Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are clear parallels between Hayek the economist , concerned with the analysis of market and command economic systems , and Hayek the political theorist , attentive to the conditions of order and freedom in society . |
| 2 | Tommy , who was accompanying them on the mouth-organ , noticed that Charlie could n't take his eyes off Rose the barmaid who , although on the wrong side of thirty , never stopped flirting with the young recruits . |
| 3 | Friends raise funds for Mark THE family and friends of autistic five-year-old Mark Mason have raised £1,400 to buy special computer equipment to help him communicate and make better progress at the special school he attends in York . |
| 4 | Similarly prolific and passionate in their dedication were Canon Roger Lloyd , author of , among other works , The Fascination of Railways , Canon Reginald Fellows , researcher into the history of Bradshaw , Canon Victor Whitechurch , creator of the fictional railway detective Thorpe Hazell , and Revd Wilbert Awdrey , author of the much-loved children 's books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends . |
| 5 | Books about Mary the Woman — almost , one feels , Mary the little woman ( if only metaphorically , given her physical size ) ; books about her marriages , at the level of personal relationships ; books about her Italian secretary Rizzio , Darnley and the Casket Letters ; all these make her personality , whether good or evil , an end in itself . |
| 6 | The centrepiece of this delightful sleepy village on the outskirts of Middlesbrough the winner of a ‘ Britain in Bloom ’ award , is the Parish Church where James Cook Senior and Grace Pace , Cook 's parents , were married in 1725 . |
| 7 | By the time they reached the outskirts of Portsmouth the rain had practically stopped , but the sky was still slate grey and threatening . |
| 8 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
| 9 | Creature comforts of George the kid |
| 10 | In his deep distress at seeing the empty bottle , the words of Paul the apostle came to him : |
| 11 | Remembering the words of Nehemiah the prophet : |
| 12 | For Asian women coming to join their husbands in Britain the experience is if anything more bewildering ; first , the change is permanent : then , often enough there are also the problems of racism and poverty . |
| 13 | One would expect works on Religion , Philosophy and the English Classics in the library of a scholar but it is surprising to find that there are only a handful of books in Gaelicin the collection of one of the translaters of the Holy Scriptures into that language . |
| 14 | It was a tool used by farriers to Pare the hoof of a horse and known as a butteris , buttress or buttrace . |
| 15 | The church floor was swept and washed clean , thanks to Cecily the courtesan who had earned her pennies honestly by scrubbing every inch . |
| 16 | ‘ Give my thanks to Bartholomew the Englishman , ’ Cranston replied drily , ‘ but it does n't explain why a London merchant came down here in the dark , fastened a rope round a beam and hanged himself . ’ |
| 17 | Among interesting developments are Dalesman homes by Hogg the Builder at Riccall and Haxby and Barratt developments at Fixby , Acaster Malbis and Catterick . |
| 18 | On his bookshelves were the tattered copies of Tarka the Otter and the works of Cherry Kearton that he had read and re-read as a schoolboy , weeping the while . |
| 19 | His appointment was in part a result of the amicable Anglo-French gathering which took place at Paris and Poissy in June july 1313 for the knighting of the sons of Philip the Fair . |
| 20 | Now experiencing at first hand with the Boy Scouts of America the role of ‘ spook-in-residence ’ that he had observed at a distance during his earlier incarnation as a BSA executive , Coleman was engaged mainly in recruiting local captains of industry as sponsors and committee chairmen . |
| 21 | The idea that one first denies to the poorer areas of Europe the opportunity to compete on costs , to move their exchange rates and to operate their fiscal policies in ways which would attract private investment , and then compensates by redistributing funds on a vast scale , is socialism at its silliest . |
| 22 | Despite this it was found that in all three areas of Wales the amount of land owned was almost the same . |
| 23 | Just as fate had been unkind in many ways to those Titfords who had stayed in Frome throughout the 18th century , so it had been a firm friend to the descendants of William the Emigrant after his arrival in Kent . |
| 24 | Take any set S , and let X be the set of finite subsets of S ; so a point in X is a finite set { s , s , s , … s } of elements of S. The number of elements in x is sometimes written |x| |
| 25 | For everyone else , it really does n't matter , because the detective work is going to lead to applications for us today , as disciples who follow in the footsteps of Matthew the apostle and whoever it was who put together the first gospel of the New testament . |
| 26 | Above the Old Town , on the West Hill , lies Hasting 's most important monument to her famous past : the ruins of William the Conqueror 's first castle . |
| 27 | The fact that changes are being contemplated might illustrate to the directors of RWC the folly of arriving at such arrangements in cabals rather than conducting open draws — which are more exciting and include seeding to prevent geographical or quality imbalances . |
| 28 | Since the murderous excursions of Jack the Ripper in London 's East End some years ago , the patrolling of streets on both sides of the river had been strictly enforced , particularly on foggy nights . |
| 29 | We have learned from our experiences with S.pombe the importance of combining information from different clone libraries , and from genetic or PTS maps . |
| 30 | David Lodge has adapted himself cleverly and economically , introducing the kind of tricks that actors can make work for you ; like the way in which Vic the businessman uses choice lines from Robyn the lecturer in subsequent conversations . |