Example sentences of "[art] [det] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it comes to military plutonium , America and the former Soviet Union have the lion 's share : some 250 tonnes between them . |
| 2 | Acting US Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger said that the USA would be sending $274 million in food and medical aid to the former Soviet Union to help the countries through the winter , with a further $138 million promised in other loans and assistance programmes . |
| 3 | The former Prime Minister watched the results with close attention . |
| 4 | The latter was recognised when the former religious hospital became the parish church of St John the Baptist in the fourteenth century . |
| 5 | The French mercenary leader Bob Denard , who for a brief period had ruled the island with members of the former Presidential Guard following the death of President Abdullah [ see p. 37033 ] , was deported on Dec. 15 , 1989 , initially to South Africa , along with other mercenaries . |
| 6 | The former Open champion signed the contract at St Andrews yesterday and said he was delighted to be involved in the venture . |
| 7 | I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s . |
| 8 | To improve precision , it is usual to date several samples from the same archaeological level to determine the mean age . |
| 9 | When the All Party House of Commons Select Committee reported in 1984 and suggested a further review of child care legislation was needed , did the same Select Committee envisage the incompetence of the Government ministers of the day to so irresponsibly deal with their duties ? |
| 10 | In Masailand such thoughts could be entertained without abandoning the imperial obligation to attempt improvement ; there DO-hood was constantly being born anew , the same irresistible force meeting the same immovable object . |
| 11 | The same German reform reinforced the ‘ insurance ’ principle behind pensions , by tying them more closely to past contributions . |
| 12 | Waders such as purple sandpipers , turnstones and a few grey phalarope share the tundra habitat . |
| 13 | No such satisfactory denouement came the way of the beleaguered train catering business . |