Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It approximates to a miniature octavo book , while others in the Dolls ' House library are more like reduced folios .
2 Less the arm the figure is complete in itself , but it was part of a larger whole : a four-horse team , the charioteer in the car holding the reins , possibly the dedicator as a warrior behind him on the ground or mounting , probably a groom at the horses ' heads ( a small-scale arm was found , as well as scraps of the horses ' legs and tails ) .
3 red-rimmed as syphilitics from the Baths '
4 Nevertheless controversies continued between the verderers , as protectors of the commoners ' rights , and the officers of the Crown , who wished to enclose and encoppice to promote the growth and sale of timber .
5 Politicians , whether cynically or not , have so far dismissed such claims as pleas for a lawyers ' welfare state .
  Next page