Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was rarely to be seen , unless attending to other people 's affairs , without a volume of some sort , generally of Plato or one of the Greek tragedians . |
| 2 | I say a Supertravel ad for a ridiculously cheap week and phoned to find that the price applied not to St Anton , Val d'Isere , Verbier or any of the top resorts I considered worthy of my attention , but to a place called Argentiere which had only seven lifts . |
| 3 | I can not imagine that either Shelford or any of the other overseas itinerants would be prepared to live in this country for all but 45 days a year in order to qualify to play . |
| 4 | They were never allowed into Fontanellato or any of the surrounding villages , and people were forbidden to wave to them . |
| 5 | Before Christine or Ann or any of the other girls playing realised what was happening , the pram began to run down the steep bank , gathering speed at every turn of its wheels . |
| 6 | Whether it be Microsoft , WordPerfect Guildsoft or any of the other software houses and importers , they can only let you know when an upgrade offer is on if they know who you are . |
| 7 | Mrs Hollidaye was unlike Mrs Parvis or any of the other people Dot had been left with . |
| 8 | This eventuality was almost inevitable , given the independent , entrepreneurial spirit of Roche and many of the new consultants he appointed , who felt they were not receiving a fair share of the profits . |
| 9 | At a meeting in the Kremlin last Saturday , General Vladimir Kryuchkov , head of the KGB and one of the newest members of the politburo , implicitly admitted the lies that had been told about the role of the secret police in Stalin 's repression . |
| 10 | The government of Mr Beregovoy is still discernibly the government of Mr Mitterrand and many of the old faithfuls are still in place . |
| 11 | It will be supported by BMW , Citroen , Ford , Honda , Peugeot , Renault , Rover , Toyota , Vauxhall , Volkswagen and Volvo and most of the major insurance companies in Britain . |
| 12 | Yel'tsin later agreed to take part in the negotiations that led to a ‘ 9 + 1 ’ agreement at Novo-Ogarevo , a government dacha near Moscow , between President Gorbachev and nine of the republican leaders , covering a wide range of measures to deal with the crisis that had developed in every sphere of Soviet life but especially the economy , and he was still prepared , after the unsuccessful coup , to negotiate a new political union . |
| 13 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 14 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 15 | Johnny Lazar steps off the plane from the States and one of the first things he sees in London is a gangland killing … happens all the time . |
| 16 | I 'm sure the other members of the committee will forgive me if I mention Tracy and David and Norman of the last year as secretary , treasurer and stage director respectively . |
| 17 | In 1848 the bridge was damaged by the artillery of Prince Windischgrätz and many of the original statues were put into the Lapidarium ( see p. 193 ) and were replaced by new statues by the Max brothers . |
| 18 | A 96 helped salvage a draw at Sydney after Bradman 's 340 not out had taken NSW to 713 for 6 , and a 60 against Queensland and 87 against the strong 1928–29 MCC bowling raised his prospects . |
| 19 | Bernie Grant , representing Tottenham in the borough of Haringey and one of the first black MPs , was unequivocal and unambiguous in his opposition from the very start . |
| 20 | Like the piece by ‘ Eckard ’ on p.88 , the one on p.96 is attributed to a known composer Wagenseil but absent from the standard catalogue of his works ; this , too , seems to be the first movement of a two-movement sonata . |
| 21 | HWIM or Hearsay-II on the other hand can proceed leftwards from any island of certainty . |
| 22 | It is not clear whether these were part of the advance column who had been marched back from Bleiburg or some of the vast majority of the Croats who had never entered Austria at all . |
| 23 | Advanced Diplomas are intended for those who already have an HND or equivalent in the same discipline . |
| 24 | The indigenous population , comprising Christian Armenians and Islamic tribesmen of mainly Central Asian , Turkish and Persian origin , were alternately subjected to periods of persecution and forced conversion ( or extermination ) , depending on whether Christian Russia or one of the Islamic countries was in control ; this culminated in the widespread slaughter and deportation of the Armenians by the Turks during the First World War . |
| 25 | There are now 3 Model 30s and 3 Amstrads available to students , with printers for the three Amstrads and one of the Model 30s . |
| 26 | It is not at all surprising that there should be a close identity of interest between the policy and constitution of CND and those of the Labour party , because many Labour Members have been or now are members of CND . |
| 27 | Such was his reputation that 2,000 people attended his funeral in Russia and one of the first statues in St Paul 's Cathedral in London was not of a sovereign , statesman or saint — but a simple , teetotal , vegetarian traveller who , as the inscription notes : |
| 28 | The company soon took off , so that by the time of his death Butterley was the biggest industrial concern in Derbyshire and one of the greatest in the country . |
| 29 | Against Garner , Holding , Roberts , Croft and Marshall , he averaged 40 in England and 57 in the Caribbean . |
| 30 | Against Garner , Holding , Roberts , Croft and Marshall , he averaged 40 in England and 57 in the Caribbean . |