Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , Fiona was thought to be a suitable bride for my father-just the right age , pretty and vivacious enough it was thought to appeal to a man who was beginning to be known as a confirmed bachelor . ’ |
| 2 | I 've been on my own the entire evening . ’ |
| 3 | They parted at dawn but when he approached her later the same morning she froze him with an icy gaze and said , ‘ In the circle in which I move , sleeping with a man does not constitute an introduction . ’ |
| 4 | Schoop was , however , found guilty on the same charges because she gave further details to Hans Kopp when he telephoned her later the same day at his wife 's suggestion . |
| 5 | its all the frozen people 's fault |
| 6 | She traced with her forefinger the silky whorls of the carved garland of oak leaves that swung across both doors . |
| 7 | At its simplest the didactic element is shown in the way action is halted from time to time so that the author can explain , in plain , precise detail , a point of navigation , ship 's structure or deck organisation . |
| 8 | In the later fifth century Christian aristocrats , now frequently bishops , had made their own the literary and rhetorical culture of the pagan aristocracy . |
| 9 | It paid well enough , especially the small link from the Somerset coalfield , but as Dyos and Aldcroft point out , at their busiest the inland waterways of southern England carried only 15 per cent of total traffic and never rewarded those who invested in them in the way those of the industrial Midlands and north did . |
| 10 | At its crudest the conservative-historical approach to permissiveness is but a mourning for a lost ‘ golden age ’ , an expression of grief for the passing of a time when questions of morals supposedly appeared much simpler , more straightforward and certainly less contentious and open to question . |
| 11 | The result was at its best the perfect fusion of continuity and change . |
| 12 | At its best the religious life for women has shown a sure and thorough knowledge of the difference between function models and role models . |
| 13 | Even at his fittest the 17 ½-stone Mason would have difficulty passing as a flying bird . |
| 14 | Even at his fittest the 17 ½-stone Mason would have difficulty passing as a flying bird . |
| 15 | At Wood 's request , he also substantially revised the RIC manual , first issued in 1866 , and produced his own The Irish Constable 's Guide , which was to become the Irish policeman 's Bible . |
| 16 | CLINT Eastwood , right , grabbed a fistful of awards last night for his western The Unforgiven . |
| 17 | He wanted to do his best the first time he performed , and knew he was not in peak condition . |
| 18 | Why is it that in some societies like our own the three stages of childhood development are clearly distinguishable and of great importance as far as personality formation is concerned , whereas in other societies this is much less true , and one or two stages seem to be almost absent altogether ? |
| 19 | A chance to explore on your own the beautiful bay area , perhaps by boat , and to wander along Fisherman 's Wharf , through Ghiradelli Square and Chinatown . |