Example sentences of "[num] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a press conference held on April 30 Lee acknowledged officially for the first time the existence of a CCP-led government in Beijing . |
| 2 | Over 400 rich Middle Eastern and European buyers packed into Paris 's Maison de la Chimie on 7 March to compete hard for the art collection of Syrian multi-millionaire Mowaffik Midani . |
| 3 | In the records of the first Protectorate Parliament of 1654 Erle appears only on the committee of privileges , presumably because he refused to sign the Recognition , and he was not re-elected in 1656 , although approved at a preliminary gentry meeting . |
| 4 | Early in 1826 Hoyle wrote again to the Goldsmiths about the School , " setting forth the scantiness of its yearly funds and alluding to various repairs and expenses which have been occasionally borne at his charges , amounting to about £130 , and … the Wardens are satisfied that a very considerable increase has taken place in the Rents of the estates left for the Endowment of the School , affording means to the Company for extending the benefits of the institution " . |
| 5 | In December 1932 Nizan referred unequivocally to the " new life " and " new culture " to be instigated by the proletariat in post-revolutionary society , and to the " heroic social project being undertaken in the USSR " . |
| 6 | Perhaps the last three Sonatas verge more on the side of a string quintet , after all they were roughly contemporaneous with the great C major String Quintet ? |
| 7 | On Feb. 21 Nakasone stepped down as the faction 's leader in favour of Michio Watanabe . |
| 8 | Around three Talbot came up to the library with a telephone-set in his hand . |
| 9 | After the Restoration of Charles II Mabbott petitioned successfully for the lucrative office of manager for licences of wine and strong waters in Ireland for himself and his eldest surviving son , Kympton , then aged seven , letters patent being granted in January 1661 . |
| 10 | Intel Corp , obliquely confirming nagging reports that Pentium chips will be in critically short supply at least until October , now says it will ship only about 100,000 of the chips by the end of the year , where only two months ago it was talking ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of parts this year ; Intel now sees 10,000 Pentiums going out by the end of June , 40,000 in the third quarter , and some 50,000 in fourth . |
| 11 | But the possibility of French casualties , with cloud at 3,000 feet ( 1,000m ) obscuring the docks , led to only four of the bombers dropping their loads while some 30 other Whitleys and 25 Wellingtons flew around above the clouds . |
| 12 | Ten Trekkies got down on the floor to play this , some still wearing Federation anoraks , which seemed to be cheating somewhat . |
| 13 | At a banquet in Beijing on Oct. 23 Akihito referred obliquely to the Sino-Japanese War as " an unfortunate period in which my country inflicted great sufferings on the people of China " . |
| 14 | The face of DCI Harris swam out of the mist . |
| 15 | After a moment or two Hosanna moved back to the step again . |
| 16 | On 2 February 1989 Jones sent in to the APS an abstract of his intended talk which stated in part ‘ We have accumulated considerable evidence for a new form of cold nuclear fusion which occurs when hydrogen isotopes are loaded into various materials , notably crystalline solids ( without muons ) ’ ( my italics ) . |
| 17 | At four-forty-five Benny walked out of the shop and saw smoke coming from Joe 's warehouse . |
| 18 | In 1927 Eliot turned sharply against the sort of ‘ love of created beings ’ seen in Sweeney Agonistes and against its world . |
| 19 | After his retirement in 1944 Normand stayed on in the department as officer on special duty for maintaining liaison with military organizations . |