Example sentences of "[det] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing about the Neighbourhood Watch is that everyone in the area is a member whether they really want to be one or not to be honest . |
| 2 | The negative reactions have the opposite aim : ‘ that nothing of the forgotten traumas shall be remembered and nothing repeated ’ . |
| 3 | Hang on a minute — there 's another me in the dream … standing outside in the star-studded night . |
| 4 | Listening to this I on the whole thought that in a real sense he never really quite answered them , on the other hand he made every single person look silly . |
| 5 | We saw this ourselves during the filming of a television sequence on the laying behaviour of the cuckoo . |
| 6 | Of course he had wondered this himself in the past . |
| 7 | What lies in pieces around them represents , in effect , a unique private exhibition open to a lucky few who for the first time in generations have had the opportunity for hands-on experience of greatness . |
| 8 | Stuart liked this one across the road . |
| 9 | Ministers will also be seeking to lift sagging Tory morale , by offering assurances on a range of issues , which promise to make this one of the most difficult annual conferences the party leadership has faced since Margaret Thatcher came to office . |
| 10 | Fast access to hundreds of teletext information pages and a matching stand for your Video recorder , makes this one of the most impressive new products currently on rental . |
| 11 | Governments nowadays rarely seek to secure parliamentary endorsement for Acts containing very wide or uncontrollable powers and this fact , together with the surveillance exercised by the scrutiny committee render this one of the most efficiently discharged of Parliament 's functions . |
| 12 | It is always dangerously easy to write superficially about human relationships , particularly this one of the mother and daughter living together in old age , picturing them enjoying endless winter evenings by the fire , with never a cross word , and long summer afternoons in a garden of roses , sitting in deckchairs on a lawn that never needs mowing . |
| 13 | Was this one of the first disco records ? |
| 14 | Ward has modified the aircraft 's firewall extensively , and has added T-28 brakes and other modifications such as extra wing spars , which will make this one of the finest Bearcats flying . |
| 15 | Hence Hoi-Polloi , for instance ; this one of the less strange namings amongst the thousands Godolphin had encountered . |
| 16 | Culinary skills in the kitchen have made this one of the most popular hotels in St. Wolfgang . |
| 17 | Houses are thrown open as Malaysians entertain their family and friends , firecrackers are let off everywhere and colourful lion dances make this one of the year 's favourite events . |
| 18 | The women regard this one of the great triumphs of COPPES , ad previously the food was very low nutritive value and unhygienically prepared , the source of continuous gastro-enteritic disorders . |
| 19 | Less than twenty of them finally made it back to England , alas — but their sale at Sotheby 's made this one of the most profitable ventures we 've ever engaged in , and did much to offset our subsequent post-production costs ! |
| 20 | Large size , long angled wings , white head and underparts , and habit of fishing by diving from air makes this one of the most distinctive birds of prey ; much larger White-tailed Eagle and smaller Marsh Harrier ( p. 87 ) , both pale-headed birds seen over water , have dark underparts . |
| 21 | Is this one of the reasons why 1 million people are missing off the electoral register ? |
| 22 | ‘ Is this one of the wines you import , Mr Hepwood ? ’ she asked — and suddenly , as everyone looked a trace amused , any tension she had imagined to be there magically disappeared . |
| 23 | First 10 correct entries opened after that date will each win a copy of Everton Player By Player , whose pictures and text by Ivan Ponting will make this one of the soccer books of the year . |
| 24 | I think this one of the last of them now . |
| 25 | Is this one of the ducks at the place ? |
| 26 | Have you had any problems with this one over the years ? |
| 27 | Okay I thank I think tell me e tell me what where you 'd put capitals on this one about the cricket . |
| 28 | How the House will have valued yet another statement from the hon. Member for Dagenham , this one to the effect that he would do something only in extremis . |
| 29 | A typical pattern is described by a former minister of transport and subsequent chairman of BR : ‘ Over and over again we could have settled much more cheaply by settling more quickly but , at each stage , we were told that we must not settle quickly because the Government really were going to fight this one to the bitter end … |
| 30 | He decided to leave this one for the moment but logged the fact that Jennifer Morgan had still been interested in , and comfortable with , the man who had become her sister 's fiancé . |