Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Goldsmiths deliberated , and in due course authorized the expenditure . |
| 2 | A path-counting algorithm determined the number of words strings for each of the lattices . |
| 3 | Thick black curves of dry seaweed marked the reach of the tides . |
| 4 | John Ehrlichman , Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs , has provided vivid testimony of the low esteem accorded the legislative branch in the Nixon White House . |
| 5 | During the summer , these two weeds reviled each other , as fabulous creatures will ; the lowly weed accused its brother of grandiose , spendthrift ambitions , and the tall weed called the low weed mean and miserly . |
| 6 | Near the summit locks on the canal , however , is a preserved building called the Etruscan Bone and Flint Mill , which was built in 1857 to process raw materials for the potteries . |
| 7 | No such lack of lush pasture afflicted the Fens , especially in the silt belt , where medieval prosperity is commemorated by mighty churches and confirmed by historians ' research into medieval and sixteenth-century tax returns . |
| 8 | They said they were offering a new short introductory course called the general SVQ in care . |
| 9 | 1792 It being Represented to this Meeting that their is unlawful combinations and Meetings held by the Weavers in the Island , particularly in the Parish of Kilchoman , for the purpose of shortening or cutting off the usual measure called the Islay Ell , which has for time Immemorial been the Standard Measure given by the Weavers with every Species of their Manufacture , and for reducing the measure to the English yard , and for continueing the prices for the English yard as high as that for the Islay Ell |
| 10 | Participating in a traditional bloody ritual called the grynd , that dates back over the centuries , Faroe Islanders each year herd large schools of pilot whales into shallow waters and then , with man and whale alike thrashing in red blood-stained water , the animals are gaffed , speared , or knifed to death . |
| 11 | All in all , it 's easy to see why a small-town club called the Rovers made the fancy dans in the big cities . |
| 12 | When they launched themselves into production in 1922 , Balcon and Saville with Woman to Woman , the story of a shell-shocked officer who comes out of amnesia to discover the truth about his sordid past , and Wilcox with two films of which the second , a florid melodrama called The Flames of Passion , was a hit , they used the same director , Graham Cutts , and judged it worthwhile incurring the expense of bringing over American stars , Betty Compson for Woman , Mae Marsh for Flames , in order to increase their films ' marquee value at home and abroad . |
| 13 | The idea that an economic imperative justified the large-scale demolition of people 's homes was not unknown elsewhere in Eastern Europe ( or the West ) . |
| 14 | The plot centred on mankind 's confrontation with a Galactic enemy called the Diaboli . |
| 15 | Samsung Electronics licensed the workstation CPU , system technologies and HP-UX operating system and developed the SWS715 workstation in co-operation with Hewlett-Packard . |
| 16 | Peter Shaffer had written a two-part play called The Private Ear and the Public Eye . |
| 17 | Their own transport and they do , do run coaches and er there are rail British Rail run the service as well as a rule . |
| 18 | A mousse-pink suite occupied the bathroom , while the bedrooms were lined with cheap DIY cupboards . |
| 19 | In 1801 a British force occupied the island to safeguard the port as a vital revictualling point for the Navy . |
| 20 | If types of industry could be defined more sharply then it seems likely that although by 1970 British industry matched the international pattern , this had occurred as the result of some substantial relative shifts in employment in the UK over the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 21 | And this is how the Confederation of British Industry released the news to the press … |
| 22 | Nevertheless , a radical editorial reorganization called the Bradshaw shift , involving the moving of fragment VII as one large block back to the end of fragment II , with these fragments then relabelled groups B2 and B1 respectively , has been eagerly accepted by some editors and critics since the nineteenth century , wishing to solve thereby certain anomalies in the ordering of named places that the pilgrims would pass on their road to Canterbury . |
| 23 | Defeat followed by foreign rule paved the way for a new receptivity to foreign influences in general . |
| 24 | The major bastion of Welsh Jacobitism was the north-east , where Watkin Williams Wynn ( who was to be MP for Denbighshire from 1716 to 1749 ) established a Jacobite club called the " Cycle of the White Rose " on 10 June 1710 . |
| 25 | Remember , trade union and public opposition forced the re-think in the poll tax . |
| 26 | A high wind disturbed the primal landscape , and the tree had gone . |
| 27 | In the end , over 600 people were able to take part in the inquiry , a remarkably high figure given the time required to prepare and attend and the intimidating feel of the proceedings . |
| 28 | The only other remnant of our glorious past is the name of Porteneil 's hot-spot , a grubby old pub called the Cauldhame Arms where I go sometimes now , though still under age of course , and watch some of the local youths trying to be punk bands . |
| 29 | The Samba also has its own lively pub called the victory , ideal for early evening drinks . |
| 30 | They used to hold Hury Show in a field alongside the pub , and there was a wooden hut called the Show Room to be used on the big day , where dances were also held on a regular basis . |