers ' Association magazine Which ? |
5 | It has neither the power nor the resources to counter the pressure of the exceedingly well-organized farmers ' lobby , nor is the level of unionization in agriculture sufficiently high — it is no more than 40 per cent — to permit the contemplation of widespread militant activity . |
6 | Indirectly this problem reveals something of the organisation of craft activities in early Anglo-Saxon England , but we must be wary of categorising the period on the basis of the more influential members ' activities alone . |
7 | The month kicks off with the Not-So Innocent Bystanders ' production of ‘ 3 Steps to Heaven ’ , a new music theatre piece by writer/performer Helen Trew , and directed by local actor Richard Orr . |
8 | Selection for the team events will be based on results in the ever growing events ' list . |
9 | On Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday August 30 and 31 the vintage transport weekend — modelled on the highly popular Enthusiasts ' Weekend in April this year . |
10 | A document circulated within the Leningrad regional party by its ideological commission , however , throws a new light the electoral campaign , indicating serious concern about the growing influence of the Popular Front and other radical groups , particularly among the rapidly expanding voters ' clubs and associations . |
11 | A document circulated within the Leningrad regional party by its ideological commission , however , throws a new light the electoral campaign , indicating serious concern about the growing influence of the Popular Front and other radical groups , particularly among the rapidly expanding voters ' clubs and associations . |
12 | While he may fell constrained electorally and by the highly effective brewers ' lobby to keep the increase on drink to the rate of inflation , nobody will worry too much if the duty of cigarettes is increased , as widely predicted , by double the inflation rate . |
13 | Once you 're at the summit descend by the more popular Miners ' Path which will take you down across the causeway over Llyn Llydaw and finishes up at Pen-y-pass at the top of the Llanberis Pass . |