Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the beautiful [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were lights in some of the beautiful houses on either side but all of them were upstairs . |
| 2 | The Doctor had offered her a journey to see some of the beautiful sights of the universe . |
| 3 | Also Mr and Mrs Nicholas Saint , Mr and Mrs John Lelliott , Lady Henrietta St George , another Vice president of the NCH ; and Mr and Mrs John Taylor , and Miss Elizabeth Gage , wearing some of the beautiful jewellery she designs . |
| 4 | It was designed in 1731 by William Adam , and much of the beautiful interior is ‘ Adam Revival ’ carried out about 1880 . |
| 5 | Plainly Henry Ward Beecher , the great New York preacher of puritanism , should either have avoided having tumultuous extra-marital love-affairs or chosen a career which did not require him to be quite such a prominent advocate of sexual restraint ; though one can not entirely fail to sympathise with the bad luck which linked him in the mid-1870s with the beautiful feminist and advocate of free love , Victoria Woodhull , a lady whose convictions made privacy difficult . |
| 6 | Easily Accessible : Southwell is dominated by the impressive Norman Minster ( incidentally the most rural minster in Great Britain ) and is a quiet , pretty town , famous for the beautiful foliage carvings in the Chapter House . |
| 7 | On the death of the Duke in 1761 , many of the beautiful trees at Whitton were bought for Princess Augusta 's garden at Kew by her botanical adviser , Lord Bute . |
| 8 | We wonder whether there are n't perhaps rather too many of the beautiful people running the Trust , perhaps sustained by the arcane procedures for electing them . |
| 9 | The Chalk Pits Museum , 6 miles away , is a fascinating industrial heritage centre with demonstrations by craftsmen — blacksmiths , potters , boat builders , and an exhibition of tools , all within the beautiful setting of the Arun Valley . |
| 10 | The daughter of ATLAS the Titan , Maia was one of the beautiful Pleiades who appear now as stars in the northern hemisphere . |
| 11 | It was an instant when the Dwarf found out what it was like to be one of the beautiful people . |
| 12 | Give me a links course in Scotland or Lancashire , or one of the beautiful Surrey courses any day , where the natural terrain has been used to its best advantage ; such courses have the great benefit of maturity . |
| 13 | Slowly I became calmer among the beautiful mountains . |
| 14 | Set in an orchard and meadowland adjacent to the beautiful Bridgwater — Taunton Canal , St Quintin has good facilities and is an excellent touring centre for Somerset , Devon and Dorset . |
| 15 | It is true in the beautiful karst country of Moravia in central Czechoslovakia . |
| 16 | He was touchingly devoted to the beautiful Nildro-hain ; and he evidently had moods of gaiety and a great capacity for enjoyment . |
| 17 | Edward , Prince of Wales , began to share the numerous public functions and his marriage in 1863 to the beautiful Princess Alexandra of Denmark was greeted with joy . |