Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point my story becomes the introductory scene of a fiction which could be continued . |
| 2 | My story concerns the last England cricket tour of South Africa in 1964–65 , when during the first morning of the Durban Test the pitch was so utterly dead that Peter Pollock , at full pace , could hardly get the ball bail-high and England 's batsmen were obviously headed for a huge total . |
| 3 | You will undoubtedly be aware that ‘ Green ’ is the marketing tool of the 90 's and that my department enforces the statutory measures which aim to protect consumers against misdescriptions and misleading claims by manufacturers . |
| 4 | The Minister will not be surprised to learn that my question concerns the regulatory environment of British Steel , in which the Government hold the golden share . |
| 5 | A woman who worked 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. said , " My husband works the same hours . |
| 6 | My diary records the frequent wish for ‘ interesting people and interesting places ’ . |
| 7 | My constituency has the highest level in England , Scotland and Wales with an average of 30 per cent . |
| 8 | The title I have given to my paper echoes the extended title of the conference . |
| 9 | As my breath scratches the last scribbles , and I write |
| 10 | My hand caresses the surging wind ; I am deeper drowned in sorrow . |
| 11 | Where Scott 's reading presents designer chaos , my reading perceives the cybernetic construction of artificial intelligence taken systematically to its logical and difficult conclusion . |
| 12 | , my mother does the same thing , no . |
| 13 | The diamond ring presented by two out of three Anglo-Saxon swains to their fiancées declares the enduring nature of their mutual love , just as the fact that the ring bestowed at their wedding , traditionally made of untarnishable gold , marks the entry into a permanent relationship . |
| 14 | This is a vivid and funny production and their expertise makes the intricate puppetry go like a dream . |
| 15 | Their presence augments the local economy , but there are treasures greater than money . |
| 16 | A lot of people suspect that blocking savers ' access to their money violates the new constitution 's explicit ban on compulsory loans to the government . |
| 17 | The tail wriggles and writhes in its mouth , or in its claws , and its liveliness preoccupies the would-be killer to such an extent that it hardly notices the rapidly escaping form of the rest of the lizard . |
| 18 | The emergence of these rules out of a common law which denies their existence has the added consequence , attractive to those who make them , that they are not subject to parliamentary or to adequate judicial control . |
| 19 | Their alignment follows the same direction as the adjacent mainland ranges , to which they are structurally related . |
| 20 | Bowing to their demands puts the new government squarely on the side of the anti-reformers . |
| 21 | ’ The price of clean air must include changes in how each resident uses his or her car says the official plan adopted by the South Coast Air Quality Management District . |
| 22 | The survival of many stone walls and buildings , and especially churches , from the centuries of this book , testifies that even before the mid twelfth century their wealth and pride and religious sentiment were sufficient to beautify them in lasting materials — and often , and especially with the smaller ones , their condition reflects the declining prosperity of later centuries which saved their older buildings from being replaced . |
| 23 | Their religion keeps the inter-zonal economy growing . |
| 24 | In the first of its annual reports the Co-operative Development Agency ( CDA ) returned to the theme . |
| 25 | Workmen from the Maintenance Department , which is responsible for the smooth running of the lifts and escalators in the station , have seen William Terris ' ghost on numerous occasions as they work mostly at night so that their work causes the least interference with the travelling public . |
| 26 | Their work provides the necessary material to assess the strengths and weakness of the three traditional approaches . |
| 27 | The TPLF has recently transformed itself into the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Movement to give itself more national credibility , but its core remains the Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray , whose political model seems closest to the late Enver Hoxha 's Albania . |
| 28 | To its south lies the smaller Hatfield Moor , still quite large enough to get lost in . |
| 29 | Every child has a right to the best education and every parent should be confident that their child gets the best start in life . |
| 30 | They angrily deny any such hidden agenda in their own ranks , insisting their campaign spans the religious divide and citing non-sectarian politics as the route to breaking down traditional divisions . |