Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By spring 1969 the Lab was deep in debt ; sponsorship from the Arts Council an impossibility ; the wealthy of 1967 had vanished ; and Camden Council was pursuing Jim Haynes for an accumulating rate bill . |
| 2 | In my opinion , it makes organising your work in the Windows environment a lot simpler , and saves you from screen clutter , even on a 1280x1024 screen . |
| 3 | He argued , convincingly , that noun phrases taken as a whole may quite often have a different temporal assignment from that of the verb which they accompany , as in : ( 37 ) I used to be a good friend of the police chief The underlined phrase may be understood as past relative to the time of utterance ( and hence in agreement with the time indicated by the verb ) or as present ; the two different time-values correspond to the two different continuations in : ( 38 ) … before he joined the force … until he was shot for corruption The first continuation would be compatible with an expansion of the subject phrase to the man who is the police chief , while the second would support the man who was the police chief . |
| 4 | At the start of the police interrogation the suspect is informed of his right of silence and of his right to consult a lawyer , but he has no right to have the lawyer present during the interrogation . |
| 5 | She seems happiest in the country with her powerfully romantic interpretations of a Path through the Trees Down a Lane in Winter which she regards as very much a Traveller 's Joy . |
| 6 | At the end of the police investigation the suspect must be taken before a prosecutor who decides how the case should proceed . |