Example sentences of "the [adj] [adv] the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | She could no longer see the Steep yet the feeling of the dark airless room she had left behind , the sound of her foster-parents breathing heavily in the close darkness , still seemed to hang about her and draw her back . |
2 | It began to break down by the 1790s when the pressure of a growing population and insufficient work meant that over a fifth of the labour force was virtually permanently unemployed . |
3 | But its real take-off period was the 1870S when the introduction of a new cooling apparatus and the addition of chemical preservatives to the milk enabled it to be transported very long distances while remaining fresh . |
4 | It is , however , correct that these percentages were at their highest in the 1970s when the number of strikers was also at its highest . |
5 | She sat up slowly in the bed … and immediately amended her count to three glasses ; she had spilt most the contents of the fourth down the front of her muslin pyjamas and onto the lace coverlet . |
6 | The appointment of Fyfe to Warrington in 1921 was , however , the exception rather than the rule in the 1920s when the majority of missioners appointed or holding the posts were clergymen or hearing persons . |
7 | Agriculture , in the 1920s still the occupation of 27% of Americans , suffered a depression throughout the decade . |
8 | If we work through the former alone the range of choice or the breadth of the spectrum will vary from area to area . |
9 | One might suppose that the greater that number , the greater also the number of votes a party ought to receive . |
10 | By Leonard Barden THE EASY Soviet victory in this week 's world team championship at Lucerne recalled the palmy days of the 1950s when the generation of Botvinnik and Smyslov , Bronstein and Keres , outclassed opponents . |
11 | By comparison with other intermediaries growth has been slow , at least until the 1980s when the value of investment trusts ' assets almost doubled ( 1981–86 ) . |