Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the extensive woodlands of the Low Weald the pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur ) is the dominant tree , often with a secondary layer of holly ( Ilex aquifolium ) , field maple ( Acer campestre ) , crab apple ( Malus sylvestris ) , gean ( Prunus avium ) , Midland hawthorn ( Crataegus laevigata ) , and the occasional wild service tree ( Sorbus torminalis ) . |
| 2 | erm talking about the sorry David the Playhouse being an entertainment centre , perhaps you should utilise the space a little bit more I 'm sure if we go down stairs now into the foyer bar it 's probably empty as it is erm many nights of the week . |
| 3 | Here she stopped to watch old Twomey the butler shaving himself with a cut-throat razor . |
| 4 | Pevsner again is dryly acute : ‘ Old Wolverton the traveller does not notice , New Wolverton he can not overlook . ’ |
| 5 | The Wing-coupling Apparatus — There seems little doubt that in the primitive Pterygota the fore and hind pairs of wings moved independently of each other ( as in the Isoptera and Odonata ) , and that coincidence of motion was a later acquisition associated with the development of a wing-coupling apparatus ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 6 | Old Morris the Jew was an easy ‘ touch ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ If it 's not the dratted hill , ’ pronounced old Piggott the sexton gloomily , ‘ that carries off us Thrush Green folks , it 's the dratted east wind . |
| 8 | THE IDENTITY of Flash Harry the bull was challenged at Perth Sheriff Court yesterday . |
| 9 | A victory over High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire would secure Rob Lane 's spirited Sudbury the championship and , in turn , the one promotion spot available for next season 's new-look National Division Four . |
| 10 | I could n't get it out of them who had paid for her , but old Alex the cleaner told me on the side : Boswell , Slim Boswell . ’ |
| 11 | It is worth emphasising that the period spanned by the lives of El Greco and Velázquez saw in Latin America the consolidation of colonial government and of the Christian church , the establishment of the Spanish language and of European culture , the introduction of new methods of exploitation of people and resources . |
| 12 | In Latin America the percentage of the total female population who worked , decreased during this period showing that , as in other LDCs ( with the exception of Oceania ) , the proportion of women in the labour force was smaller in 1975 than previously in 1960 . |
| 13 | But after being knocked out in the first round of the English Derby the dog injured a hind muscle and was out of action for a long time . |
| 14 | Could the new venture , which will trade under the name of Wilson Sumner , see a return to the sales techniques which earned Allied Dunbar the nickname ‘ Allied Crowbar ’ ? |
| 15 | In corners of rural Scotland the lord lieutenant may only be required to turn out four or five times a year , but in densely populated industrial areas like the West Midlands , Charles Ian Finch-Knightley , the eleventh Earl of Aylesford , may be performing several times a month . |
| 16 | Topping the bill was Dangerous Dan the fire eater , but it was the finish that brought the house down . |
| 17 | The Harms Commission , set up in January 1990 to investigate earlier allegations made by ex-police officer Dirk Coetzee [ see p. 37033 ] , was authorized by de Klerk to investigate the latest allegations , including claims that Lubowski , a prominent member of the South West Africa People 's Organization ( SWAPO ) , was a paid agent of the SADF ; in early March the commission began hearing evidence from senior SADF commanders . |
| 18 | Finally in early March the house left the Mansfield Street drawing room ready to be reconstructed in its own Lutyens-designed pavilion in the Palace of Arts at Wembley . |
| 19 | ( In early December the Diet accordingly gave its consent , after long discussion , to a much-amended version of the bill . ) |
| 20 | In early July the waiting was broken by the excitement of Maggie coming home for the first time since she had left for London . |
| 21 | The following February the Church agreed and allocated £250 ; an organ was dedicated on 29 May 1895 . |
| 22 | In 1973 a start was actually made , but the following February the Heath Government fell . |
| 23 | In early February the Senate was reported to have been considering government proposals to reject responsibility for more than $200,000,000 in loans to the Stroessner government from international lending agencies . |
| 24 | In early January the government achieved a breakthrough in its investigation of trading fraud in the futures markets , when a Chicago jury convicted 10 soyabean brokers and traders of more than 300 charges including racketeering , mail and wire fraud and violations of the Commodities Exchange Act . |
| 25 | In early January the Planning Commission started a review of large industrial projects with a view to allowing resources to be transferred to the agricultural sector . |
| 26 | In early May the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announced a joint study with manufacturers , network operators and broadcasters to investigate the matter . |
| 27 | An economic embargo had been established in late March , and in early May the government had attempted to increase the pressure by declaring a 50-mile " exclusion zone " around the island , from which all ships and aircraft would be prohibited . |
| 28 | In central Scotland the work programme was divided between systematic resurveys and the production of thematic geological maps of coalfield areas for planning authorities . |
| 29 | Whereas in Victorian England the provision of libraries was not seen as a matter of political contention , in modern England the political factor has operated directly in the closure and cutbacks of libraries . |
| 30 | In 817 this meant that Aquitaine went to the 19-year-old Pippin , and Bavaria to the ten-year-old Louis ( the future Louis the German ) . |