Example sentences of "[vb pp] of the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WATCHING the collapse of the opinion polls ' projections of a hung Parliament early last Friday morning , I was reminded of the 1970 General Election . |
| 2 | Frederica was irresistibly reminded of the two dolls leaning lifelessly on the doll 's house dresser , staring , in The Tale of Tao Bad Mice . |
| 3 | The reader is constantly reminded of the two main assumptions which Petrey takes to be central to the theory : that language depends on social conventions rather than on any individual 's intentions , and that language is used to do things rather than to represent things . |
| 4 | As North 's tawdry tale unfolded one was reminded of the 1962 novel Seven Days in May — which tells how a group of disaffected American generals plan to overthrow what they see as a weak and ineffective president by a military coup . |
| 5 | The rise in the quality of French tennis over the last 20 years , culminating in the emergence of players such as Yannick Noah , Henri Leconte and now Guy Forget , coupled with the transformation of the French Open at Roland Garros into what the majority of players regard as the best organised of the four Grand Slams ( even though Wimbledon remains favourite as to the one they most want to win ) are due very largely to the leadership he has shown . |
| 6 | Ephraim Patel , the vice-preseident of the new South African Rugby Football Union , and Professor Fritz Eloff , a former IRB chairman , are the only two who have travelled of the four official nominees invited . |
| 7 | UNLESS you live in their village , town or just around the corner from one , it is unlikely you have ever heard of the six people on this page . |
| 8 | Producer Curt Hamilton said : ‘ You 've heard of the six million dollar man — this is the 10 million dollar bum . ’ |
| 9 | You 've heard of the six and the Birmingham four and the Renault five this is the fucking |
| 10 | I mean I 've heard of the Four Horseman and the Apocalypse but I never know who wrote it . |
| 11 | Have you heard of the Thirty Years War ? |
| 12 | One lady even came armed with a floral chamber pot — she had obviously heard of the 14/20 Hussars Mess Dinners where a similar receptacle , but of silver is used for drinking . |
| 13 | What would the grand old man of travel have made of the thirty nine days scheduled for the 1991 world tour ? |
| 14 | This is reflected in the relative use made of the two methods ; though use of the Hague Evidence Convention is increasing and may ultimately change this pattern . |
| 15 | The apparatus consisted of a delicate torsion balance from which were hung masses made of the two materials under comparison ( e.g. 30 mg masses of gold and aluminium ) . |
| 16 | In Fig. 11–5 a comparison is made of the two grants . |
| 17 | In addition use will be made of the 1981 Census Small Area Statistics and data from the National On-Line Manpower Information System to construct neighbourhood demographic and socio-economic variables to enable a richer analysis of the national surveys to be undertaken . |
| 18 | A survey has been made of the twenty-six judges who were active Law Lords during the period 1952–68 together with two Lord Chief Justices , two Masters of the Rolls and one president of what was then the Probate , Divorce and Admiralty Division . |
| 19 | The process of the development from parable to allegory can be clearly seen when a comparison is made of the three accounts in the Synoptic Gospels . |
| 20 | In addition , a more limited study was made of the 105 largest wholesale , retail , and service corporations . ’ |
| 21 | We thank you all for the great success you have all made of the 1985 Appeal . |
| 22 | The same must be said of the two sets of Images , for although there is no shortage of incidental felicities , I feel that the pianist is apt to over- project this music instead of allowing it to speak for itself . |
| 23 | The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Jan. 21 demanding that Libya agree to extradite to the United States or United Kingdom those accused of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 in which 270 people died [ see pp. 36409-10 ] . |
| 24 | What would the two children we once were have thought of the two adults we had become ? |
| 25 | Because none of the men formally lodged complaints , the authority was not told of the three extra cases until after Mr Dear 's purge . |
| 26 | After Munich in a very short year we were at war , and by all accounts it was a very different manner of acceptance of war than we are told of the 1914 war . |
| 27 | It is an avenue of delight between fragrant hedges and bonny braes and in two miles leads to the ancient broch of Dun Telve , one of the best preserved of the hundreds of brochs in Scotland . |
| 28 | The largest and best preserved of the four remaining round churches in England , dating from 1100 . |
| 29 | Ten miles from Kathmandu we pulled into Bhaktapur , the best preserved of the three ancient cities of the valley . |
| 30 | After the usual shots of the day 's decisive football matches some highlights were shown of the Million Sterling Tournament at Sandwich , with a good puff for the dramatic finish awaiting viewers on the morrow . |