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 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Within two minutes the great galley , packed with every fighting man left in Duart , was heading out of the bay . |
| 11 | After a few minutes the Carabinieri vehicle revved up and screeched off down the road . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | He said in 90 Minutes the other week that his dream is to play for a big Italian club . |
| 14 | After a rest of five minutes the rectal balloon was serially inflated with 10 , 20 , 40 , 60 , and 100 ml of air ( intermittent inflation ) . |
| 15 | Within two minutes the automatic aerial was retracted and the Volkswagen drove off . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , for some five minutes the British guns seemed to gain a temporary advantage . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | In just 15 minutes the connecting rods , piston and foot-valve can be pulled by hand through the pump head . |
| 20 | Within 15 minutes the human eye begins to become accustomed to the dark — provided it is not blinded by light , in which case , you have to start all over again . |
| 21 | Went past the garden , they did n't find her for thirty minutes the little girl ! |
| 22 | The liquid burst into flames and within minutes the whole building was alight . |
| 23 | There was blood everywhere and in minutes the whole scene looked like Custer 's Last Stand . |
| 24 | I would estimate erm three four minutes the whole operation . |
| 25 | His voice was low , equable and leisurely ; so much so that only afterwards did it dawn upon Charlotte how very few minutes the whole interview had occupied . |
| 26 | As the audience saw themselves on screen they began to ‘ perform ’ for the cameras and within minutes the whole audience was cheering , singing and even dancing in the aisles . |
| 27 | With his arms like jelly he reluctantly handed his rod over to another angler and after a further tense 15 minutes the big shark was landed with the help of all eight anglers on board . |
| 28 | In some minutes the short hairs on the disc of the leaf began to bend , then the long hairs , and laid themselves on the insect . |
| 29 | Within minutes the brown patch of sky enveloped me , as a violent storm swept across the dunes . |
| 30 | THE Government is to produce a scheme before Christmas to improve the position of pre-1973 war widows the Prime Minister indicated yesterday . |