Example sentences of "[conj] [pos pn] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that and more went through my mind , wrote Harsnet , as I sat there in the moonlight in the silence , but it was as if it was the glass which was telling me this , that the glass was my mind as I thought that , or my mind the glass , and that was the reason for the fear and the cold and also for the sense of growing excitement and a fear then , a different kind of fear , that I would not be able to do anything with this excitement , that it would be my failure , my failure to realize what I now saw were the real possibilities of the glass , a failure for which I would never be able to forgive myself , though a part of me would always know or perhaps only believe that it was in the nature of my insight that there could be no realization of it , that it was precisely an insight about non-realization , but by then , wrote Harsnet , it had all become too complicated , too extreme , I did not want to know any of it until it was all over , until I had made my effort , perhaps it had been a mistake to come in and sit there with the glass through the night with the moon shining so brightly , it must have been full , or nearly full , unnaturally bright anyway , something to do with the solstice perhaps , to sit in the room with the glass alone or with the moon alone might have been bearable , in the dark with the glass or in the moonlight in an empty room , but the two together , the glass and the moon , that was perhaps the mistake . |
| 2 | but if the elderly pensioner does n't read all the solicitor 's correspondence or the solicitor does n't communicate every fact of the correspondence but relies solely on the brochure they 're carrying in their pocket or their handbag the brochure taken in isolation might mislead might it not ? |
| 3 | In other words , in addition to explicit consultation and the pursuit of a visible consensus on any matter , the manager carries within his or her subconsciousness the sediment of many terms and years of other people 's wisdom . |
| 4 | A sufferer from alcoholism may have no recollection of his or her behaviour the night before , nor of how he or she got home . |
| 5 | At some stage this will require the passage of authorizing legislation and a key figure in the legislative process in this case will be the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee ; without his or her agreement the president 's bill will not pass . |
| 6 | The pupil who says ‘ Grace ’ earns for his or her table the privilege of being first in the queue . |
| 7 | The size of these advances will vary , but if a writer has already several hit singles in his or her catalogue the advance may be very sizeable . |
| 8 | As a regular and valued customer at your local Shell station we are pleased to be able to offer you or your company the opportunity to apply for the Shell Account Card . |
| 9 | And I happen to know that my friend the Mason has the keep of that place . |
| 10 | In December 1924 a press release stated that Her Majesty the Queen had graciously given permission for the house to be exhibited at the ninth Ideal Home Exhibition to be held by the Daily Mail at Olympia the following March . |
| 11 | Our principal exposure to the public arose from the chance that Her Majesty the Queen became interested and used Motability as the centre for her Christmas address in 1981 . |
| 12 | ‘ That no message was sent to His Royal Highness , and that Her Majesty the Queen , the Princess of Wales , the Duke of York , the Duchess of York , Her Majesty 's entire household , the gardener 's boy and the royal dachshund are all in perfect health ? ’ |
| 13 | My understanding is that Her Majesty the Queen is visiting the Council of Europe because its headquarters are also the seat of the European Parliament . |
| 14 | He remembered this because it was the day on which the BBC Home Service had announced the news that Her Majesty the Queen had given birth to what would become known as Prince Edward . |
| 15 | It is a far more aggressive species than its cousin the Blue Acara , hence the common name . |
| 16 | He suggested to the Watts that his invention the Kumfi muzzle may help . |
| 17 | For his work among those Times , Distances , Temperatures , Pressures and Energies , Senior Scientific Officer Bissett , Grade 8 , was paid less than his neighbour the plumber and his neighbour the tinned-food salesman . |
| 18 | By 1830 , however , membership had more than halved and it was thought prudent to change the rules to limit its functions more closely to those of a conventional benefit society , thereby earning the support of some local shipowners and a personage no less elevated than His Grace the Duke of Northumberland . |
| 19 | I can no more vouch for the loyalty of every one of my tenants than His Grace the King or my Lord Cardinal can guarantee the loyalty of every Englishman . |
| 20 | Roy Hankin of Sheffield won in 4 hours , 29 minutes and 31 seconds , 15 minutes faster than his time the previous year , beating Bradford 's Melvyn McCann into second place , but not breaking McCann 's record time of 4 hours , 25 minutes and 53 seconds set in 1984 . |
| 21 | None other than His Holiness the Pope . |
| 22 | I 'm just phoning to make it quite clear that our discussion the other night is no longer relevant . |
| 23 | I was interested that your issue The fear of madness ( NI 209 ) was followed by one on Fundamentalism ( NI 210 ) because they are certainly connected . |
| 24 | ‘ None can know better than your lordship the importance of Berwick Castle , ’ Ramsay went on . |
| 25 | The M and M I did n't like This trick I obtained from Paul Daniels , and my sister the Amazing Avril uses it in her children 's shows . |
| 26 | You know , and my story the following morning included road blocks . |
| 27 | Erm my Lord that trial bundle two in part A , my Lord , trial bundle three of part A erm , comprises expert evidence from two accountants er one from each side and my Lord the er evidence of the erm plaintiff 's accountant is that of Mr whose report appears in this bundle and the defendant 's . |
| 28 | And my Lord the fact that their retainer and the existence of those implying terms are admitted in the amended statement which starts on page thirty eight of the bundle . |
| 29 | But they also say in the alternative that that since the plaintiffs themselves were at this time by mid to late October of nineteen eighty five , not ready or able to complete it would have been improper erm for the defendant to advise the plaintiffs to serve a special notice to complete and my Lord the question that therefore arises er whether , even if that were correct , er and it 's not admitted that it is , that exonerates the defendants from given the advice er and whether they should still have advised the plaintiff erm of the opportunity which was open to him , that the plaintiff could if necessary take that course himself or be advised to go er elsewhere and be advised independently is er this is , this the point of the matter which he regarded as improper and was not willing to do it on the plaintiff 's behalf . |
| 30 | and my Lord the my Lord you 'll see at the bottom of page sixty nine , this is the latest edition just published this summer my Lord , erm at the bottom of page sixty nine you have an extract from the European community treaty which er defines a directive and you will see my Lord says in terms that it leaves to the national authorities the choice of forms the methods , and then if my Lord could read the passage er under that on page seventy |