Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] the english " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Walker 's playing Lucius in the English Shakespeare Company 's production of Julius Caesar . |
| 2 | As dusk gradually falls at the end of Mid-summer 's Eve a flicker of bonfires links the highest points of Cornwall , from the far West to Kit Hill on the English border . |
| 3 | This sale of over 500 of the finest works from the 10,000 volume Epstein Family Collection include : a first edition , first issue of Beatrix Potter 's Peter Rabbit of which only 250 were privately printed ( est. $25–35,000 ) ; Adam Smith 's Wealth of Nations ( est. $15–20,000 ) ; Samuel Johnson 's Dictionary of the English Language ( est. $6–9,000 ) ; Charles Darwin 's Origin of the Species ( est. $8–12,000 ) ; and a presentation copy of the piano score of Rhapsody in Blue , 1929 , inscribed by Gershwin to the English author John Galsworthy ( est. $3–4,000 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ We reckon there are anything between 1m and 2m people who want to play golf but can not get into a club , ’ says Neil Hayward of the English Golf Union . |
| 5 | There are now 322 in Britain , and Neil Hayward of the English Golf Union says the union has been approached for advice an a further 124 . |
| 6 | John Hampden 's admirers claim he was the Winston Churchill of the English Civil War , and played a vital role in the birth of democracy . |
| 7 | In 1640 he was the Winston Churchill of the English nation . |
| 8 | There have been two battles at Islip during the English Civil War , in 1644 and 1645 , which both resulted in Royalist defeats . |
| 9 | Alma Taylor against the English landscape in comin ’ thro ’ the Rye ( 1922 ) |
| 10 | Mac 's back GOLF : Peter McEvoy , who 12 years ago tied with Ronan Rafferty for the English strokeplay title , tries to get both hands on the Brabazon Trophy at the Hollinwell club today . |
| 11 | ‘ Customers are becoming increasingly cost-conscious , ’ says Bill Griffiths of the English Language Bookshop , Brighton . |
| 12 | In 1920 Flett was promoted to Director and was replaced by W. Gibson of the English staff . |
| 13 | The meeting was a failure , and was followed in 1307 by civil disturbances in Bordeaux and an appeal to Paris regarding the English appointment to the mayoralty of the ducal capital . |
| 14 | Christopher Robson ( countertenor ) has recently been electrifying audiences with his performances of Arsamenes in Xerxes at the English National Opera , and when he opens his mouth on this recording he may as well be plugging us all into the mains . |
| 15 | In the Celtiberic Mountains of eastern Spain , the three-fold division of the Trias is as clear as in Germany and the cross-bedded , red " Bundsandstein " ( for example , along the Rio Cabriel , south-west of Teruel ) is exactly like the road.cuttings near Bridgnorth in the English Midlands . |
| 16 | The Great Exemplar was the first life of Christ in the English language . |
| 17 | It was a personal best performance by a second and a half , and now Matthew is hoping she will still be picked to represent Cleveland in the English Schools Championships at Hull next month . |
| 18 | ‘ So , ’ he interrupted , seizing the right moment , ‘ you carry messages from Westminster to the English embassy in Paris ? ’ |
| 19 | Contemporary Dutch song commemorating the exploits of John Paul Jones off the English coast , 1778–79 |
| 20 | Fifty miles west of London and fifteen miles south of Oxford in the English countryside is the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 's laboratory at Harwell . |
| 21 | Thus it was no surprise that in 1967 he was chosen to become the Faraday Professor of Electrochemistry at the University of Southampton on the English south coast . |
| 22 | David , son of King Robert I and heir to the throne , had been sent to France by the English King Edward III . |
| 23 | This was evidently regarded as a heavy burden by the English government , although it was the merest tumulus compared with the great Everest of debts owed by the Emperor Charles V. The English Crown had escaped large-scale indebtedness by selling Crown lands , which produced 32 per cent of the total revenue raised for war , and by debasing the coinage , which produced just about as much . |
| 24 | ROS : We take Hamlet to the English king , we hand over the letter — what then ? |
| 25 | That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . |
| 26 | Douglas , who has retired from the England squad , has lost only twice this season — to the No 1 Carl Prean at the English National 's final and nine days ago in the final of the Essex Open to Alan Cooke , who also moves up a place to No 4 . |
| 27 | Even between New York and England , with no possible language problems to cause difficulty , it took in one case more than 180 days to effect service in London through the English subsidiary authority . |
| 28 | Foreign exchange problems encouraged exporters such as Louis Garnade of the English Book Centre , Oxford , to explore the possibilities of barters deals and counter trade . |
| 29 | It took the English eleven days to discover where they were ; they planned an attack on the encampment , but were dissuaded and the only military action was a surprise move by the Earl of Douglas against the English camp . |
| 30 | With the growth in industry there was also a significant development of trade , particularly in the early Tudor period , and with it came the increasing dominance of London in the English economy . |