Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The reference to " or " such other risks should be amended to " and in addition to the foregoing " in order to make it clear that the landlord is not given the choice which of the stated risks it may choose to insure against — perhaps an obvious point but one worth making . |
2 | The Signore had designed the house himself along the lines of a Palladian villa in Vicenza , choosing a site that gave a most remarkable view of the city spread out below . |
3 | It 's a wonder any parts are left at all , what with debts of £6.5m and Sir John Hall still waging the boardroom battle that has very nearly claimed the club itself as the ultimate , ironic , victim . |
4 | Well , how about ‘ Dear sir , you have made an error which in the context of your foetid letter , was delightfully egregious ’ . ’ |
5 | The only new thing I could add was the prison bit , and Mrs McDougall had not told the girls anything about the offence of which Ewen had been convicted . |
6 | The terms ‘ good ’ and ‘ evil ’ must be regarded as having had no meaning whatsoever in the infinity of time that preceded life on earth . |
7 | You 've got no input whatsoever to the actual appointment of members of teaching staff . ’ |
8 | He had frankly given no thought whatsoever to the child 's name ; he had not yet thought of him as an identity anyway . |
9 | Lord Hunter had been unable to free himself from the idea of Meehan as a participant any more than Sir Daniel Brabin had been able to free himself from the assumption of Timothy Evans 's guilt ; neither could bring himself to admit , perhaps for the sake of the reputation of their profession , that the miscarriage of justice had been total , that Meehan as much as Evans had played no part whatever in the crime with which he had been charged . |
10 | On 17 July 1054 he consecrated Godric abbot of Winchcombe , having held the abbey himself since the death of Abbot Godwin in 1053 . |
11 | They are a mixed workforce , recruited from local Catholics and Protestants who live in the community , and they say they are afforded no protection whatsoever by the security forces . |