Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 2 | As the chubby fallen cherub howls into the first of three solo shows with a head-down run through purely Pixies material , it 's all a bit like coming across the devil conducting a cheery pub singalong . |
| 3 | The only point I felt w you know we mentioned the other day that if , if there 's a rise say on the first of April then you wan na get in a couple of months before then . |
| 4 | The publication of a book by a private citizen led to the breaking-off of diplomatic relations . |
| 5 | His glance moved between the two of them . |
| 6 | To the north the power station was a glittering galaxy of white lights , its stark geometric bulk subsumed in the blue-black of the sky . |
| 7 | Reflex : A fabric used on the outer of some sleeping bags . |
| 8 | The light rested on the last of these for some while , then moved upward , searching the end wall . |
| 9 | The convention established the International Civil Aviation Organization with its headquarters in Montreal and set up a secretariat which would become a most effective machine for ensuring that a rapidly developing civil aviation industry was not hampered by the red tape generated by the hundreds of frontiers that would have to be crossed . |
| 10 | Sitting back on her seat , she relaxed as the engine started and the long , low open canal boat passed under the first of the very low bridges which spanned the narrow waterways , and tuned in her ear to the English commentary being given by the boat 's guide , mentally turning off when it was followed in French and German to engage in a desultory conversation with a fellow countryman who had chanced to take the place beside her , a pleasant young man attending his first seminar in Denmark . |
| 11 | This means that it will in practice terminate at the earlier of ( i ) the next AGM of the company and ( ii ) the expiry of 12 months after the passing of the resolution . |
| 12 | Discussion revealed that women 's interests lay very much with lambing , first aid , dairy husbandry and financial management although quite a few were doubtful about their capacity to cope with the last of these subjects . |
| 13 | the sun rose on the last of Alamein . |
| 14 | Note that the law relating to the last of these excuses , concerning distance to school from home and transport arrangements , has been amended following the decision of the House of Lords in Rogers v Essex County Council ( 1986 ) . |
| 15 | And the annual parish council meeting on the fourteenth of May . |
| 16 | Gascoigne warned Yoshida in February 1949 to show more skill in handling labour unrest ; this underlined the more assertive attitude adopted in the Foreign Of ice under Ernest Bevin 's inspiration wherever labour problems arose . |
| 17 | A short drive to the West is Clovelly , an extraordinary , quaint fishing village built on the steepest of cobbled streets running down to a tiny harbour . |
| 18 | His vow of homage was not merely a promise to be true to the emperor and to serve him against his enemies , but a promise to live in obedience to God and His law according to the best of each man 's strength and understanding . |
| 19 | The County Planning Committee meet on the seventh of December to cons to consider British Coal application for colliery waste at Gascoigne Wood . |
| 20 | ‘ Must be five pounds at least , ’ Billy yelled , as he desperately tried to keep the shoal penned between the four of them . |
| 21 | A string quintet played in the largest of the reception rooms , and guests spilled out into the garden in between light showers . |
| 22 | I could imagine my aunt as a young girl asking for the latest of the books for birthday or Christmas until she had them all . |
| 23 | In front of the King , the marshes and mud-flats of Earnbank were already filled with struggling men as his own dismounted vanguard disposed of the last of the fifty intruders from the Forth landing . |
| 24 | Adam , 52 , and former dancer Jackie had their marriage put to the toughest of tests in the early days . |
| 25 | The track continues west along the edge of the escarpment before turning left to the first of many little lakes — Parabaun . |
| 26 | As the lines were alternately pulled so the pulley actuated a semi-circular rudder hinged across the diagonal of the rearmost box.One does not need to have much imagination to see how the rudder deflection might send the Box kite into limited stunts , given a strong wind ; but we doubt if the rigid stability of a Box kite could be persuaded to perform over a wide range of movement . |
| 27 | Everyday objects are of course the stock-in-trade of Arman , whose retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum continues until the 26th of this month . |
| 28 | 3 The hexactinellid sponge Coeloptychium agaricoides from the Cretaceous of Westphalia , Germany . |
| 29 | I move that the minutes of the meeting of the Council held on the sixteenth of July be signed as a correct record . |
| 30 | Thank you Next item , Right agenda item three , notes of the Joint Consultative Committee held on the twenty-first of October , nineteen ninety-three , paper B. If I could just say a few words . |