Example sentences of "the [noun] [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In chains he tells the Sanhedrin itself about the one name in heaven by which we must be saved .
2 although on one level Balzac 's story is ‘ about ’ castration ( one of the characters is a castrato singer ) , in Barthes 's reading the theme of castration is seen as a pretext for a kind of reflexive anxiety on the part of the text itself concerning the very possibility of representation .
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 Who then , was to determine whether or not the water came from faults and fissures in the rock , or from the vein itself in the usual manner ?
5 In the half-back window the lower half of the backing is closed in , but you can see into the shop itself through the top half .
6 I think he even been on the boards himself in the early days .
7 I found a piece of blue-grey silk for the background , to tone in with the recipient 's decor , and selected the wooden frame and the gold tones in the picture itself for the same reason .
8 At 32 Rue St Honoré , they met with Raymond Eddi , a distinguished Lebanese parliamentarian in exile , and Marcel Boutros , Aoun 's personal envoy , who invited Coleman to meet the general himself at the presidential palace in Baabda .
9 In the town itself over the next few years Class meetings were formed in West Street , Corcrain , Edenderry , Levaghery , Lisniskey and Kernan .
10 Roman answered the phone himself at the first ring , and Claudia 's heart turned over .
11 This development parallels ( not accidentally ) the enormous growth of the TNCs themselves since the 1950s , both in scope and geographical spread .
12 In the preparation of the details themselves in the various shops , the underlying idea of continuous progression from one operation to another was adopted .
13 Ewart last made the news himself during the Soviet coup in August 1991 .
14 The complaints must be made to the police themselves in the first instance and all subsequent investigations are undertaken by police officers .
15 Then she did an unheard-of thing , she threw the ladle itself onto the white cloth and stalked from the room , leaving Agnes looking towards the door that had banged closed and thinking , Goodness me !
16 My Lords , Government is not prepared to retain the land itself for the future development of what must be regarded as one of the world 's greatest libraries .
17 The minister 's assessment of the scientific data , like that of Gwyneth Dunwoody , a Labour MP , was aptly described by the Minister himself in the parliamentary debate of 27 January 1983 .
18 Four elements of interest and influence need to be weighed against each other , namely the effect of the parent as the educator who is helped by the school , the school as the institutional teacher who is helped by the parent , the school as the manager and decider ( with the parent being kept informed ) and the school itself as the only " real " provider of education .
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