Example sentences of "[prep] the [det] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Rugby Clubs of Wales hit the bookstalls in good time for the All Blacks ' tour . |
| 2 | Some time during the few days ' leave , when talking about my life — not work , of course — at Bletchley , I must rashly have let slip the fact that occasionally I was tired . |
| 3 | That Alex Wyllie , the grizzled New Zealand coach , regards this as the All Blacks ' most important tour since the Cup is a tribute not to the Welsh but to the necessity of bringing through the next generation of players . |
| 4 | Some of them will be further reunited when the Barbarians round off the All Blacks ' tour at Twickenham on 25 November . |
| 5 | Most of the many Women 's Action/Support Groups were founded spontaneously by residents of the communities , though in many cases they were stimulated to act by either or both of Scargill 's rhetoric and the example of other communities — often perceived through the voluminous television coverage achieved . |
| 6 | Lowe was in Auckland promoting a video of his life and times — inevitably referring to him as a ‘ master coach ’ which is now becoming one of the more boring sporting clichés — and was asked what he thought of the All Blacks ' failure to bring home the Cup . |
| 7 | Under the stress of the All Blacks ' tackling Dewi Morris ' passing let the Lions down at the base of the scrum and his problems were transmitted to the other midfield backs . |
| 8 | Through the portal by Giovanni Gargiolli of Florence , 1598 , we pass into the choir of the All Saints ' Chapel , formerly the seat of an independent Chapter . |
| 9 | Or act as it actually says in the constitution , the president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States and of the militia of the several states erm there was n't an airforce then so by extension it 's assumed that he commands the airforce as well . |
| 10 | The barman brought over their hot toddies and Roy was glad of the few seconds ' reprieve . |
| 11 | The Chelsea defender was stretchered off the Anfield turf on September 5 following a challenge with the former Reds ' striker , suffering cruciate ligament damage which required one operation , with further surgery likely . |
| 12 | It will not merely be his insight into the All Blacks ' tactics and mentality which will prove valuable . |
| 13 | Six months later , the same newspaper produced a similar story from the same magistrates ' court : ‘ COME TO BED ’ PLEA BY GIRL , 15 ( ‘ A saucy schoolgirl sent a sexy message to prisoner [ NAME STATED ] . |
| 14 | Here is another chapter opening from the same children 's book . |
| 15 | Coventry entertain Pontypridd in one of their last fixtures before the All Blacks ' coach Alex Wyllie takes over the Midlands Second Division team for six weeks from Tony Hunt . |
| 16 | Of the rest Matthew Cooper played as a fledgling in the All Blacks ' scamper through Japan in 1987 ; Jon Preston had one game in the World Cup last year ; Kevin Schuler appeared briefly as a replacement in France in 1990 ; and Graham Dowd had been the reserve hooker for the World Cup and the home series against the World XV and managed a short time on the field when Richard Loe was injured in the second half of the First Test against Ireland . |
| 17 | Paula Bale , the Fijian-born Canterbury winger who played for New Zealand in Suva last weekend and was in the All Blacks ' squad for the RWC Sevens at Murrayfield from 16-18 April , has been given clearance by the NZRFU to represent Fiji — proof , yet again , of what a farcical situation the present haphazard laws on international eligibility place the game . |
| 18 | THE recent controversy over the All Blacks ' over-abrasive rucking methods against both New South Wales and England ‘ B ’ — and the injuries which sidelined four Australian and one English player ( see page 30 ) — bring to mind a disturbing complaint which surfaced last season in Britain . |
| 19 | Returning to the All Blacks ' 11-match tour to Australia , the NZRFU has bowed to Australian pressure and loosened the grip on the Bledisloe Cup , for many years the symbol of Trans-Tasman supremacy , but which has only regained popularity in the last decade or so when Australia have been able to break the All Blacks ' hold on the Cup . |
| 20 | Loretta and Bridget had belonged to the same women 's group several years before , a group which Tracey had nicknamed ‘ the coven ’ . |