Example sentences of "[vb -s] of the [adj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Opéra revived Gluck 's Armide on 31 December 1799 , the composer C.H. Plantade ‘ read and reread ’ the score in preparation one thinks of the young Berlioz . |
| 2 | The picture he paints of the young Arthur Wellesley is of a man who is calm , courageous and decisive in the face of the enemy , but austere , remote and somewhat harsh in his personal life and relationships with others . |
| 3 | He tells of the Elder Scipio 's tears on appreciating the humiliations to which the royal ladies were exposed after his capture of Carthago Nova ( 10.18.13 ) . |
| 4 | The play tells several stories , such as young love , but most of all it tells of the magnificent Madame MacAdam and her troupe and of the comic and tragic effects they have upon an isolated community . |
| 5 | When one speaks of the biblical God , one automatically says ‘ He ’ : that God is profoundly male . |
| 6 | In the VSEL yard a brass bell hangs in a museum of shipbuilding , all that remains of the original HMS Vanguard which was sunk in Scapa Flow . |
| 7 | One of the spearheads of the new Las Vegas movement , Wynn says proudly : ‘ I 'm more of a Disney person than a casino guy . ’ |
| 8 | Everyone in Scotland knows of the famous Glasgow case involving a female complainer who took out a private prosecution in such a case . |