Example sentences of "[noun pl] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these institutions the budding church musician has the opportunity to develop skills in conducting , performing and composing . |
| 2 | In the letter accompanying the document to the Council 's institutions the Chief Officer underlined that ‘ the Council is already engaged in examining possible longer term models ’ .4 |
| 3 | Much of our assistance has been in the form of contributions through the multilateral institutions the European community programmes , the European bank of reconstruction and developing , the world bank . |
| 4 | This was perhaps what was in Temple 's mind when he wrote that ‘ whereas in communities governed by native institutions the white man , qua white man , is regarded with great respect , in those districts where the native administrations have been swept away he is regarded as a person of no very great significance ’ . |
| 5 | Sadly , the spirit of 1992 had not reached the denizens of Elveden Forest ; not one single person played boules the whole time I was there . |
| 6 | This is the moment of truth for the Lions the six build-up provincial games can be forgotten . |
| 7 | The programme was transmitted on 7th October , and opened with the presenter Dennis Lotus saying : ‘ This is a transport depot , it garages the only tramcars still operating in the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 8 | With established acts the same thing happens . |
| 9 | Immediately a whirlwind of change ripped through Althorp as the new mistress endeavoured to turn the family home into a paying proposition so that the awesome debts the new Earl had taken on could be paid off . |
| 10 | In my position you soon learn that football has only one certainty , that at the end of ninety minutes the final whistle blows unless there is extra time . |
| 11 | In the next few minutes the small parties moved in quick spurts from the deep shadow of one warehouse to the next black patch of cover . |
| 12 | The ‘ A ’ or No. 1 solution is then applied liberally and after about 10 minutes the second solution is applied . |
| 13 | Within two minutes the great galley , packed with every fighting man left in Duart , was heading out of the bay . |
| 14 | After a few minutes the Carabinieri vehicle revved up and screeched off down the road . |
| 15 | ’ For five minutes the two engineers moved around in the steam and smoke , and looked at the big engines . |
| 16 | For five minutes the two men sat and waited , but nothing happened . |
| 17 | NEEDING to unwind the key in my back for 10 minutes the other day I passed a church near Everton 's ground declaring ; ‘ It 's never too late to talk to God . ’ |
| 18 | He said in 90 Minutes the other week that his dream is to play for a big Italian club . |
| 19 | But after 40 minutes the first wave of the military action ended and as dawn broke over the capital there was no sign of a ground operation . |
| 20 | Within 45 minutes the first targets had been seized . |
| 21 | After studying the situation for a few minutes the first macaque ran off and got a long stick . |
| 22 | There were two jangling mistakes from Horner giving away early penalty points to Soutter , and after only 11 minutes the former champion had pocketed the first game with a good backhand drop from a short ball . |
| 23 | After a rest of five minutes the rectal balloon was serially inflated with 10 , 20 , 40 , 60 , and 100 ml of air ( intermittent inflation ) . |
| 24 | Within two minutes the automatic aerial was retracted and the Volkswagen drove off . |
| 25 | The German star routed defending champion Wayne Ferreira of South Africa 6–3 , 6–4 in 56 minutes the fastest final since John McEnroe took four minutes longer to dispose of Kim Warwick in 1980 . |
| 26 | 24–9– " The Session desires to record in their minutes the following resolution annent the Church question , viz. that they resolve unanimously to adhere to the union of 1900 . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , for some five minutes the British guns seemed to gain a temporary advantage . |
| 28 | ‘ Would you believe it ? ’ he exclaimed ; and for the next ten minutes the surrounding hills were alive with the sound of music , and the happy splash of rising trout . |
| 29 | In just 15 minutes the connecting rods , piston and foot-valve can be pulled by hand through the pump head . |
| 30 | There 's no doubt it 's going to be difficult for us but if we play for 90 minutes the same way we did against Cork in the first half last week , we 'll return with something from the game . ’ |