Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pn reflx] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But historians now recognize that for Darwin himself the idea of natural selection arose from a dialogue between his geographical studies and his interest in the process of reproduction by which the species is maintained . |
| 2 | As his army approached close to the walls of Toulouse itself the townspeople seized the opportunity to emancipate themselves from comital authority . |
| 3 | Of John himself the picture was still vague . |
| 4 | Near Ahusquy itself the road is not good , but uneven only and never frightening . |
| 5 | Beset by illness — with Gooch himself the most damaging victim of the last few weeks — and bemused by Indian spin , England must pull themselves together if a bitterly disappointing tour is not to become a total disaster . |
| 6 | In Bateman itself the accused took part of the victim 's uterus away during childbirth and did not remove her to hospital for five days . |
| 7 | In Bosnia itself the Serbs said they would open an air link to the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica and halted an offensive that brought their forces within a mile of its outskirts . |
| 8 | In France itself the Valois family had good dynastic reasons for wishing to see Isabella removed from France and embroiled in English domestic politics : Charles IV was the last of the Capetians in the direct male line , and the question of Isabella 's title to the throne , or her right to pass the title to her son , might soon arise . |
| 9 | In Europe itself the Conservative M E Ps are led by Sir Christopher Prout Sir Christopher Prout is the vice president of the European Peoples Party and they sit the the the a debate may no doubt take place later on whether he 's the vice chairman or vice president . |
| 10 | Within government itself the practicalities of administering controls in peacetime became increasingly difficult and , in the process , exposed the crucial lack of any coherent and comprehensive theory of planning . |
| 11 | In Zambia itself the ruling party , UNIP , took virtual control of the Times , but even before this the president had acquired the power to hire and fire its editor : a power he has used on a number of occasions . |
| 12 | In Danzig itself the sugar , sweets , chocolate , tobacco and match industries , as well as the famous Danzig Gold Water business were all badly affected by the Versailles arrangements . |
| 13 | They were monarchs indeed from the mid eleventh century on , ruling over a monarchy as wide as western Christendom with some very material weapons ; but it was a spiritual monarchy in which military power had no hand ; and in Rome itself the spiritual monarchy became for ever entangled with the pope 's role as the ruler of the city . |
| 14 | In Rome itself the cardinals administered their own churches according to their orders of bishop , priest or deacon and they acted also within the pope 's household as officers such as chancellor and chamberlain . |
| 15 | In India itself the number of infections was reduced to 50000 in 1961 , and in Sri Lanka in 1963 only 17 cases could be detected . |
| 16 | Moreover , the supporters of Morgan add , this should not lead to unmeritorious acquittals , because juries will not allow bogus defences to succeed : in Morgan itself the House of Lords was satisfied that the basis for the defence was so weak that a correctly directed jury would have found the defendants guilty . |
| 17 | Within Belfast itself the inner city lost heavily , down from 417,000 to 340,000 between 1971 and 1978 . |
| 18 | Von Schirach pointed out that ‘ this unlimited , almost religious veneration , to which I contributed as did Goebbels , Göring , Hess , Ley , and countless others , strengthened in Hitler himself the belief that he was in league with Providence ’ . |
| 19 | What he says about the king 's own explanation for his forwardness in battle is one of a number of examples of d'Ayala 's perception of the Scottish kingdom : ‘ He ( the king ) said to me that his subjects serve him with their persons and goods , in just and unjust quarrels , exactly as he likes , and that therefore he does not think it right to begin any warlike undertaking without being himself the first in danger . ’ |
| 20 | But we saved the Queen 's fair fame , and to Rudolf himself the fatal stroke came as a relief from a choice too difficult : on the one side lay what impaired his own honour , on the other what threatened hers . |
| 21 | Round about Grace herself the great river deposited little but mounds of plastic containers . |
| 22 | At Watersmeet itself the East Lyn meets up with Combe Park Water and here you 'll find a National Trust shop , a cafe and toilets . |
| 23 | At Cannington itself the first informal session was so full that the inquiry organizers told us afterwards they were concerned that the balcony might not be able to sustain the weight . |