Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb -s] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jan Needle 's story shows inexorably the workings of a system in which power could corrupt . |
| 2 | But against the poverty of God 's hope stands again the faith of Moses . |
| 3 | The JD 's neck has exactly the same depth , but it 's been dressed away a touch more in the shoulders to give a more sharply peaked V , especially down near the nut . |
| 4 | Mr Pearson 's Shotover has exactly the right air of a rapt scientific experimenter trying to attain power through means of mind . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman 's intervention gives away the identity of at least one hon. Member who agrees with that view . |
| 6 | Lamborghini 's Diablo brings up the rear with 9 and 14mpg respectively . |
| 7 | Leopardstown 's race has n't the charisma of last year when Dr Devious took on St Jovite , but then you ca n't have everything . |
| 8 | The draw itself is expected to last no more than 10 minutes , although there is always the chance of the sort of hiccup that occurred before the 1982 tournament when Belgium and Scotland ended up in the wrong groups — and there was the embarrassed re-examination of screwed-up slips of paper such as might be seen when the vicar 's wife wins both the turkey and the hamper in the Christmas raffle . |
| 9 | Morley 's missive concerns clearly the sale of ore from the Fleming Manor , though the sentence " … we shall doo something at the Mynes. " |
| 10 | Bottle-wrack 's reproductive habit has exactly the effect of increasing this ratio ; splurge-weed 's habit has just the opposite effect . |
| 11 | With the first blast of air Lucker 's cigarette flares up the Bible page paper with double quick speed . |
| 12 | The great tower or Stump of St Botolph 's church dominates both the town and the river which gave it its prosperity . |
| 13 | This is , I think , one of the nicest villages in the North York Moors , not least because the Blacksmith 's Arms sells possibly the finest pint of Bass bitter in the country . |
| 14 | Christopher White 's introduction sets out the history of the collection , plus six-page bibliography . |
| 15 | PHILIP ROBINSON 'S illustration points up the differences . |
| 16 | Thomas 's letter explains why the Gwynne tender should be accepted : |
| 17 | Century Theatre 's production plays out the twists and turns of these conundrums at lightning pace and essential split-second timing , carried on wave after wave of Stoppard 's ever-inventive language . |
| 18 | Annabel Arden 's production captures harrowingly the full trauma of the first half of the play , as Leontes creates a winter world of death and despair . |
| 19 | In consequence of this acquired system of generative schemes , an imbued belief is implanted in the institutional mind which verges on ‘ the natural ’ , while Huxley 's ‘ mutilated man ’ pursuing his insider 's reflexivity seeks out the lateral possibility , and makes gestures against the principles of the organization . |
| 20 | Baldwin 's speech sets out the boundaries within which the press must operate : it can act as an adjunct of the political parties , it can be the mouthpiece of the parties or politicians and it may even criticize governments in power , but it can not transgress the real line which marks off dependence on , from independence of , the political parties . |
| 21 | Peters ' work concerns mostly the tribes of the Saadi confederation ( Barassa , Magharba ) , rather than the Zuwaya ; but no evidence supports an argument that Zuwaya women were less important and active in this regard than women of other tribes . |
| 22 | The Lay Folks ' Catechism sets out the fundamentals of the faith under six headings : fourteen points of truth ; the ten commandments and the two Gospel commandments ; the seven sacraments ; the works of mercy ; the seven virtues ; the seven sins . |