Example sentences of "to the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concealed amongst the coats , Frankie listened to the grunts of the animals and the low harsh voices of the men . |
| 2 | Richard Baxter 's tender devotion to his wife gives the lie to the caricature of the Puritans as being cold , unemotional and joyless . |
| 3 | They claimed that despite the hundreds of years of Polish independence , ‘ the East ’ owed what little civilisation it could muster to the efforts of the Germans . |
| 4 | Thanks to the efforts of the breeders , the stem of triticale is short so that the plant is more rigid in the wind ; grain size and quality are also vastly improved . |
| 5 | In fact one of the great things about this walk is that it keeps for most of the time to the shoulder of the fells so that they fall away steep sided below you giving you clear views out and down . |
| 6 | Pike , Quigley and Mum used to wait behind the hedge , rattling tambourines and waving placards saying ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO MEET THE LIVING GOD ? as the congregation filed out and chatted to the vicar about the problems of British Rail . |
| 7 | No special protection has been given to the broadcasting of the proceedings of the House , although it seems likely the defence of qualified privilege to actions of defamation will be available . |
| 8 | One of John 's rivals , Gregory XII , resigned his claim and returned to the ranks of the cardinals . |
| 9 | For the most part they worked underground with their fathers or other relatives , and , in contrast with the lot of the pauper apprentice , child labour underground for all its burdens and dangers was a first step on the way to the ranks of the hewers . |
| 10 | Others ascribe the weakening of community consciousness to the failures of the churches to inculcate a sense of moral responsibility into the population , to the fashion for ‘ permissiveness ’ in education in the 1960s and 1970s which undermined respect for authority , and to the failures of parents to control their children . |
| 11 | On reaching the face drop down to the toe of the rocks then climb steeply back up the other side until North West Gully is reached ( 15 minutes ) . |
| 12 | Jotan had already countermanded a number of orders given with regard to the arming of the troopers who were to ride on his portion of the reconnaissance . |
| 13 | Secondly , Sir Angus was barely a year out of the Civil Service after a career which had taken him to the chairmanship of the Customs and Excise . |
| 14 | Bingham L.J. , when considering the meaning of section 1(1) , attached importance to the omission of the words ‘ without the consent of the owner . ’ |
| 15 | On 20 January 1789 , Eccleston concluded a letter to the editor of the Transactions of the Society of Arts with a postscript : ‘ Mr Moorcroft is a young man of the greatest abilities , and has agreed to turn his thoughts from the practice of physic and surgery , entirely to that of farriery in every branch , provided he can meet with sufficient and certain encouragement in the establishment of a Veterinarian School . |
| 16 | To the Editor of The Times , 18 December 1990 : Sir , You said in your leader of 14 December , ‘ the highly political decision to enter the European exchange rate mechanism last October and at an exchange rate of DM2.95 to the pound looked like a mistake at the time . |
| 17 | To the Editor of The Times , 27 December 1991 Sir , A year ago , almost to the day ( 18 December 1990 ) you published a letter in which I wrote : |
| 18 | He wrote what must have been the one of the shortest letters of all time , and he wrote back to the editor of The Times and he said , dear sir , in answer to your question what is wrong with the world |
| 19 | However , if your left heel lifts during the backswing or both feet remain firmly planted at the top , bracing the right foot , leg and hip during the backswing remains crucial to the working of the legs during the forward swing . |
| 20 | He was not the man to deny the Romans access to the wealth of the barbarians . |
| 21 | And that could help to bring an early end to the recession for the traders . |
| 22 | And that could help to bring an early end to the recession for the traders . |
| 23 | However , they apparently failed to consult their own solicitors on the matter and simply conformed to the request of the mortgagees as a formality . |
| 24 | Quite separately from the Social Work Department in Orkney , they investigated the information that led to the uplifting of the children . |
| 25 | That there are only two disappointing tracks , then , is a fitting tribute to the ingenuity of the remixers and the ebullience of the songs . |
| 26 | That there are only two disappointing tracks , then , is a fitting tribute to the ingenuity of the remixers and the ebullience of the songs . |
| 27 | It was immediately apparent that the main challenge to the ingenuity of the designers was the considerable width of the building , which , at 20m ( 66ft ) , was more than double the dimension usually found in residential buildings . |
| 28 | Traditionally it has been thought that meteorites were formed at the same time as the solar planets , and the composition of them was used as a ‘ fossil guide ’ to the make-up of the planets . |
| 29 | At this stage it was possible to do some preliminary calculations relating to the manufacture of the chairs . |
| 30 | These rights are called ‘ rights of occupation ’ , and where the leave of the court is necessary the court may make such orders as it thinks just and reasonable having regard to the conduct of the spouses , their needs and financial resources , the needs of the children , and all other circumstances . |