Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is led to conclude from all this that despite some tactical ‘ victories ’ here and there , the British point of view with respect to policy in the EEC has not on the whole prevailed , any more than has its influence over the development of the institutional framework of the Community . |
| 2 | The concern for the future of the Deutschmark within the EEC erupted belatedly in the Bundestag in early October 1992 ; at the insistence of an all-party committee , the Parliament pressed for a second opportunity to ratify stage 3 of the Maastricht Treaty before the Deutschmark became irrevocably part of the Single Currency . |
| 3 | Eventually the Herakleophorbia spread all over the world . |
| 4 | The VW drew up at the pumps about twenty minutes later . |
| 5 | The idea of the Temple went back to the time of Moses when God commanded a tabernacle ( i.e. a tent ) to be built in which to keep the Ark of the Covenant . |
| 6 | Minnis decided to do something for others who might similarly be afflicted which resulted in the Kenilworth Club and the PGL contributing annually to a fund . |
| 7 | Because Xtradrive requires a device driver , which means that it is a system level device , bypassing DOS and the BIOS to go straight to the hard disk would result in the swap file not benefiting from compression . |
| 8 | The Caribbean lapped on to the deserted palm-fringed beach just beyond . |
| 9 | But with 17 matches to go and key players returning , Strudwick believes his side can reach the big-time for the first time since the Rugby League began their bid to take the game beyond the confines of Yorkshire and Lancashire with the Fulham experiment back in the early eighties . |
| 10 | Many of Rosemary Cook 's respondents in the Rhondda , who had given birth to children during the inter-war years , said that birth control had been out of the question despite the fact that the birth rate for the Rhondda fell dramatically during the inter-war period . |
| 11 | The French stood in sharp contrast to all this ; their main energies were directed at expansion in Europe , with the Netherlands marked down as a particularly attractive target , but they were so rich , so dynamic , and so confident in the second half of the seventeenth century that they were quite willing — as asserted in the motto of their great king , Louis XIV , nec pluribus impar — to fight several enemies at once . |
| 12 | And cutting down through the rising rock , the Indus carries away from the Himalayan region five million tonnes of earthen debris every day . |
| 13 | The Sheikha looked up to the sun . |
| 14 | But the greatest disappointment of his career was when Regent 's management agreement with The Dorchester fell through on the sale of the hotel . |
| 15 | George Moore 's depiction of Jesus as having survived the Crucifixion followed on from a contention maintained not only by some of the oldest heresies , but also by the Koran , and thus widely accepted throughout Islam and the Islamic world . |
| 16 | Although later works made more use of Englishmen , foreign technicians continued to be needed , and the several groups located in the Weald add up to a directory of the industry in 1524–5 . |
| 17 | As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders . |
| 18 | They had no hope of doing that unless the occupants of the Renault stopped somewhere for the night . |
| 19 | A group of four parties — the People 's Party , the Socialist Party , Social Democracy and the Democratic Party of Slovakia — issued a statement on May 18 calling on the CPCz to withdraw voluntarily from the general election in June as an admission of the party 's responsibility for the country 's condition after 41 years of communist rule and of the party 's continued totalitarian tendencies . |
| 20 | It will be up to the SMMB to come up with a scheme that is acceptable to them . ’ |
| 21 | Although the Bluebird appeared only in the last act , Shaw 's performance was widely considered the highlight of the evening 's entertainment ; and his brisees volees — little beats of the feet as he appeared to fly through the air — amazed even the Russians , on the company 's original visit to the Maryinsky . |
| 22 | But ‘ Winters ’ hauled England up a second-half mountain , dragging his pack into overdrive and tackling non-stop as the Boks came out of a half-time huddle screeching defiance and ready to build on a 16–11 lead . |
| 23 | Took the Munro file back to the desk and told the duty clerk there 'd been an error . ’ |
| 24 | The CNGSB called instead for the establishment of 192 wider assembly areas , and for freedom of movement for all CNGSB members whether or not they were subject to arrest orders . |
| 25 | In the winter of 1979–80 the Trannon careered off on a course of its own . |
| 26 | Back in England , as the scandal of the Arandora Star , the Ettrick and the Dunera filtered through to the public , opinion shifted from ‘ intern the lot ’ to ‘ free them now ’ . |
| 27 | The Syntagma grew out of an interest Gassendi formed , not long after the publication of the Exercises , in the Greek philosopher Epicurus . |
| 28 | The frontier of the Agenais ran right through the middle of the town . |
| 29 | The Feldwebel went out of the room . |
| 30 | The Feldwebel stepped out of the car and opened the door for me . |