Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There goes the Volvo I the whole car park . |
| 2 | THREE Belgian fans were arrested after a 38-year-old German supporter was gravely injured by a signal rocket in the European Cup Winners ' Cup semi-final second leg match between Bremen and Bruges which the German side won 2–0 . |
| 3 | David your the worst for not diverting your telephone when you go out |
| 4 | … in Rugby its the third round of the cup this weekend … |
| 5 | In autumn 1955 the decision was taken to withdraw Soviet troops from the military and naval base at Porkkala which the Soviet Union had leased from Finland under the terms of the 1947 Finnish-Soviet Peace Treaty . |
| 6 | Remembering that it was Wordsworth whom the Utilitarian John Stuart Mill turned to when he found that his philosophy produced nothing but visions of a grey and empty world , and that Matthew Arnold , after Wordsworth 's death , believed that he alone could heal human nature in the ‘ iron time ’ , the little poem that follows , written in 1833 , seems a convenient summing-up of Wordsworth 's mature attitudes . |
| 7 | Severe actions may be sanctioned against Ireland because it is naturally cursed , or because it needs extreme measures to bring it the fruits of reformation ( desired by God ) , or because it holds some particular horror for England which the English will deserve unless they do something about it . |
| 8 | If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Jodhi May , in her first American celluloid outing , makes a good stab of portraying the frail but ultimately doomed Alice Munro , one of the daughters of Fort William Henry 's Scottish commander Colonel Munro who the mighty Magua , the wronged Huron war chief , has vowed to destroy . |
| 10 | Within Northern Ireland itself the former separate departments operate but all are technically under the jurisdiction of the Northern Ireland Office . |
| 11 | Very very very briefly Chairman , erm first of all you can see in paragraph two point three and you see the matter that 's being erm the subject of discussion previously erm there was n't to be an issues report as such , but er Stragg itself the advisory group did feel that it would be useful that er er a leaflet be prepared and distributed erm you I do n't think Chairman would have seen it , but hot off the presses is being erm with us this morning er an an and only delivered this morning are some copies of th the leaflet that we have now erm prepared er you will have seen that in draft form Chairman and members of Strang will have seen that draft form so er both Stragg members and other members of the Committee if they would like to take a copy away with them , that there are a number here , but they will be er given wide distribution later on . |
| 12 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total figure will be for new road schemes in the Antrim , South constituency for ( a ) 1992-93 , ( b ) 1993-94 and ( c ) 1994-95 . |
| 13 | The prominence of some Lettish names in the last days of Soviet communism is a reminder of the days when the Lettish riflemen were to Lenin what the Swiss guards are to the Pope . |
| 14 | I principally in Harlow who the generous generosity of forsightness of the Council etc I hope these facts are publicised and perhaps shame these people supporting er you know this theatre . |
| 15 | In Bateman itself the accused took part of the victim 's uterus away during childbirth and did not remove her to hospital for five days . |
| 16 | As I mentioned earlier , we recognise that , besides the vital role in defending the United Kingdom which the Territorial Army plays , it also provides very positive outlets for the energies of young men and women , many of whom unfortunately are unemployed . |
| 17 | In Hong Kong itself the political model put forward by the subcommittee was generally regarded as inadequate and designed to permit little more than token democracy . |
| 18 | At Cannington itself the first informal session was so full that the inquiry organizers told us afterwards they were concerned that the balcony might not be able to sustain the weight . |
| 19 | I say to the hon. Member for Dagenham what the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland ( Mr. Wallace ) said about his speech , which is that he made very heavy weather . |
| 20 | He 's the one who taught in Ohio me the important things I needed to know about being a man . ’ |
| 21 | It was , indeed , only when their conversation seemed to be moving towards a close , with Derek none the wiser about why it had taken place , that Golding began to apply a steely edge to his questions . |
| 22 | Annie was a great help after finding out from Joe what the young lady 's colouring was . |
| 23 | The only part of France which the French kings could claim as independent territory was restricted to north-eastern France and what is now Belgium . |
| 24 | In Europe itself the Conservative M E Ps are led by Sir Christopher Prout Sir Christopher Prout is the vice president of the European Peoples Party and they sit the the the a debate may no doubt take place later on whether he 's the vice chairman or vice president . |
| 25 | A study of life , death and marriage certificates show Apricot as the daughter of a certain Wendy Ellis and Wendy herself the legitimate daughter of Bruno and Rhoda Ellis . |
| 26 | If ‘ story ’ suggests a narrative sequence towards which Double Or Nothing is gesturing , Federman it the same time questions each fictional possibility so thoroughly that the only reliable sequence becomes the narrative voice which is constantly shifting in person and tone . |
| 27 | Anselm seems to have treated Rufus with more generosity and trustfulness than he showed to Henry I. This can probably be explained by his greater experience of the unreliability of kings ; perhaps also by a certain attractive openness in Rufus which the prudent and wily Henry lacked . |
| 28 | A glance at the map on p. xii will show that the enlarged Aquitaine which the English had to defend had very long frontiers , vulnerable to small mobile forces which the French now used to excellent effect . |
| 29 | But we saved the Queen 's fair fame , and to Rudolf himself the fatal stroke came as a relief from a choice too difficult : on the one side lay what impaired his own honour , on the other what threatened hers . |
| 30 | Round about Grace herself the great river deposited little but mounds of plastic containers . |