Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within fifteen minutes everyone in the cast — apart from me — was talking about this . |
| 2 | Little explicit literary evidence confirms this view of the Council ; there is for instance nothing in the pamphlet we call the Old Oligarch , written in c.425 , although in other contexts it does comment on the influence at Athens enjoyed by the wealthy and well-born . |
| 3 | Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them . |
| 4 | Due to the housing and building recession everyone in the stock market knew it would be reporting dreadful figures this week . |
| 5 | Erm we mentioned already today about A P A P I on the desktop called erm Open Client . |
| 6 | So we 're very committed to O D B C. It is one standard which we 're following , it is an alternative A P I for the desktop which is obviously strong because of the Microsoft relationship , erm but we will also foth follow other standards in terms of A P Is for the desktop as well . |
| 7 | These hospitals were funded by Iran to treat battle casualties — Hezbollah , Amal militiamen and Syrian troops , depending on who happened to be fighting whom at the time — and they were ideal places for holding hostages . |
| 8 | Yeah that was the furniture repository nothing about the crystal palace . |
| 9 | Furthermore a strong case can be made for arguing that religious commitment is the only way to understand the depths of religion which from the outside may remain sheer enigma . |
| 10 | The US Department of Defence on Jan. 14 issued guidelines which on the whole reflected the policies of allied governments . |
| 11 | This will be the case where an offer is made by one side which during the visit is accepted by the other . |
| 12 | quick look at the map , the River Ouse conveniently chops Selby district in roughly half , and that there might well be considerations which for the sake of was not okay . |
| 13 | To be sure you are Lucifer himself in the shape of my master or you could not use me thus , and I beg you 'll send me out of my way to my poor parents . |
| 14 | An ancient monument is ‘ any scheduled monument ’ and ‘ any other monument which in the opinion of the secretary of state is of public interest by reason of the historic , architectural , traditional , artistic or archaeological interest attaching to it ’ . |
| 15 | Here are the real facts : Crane Holdings was in fact a highly speculative investment which in the event performed very badly . |
| 16 | The weapon was old as the world and deadly as poison , a shard of the fatal weapon forged by Vaul himself for the death god Khaela-Mensha-Khaine , a fragment of crystallised death capable of slaying daemons and gods alike . |
| 17 | But her little brother took to the instrument himself at the age of four , and soon learnt some of Nannerl 's pieces . |
| 18 | Norman Crawford then pulled off a master stroke , introducing McConnell , and he set up Mark Burns for a short corner strike in the 46th minute before adding two goals himself in the space of five minutes to leave Holywood 4–2 ahead . |
| 19 | The invaders were backed up by warships which from the mouth of the river Esk poured a crippling cannonade into the Scottish ranks . |
| 20 | An Assured Shorthold Tenant may make an application to a Rent Assessment Committee for a determination of the rent which in the opinion of the Committee the landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain for the property . |
| 21 | He designed a series of posters including one of Branson himself under the caption ‘ No One is Innocent ’ , an another bearing a swastika made of cannabis leaves , the Virgin logo and what had become a Sex Pistols ' slogan , ‘ Never trust a hippie ’ . |
| 22 | Soon after joining the WSPU in 1906 she had embarked on a campaign of disruptive action which by the time she went to Epsom for the Derby had brought her numerous prison sentences for offences such as obstruction , throwing bricks , setting fire to pillar-boxes and smashing windows in the House of Commons . |
| 23 | ‘ Through all the exhaustion and fear of the disastrous 1986 climb , Kurt Diemberger felt himself at one with creation , part of the ‘ endless knot ’ which put him in harmony with the cosmos and with a force which in the end was to save his life . ’ |
| 24 | Any loss which at the time of making the contract the defendant could have predicted as likely ( or not unlikely ) to result from the breach of it . |
| 25 | To my mind none of the evidence , general or specific adds much to the inherent probability that men and women of a certain age will be inclined by nature to favour the status quo . |
| 26 | Are these the same fans who at the start of the season boasted a five-man strike force which was going to win them the League ? |
| 27 | Thus the Gowers of Stittenham ( Yorks. ) served the lord of nearby Sheriff Hutton , although they held Stittenham itself from the prior of Malton . |
| 28 | Thus the Gowers of Stittenham ( Yorks. ) served the lord of nearby Sheriff Hutton , although they held Stittenham itself from the prior of Malton . |
| 29 | Understanding the advertising business inside out is vital , for it is they who must be aware of all the numerous restraints imposed , not only by the advertising industry itself through the Advertising Standards Authority and The Independent Television Companies Association ( ITCA ) , but also by the manufacturers of products in sensitive areas . |
| 30 | Socially and psychologically women are brought up to care for relationships , to care for people , they want to do it well , where it goes wrong they tend to blame themselves , but equally we have eminent members of the judiciary who in the past have commented in some of the cases of severe assaults on women , the kind of er quote that you were making |