Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was even more pleased to find that all of them could see me almost immediately , and the one I chose inspected the car as soon as I arrived and had the quote dropped through my letterbox the next morning . |
| 2 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 3 | For my money the 1954 version has more edge to it . |
| 4 | Both the storm and the rarer Leach 's petrel were known to frequent Sula Sgeir , but for my part the all-pervading guano stench made any other odour indistinguishable . |
| 5 | I discovered soon after my illness the same energies walking beneath the cliffs of Lyme Regis , in the shadow of Mary Annan and the ichthyosauruses as I do in this hamlet . |
| 6 | After their dismissal the first and sixth defendants drafted a business plan for the purpose of raising finance to set up a Bureau de Change business in competition with the plaintiffs . |
| 7 | Anne and Sarah were true to their pledge to enjoy every moment of their lives after their fright the previous September . |
| 8 | Two weeks after their arrival the Japanese banned the Indonesians ' flag . |
| 9 | After their match the victorious Welsh No.1 , Adrian Davies , and the British under-21 champion , Stephen Meads , complained about their referee , Ed Johnson , and alleged that the financial cutbacks because of sponsorship problems had affected the standard of officiating . |
| 10 | After their arrest the three accused made police statements in which they admitted to having gone " wilding " on the night in question , a term meaning the perpetration of motiveless assaults . |
| 11 | After its withdrawal the Federal Drug Administration in the USA asked for data to substantiate its effectiveness in treatment-resistant patients . |
| 12 | A few days after his consecration the new Archbishop conducted a formal enquiry and pronounced , as Convocation had already done , that the King 's first marriage was invalid because the Pope had no power to allow him to marry his deceased brother 's wife . |
| 13 | On the day after his inauguration the new President ordered at least 162 people — including his immediate predecessor Ertha Pascal-Trouillot and her entire Cabinet — not to attempt to leave the country for one month . |
| 14 | And on the third day after his death the human body of Jesus , still reposing in the sanctity of the divine presence , was quickened by the Spirit and the person of Jesus of Nazareth was restored to life . |
| 15 | Two days after our arrival the British contingent — John Porter , Neil McAdie , Bill Church , Paul Nunn , Dave Wilkinson and myself — together with Ajay Tambe and Bupesh Ashar , set out for CK5 . |
| 16 | Agents for the Duchess of York have signed a series of deals which will make her at least £3 million for her Budgie the Little Helicopter books , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 17 | She would apologize for her behaviour the previous evening , and ask her advice on what to do next . |
| 18 | Sebastian 's hat was back on the coat fixture when Leith left for her office the next morning . |
| 19 | I told her to make up a list of the contents now for her deposition the next day as I had forgotten to mention much of what was in my bag . |
| 20 | Their wives take as their model the beautiful Eugénie … . |
| 21 | It would be an advantage if Christian writers would take as their example the actual usage of the Christian Scriptures . ’ |
| 22 | This disseminated type of settlement , in hamlets and isolated farms , had as its foundation the ten-acre holding preserved by inheritance laws that kept the farm , with its distinctive name , as a unit within the family . |
| 23 | The goal on each of these three planes is unity , and , appropriately , the novel takes as its framework the multi-layered but harmonious structure of medieval allegory . |
| 24 | Another area of concern for Mrs Whitehouse , which also takes as its focus the young , is sex education . |
| 25 | There was a continuing output of serious social investigation which had as its aim the accurate delineation of social problems and implicitly or explicitly to indicate solutions . |
| 26 | It takes as its basis the British Tourist Authority 's 1977 definition of a conference , i.e. : |
| 27 | ( It took as its model the Chinese treaty port system . ) |
| 28 | During their visit the Irish-American group will meet political leaders in Dublin , including Taoiseach Albert Reynolds , Foreign Affairs Minister Dick Spring . |
| 29 | During their visit the American delegation will meet politicians in Dublin and Belfast , including Taoiseach Albert Reynolds , Foreign Affairs Minister Dick Spring and Stormont Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew . |
| 30 | Through its support the white upper middle and upper classes have come to dominate all arts and culture . |