Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] the four " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them the four countries have some 144,000 elephants . |
| 2 | At the turn for home Baby Turk led from Nemain and Acatenango , but behind them the four runners owned by the Aga Khan — Shardari , Dinistan , Darara and Shahrastani — were making their efforts , and over a quarter of a mile out Shardari hit the front , closely pursued by Shahrastani and Darara . |
| 3 | The most significant agreement reached at Pattaya was a compromise military arrangement under which the four factions would reduce their armed forces and arms , ammunition and equipment by 70 per cent . |
| 4 | By an order dated 5 August 1991 Waite J. granted the foster mother leave to apply for judicial review of the decision of the local authority to remove from placement with her the four children D. , born on 5 June 1978 , T. , born on 2 January 1980 , A. , born on 23 April 1981 , and K. , born on 21 November 1982 , who were in the care of the local authority . |
| 5 | Cara smiled , and confided , ‘ Actually , I was wondering what I was going to do with myself the four weeks he 's away — I 've sort of got used to having him around , ’ she tossed in , as if uncaring , when they all knew differently . |
| 6 | The group discussed ways in which the four organisations might work more closely together in the future , including preparations for the WACC-sponsored Consultation of International Christian Communication Organisations which was postponed earlier this year . |
| 7 | For example — and just , as they say , off the top of my own head — I can imagine , even if I ca n't paint , these prototypically Magrittian images : a revolver that fires doves ; a two-humped animal with heads at each end ( a palindromedary , perhaps ) a painting of the Crucifixion that is itself ( the painting I mean ) nailed to a Cross ; an unearthly skyscape in which the four Presidents ' heads from Mount Rushmore emerge out of a billowing bank of clouds . |
| 8 | The rectangular figure which this creates provides a frame for the Greimassian narrative chiasmus in which the four eyes become four ‘ I ’ s or ‘ actants ’ . |
| 9 | The chapter acts as the introduction to the next ( and largest ) section of this manual , in which the four constituent elements of the Marketing Mix ( the " Four P's " ) are described in detail . |
| 10 | Figure 6.16 illustrates the way in which the four environmental factors influence both the thermodynamics and kinetics of weathering reactions by indicating the conditions required for maximum rates of weathering to be attained . |
| 11 | ‘ Thus , ’ as J. A. Burrow remarks , ‘ as Duke Humphrey 's guests worked their way through this very unpenitential fish banquet , they were invited to see in it the four courses of their own life 's feast . ’ |
| 12 | The black car was parked near the Lagonda , on which the four figures in overalls were working . |