Example sentences of "[prep] the [det] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 15,000 crowd at Limerick 's famed Thomond Park for the All Ireland League key match between Shannon and Garryowen was it own testimony to the grip the competition has gained on the Irish game . |
| 2 | When the Derry team members take their place in Croke Park on September 19 for the All Ireland GAA final , chances are the song drifting down from the terraces will have been penned by Maghera man James Devlin . |
| 3 | But that does not breed the slightest hint of complacency as the 31-year-old Ballinascreen clubman prepares for the All Ireland final . |
| 4 | Ardiles twice tried to capture the 28-year-old Northern Ireland international but has finally refused to meet County 's £200,000 valuation for the former Chelsea forward . |
| 5 | UK hotel companies are anxiously awaiting the outcome of round one in the bidding for the former East German hotel group Interhotel . |
| 6 | True , they would have had a stronger showing had not their former prime minister , Lothar de Maizière , stepped down before the election amid charges ( which he denies , and which an inquiry looks set to discuss ) that he used to work for the former East German secret police . |
| 7 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 8 | A reorganization of the Land Cabinet in Saxony-Anhalt took place on Aug. 16 , following the resignation of the Free Democrat deputy Minister President Gerd Brunner on Aug. 9 and of the Agriculture Minister four days later , over accusations that they had acted as agents for the former East German Ministry of State Security — the " Stasi " . |
| 9 | It was also discussed at a farewell dinner last night for the former BBC director general , Sir Michael Checkland , hosted by the Royal Television Society . |
| 10 | Romania is to stay a republic , suggesting the country 's new rulers see little future for the former King Michael . |
| 11 | It is a welcome return from the golfing wilderness for the former Durham County champion who carried hopes of a highly successful professional career when he moved to the paid ranks after gaining international honours some five years ago . |
| 12 | Wednesday are looking for £800,000 for the former Swindon player , who Chelsea value at closer to £500,000 . |
| 13 | He 's come to this country to work for the former England star , Mike Burton , who runs a local sports agency . |
| 14 | It was the latest blow in what has proved an unhappy first season so far for the former England striker and Grampus in the new J.League 10-club championship , launched on May 15 . |
| 15 | The likely outcome is the offer of a three-year contract for the former England skipper and his no.2 Terry McDermott . |
| 16 | JIM LOVE , the new director of cricket , today leads the Scotland squad on their second successive two-week tour of South Africa in what will be a demanding test for the former England player , writes Harry Pincott . |
| 17 | They indicated further that NATO was " not prepared to entertain the notion of membership " for the former Warsaw Pact countries . |
| 18 | It was a prudent precaution , for the former James I 's death , on 5 September 1701 , was followed only six months later by that of William III , who died after a fall while riding , on 8 March 1702 . |
| 19 | THE five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council agreed yesterday to seek the establishment of a war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia . |
| 20 | Tonight the man who 's been leading the fight for pensioners in Oxford said there was also much at state for those still working for the former Maxwell companies . |
| 21 | These observations differ from earlier findings in which scid mice were host for the same TCR -β transgene . |
| 22 | As the many Ontario lines stretched out in the 1870s and 1880s , dozens of new stations were built . |
| 23 | They may be prehistoric , dedicated to the Goddess Brighde and Diana ; some have been Christianized , such as the many St Helen 's Wells . |
| 24 | In countries such as the former Czechoslovakia ( now two separate nations ) , two-thirds of motor lubricants are bought from petrol stations . |
| 25 | There was no challenge as the former West Ham and Birmingham forward buried Craig Shakespeare 's corner with an emphatic downward header . |
| 26 | But it was not long before he was identified as the former Neath and Swansea star who switched codes in 1987 . |
| 27 | Economic relations between the former USSR and its constituent states and the developing countries , 1984-93 |
| 28 | In a biography about the former England captain about to be published , the rift which existed between the pair for the final 15 months of Lineker 's international career is at last revealed . |
| 29 | The profit was down thirty million or so and if we look at the geographic breakdown of profit , er the U S A was up er and yet if er Addison Wesley was about the same Penguin was up ten so where did this thirty million drop in profits at oil services arise , was it in the U K and Singapore as opposed to the U S or , or was there something different about Penguin U S compared with Penguin U K ? |
| 30 | We talking about the same Dicky ? |