Example sentences of "the [det] [noun prp] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the few Standish neighbours on the row is Eric , long gone from the closet and married to Stevie , a he-man former semi-film-star , whom he eventually stabs . |
| 2 | This is not really suited for binocular observation , but it is one of the few Mira variables easily found with binoculars when near maximum . |
| 3 | Coda Inc currently has seven offices in the US , and saw sales increase 49% to $10.6m , which , Turner reckons , makes it one of the few UK companies to have succeeded in such a notoriously dangerous market . |
| 4 | By then , however , he was alienated by the Rump 's lukewarm attitude to religious and civil reform , and when Oliver Cromwell expelled it he was one of the few London aldermen who approved . |
| 5 | Mr Keane is one of the few Ireland players to have won over 50 caps . |
| 6 | This is one of the few Lakeland crags to face due north and receives virtually no sun whatsoever . |
| 7 | times Snaith was a busy port with a harbour and ferry across the river to Selby , one of the few Aire crossings in the area . |
| 8 | They were very glad to borrow the few Penguin books we brought along with us , even though they are not particularly light reading . |
| 9 | Dessie Farrell , one of the few Dublin players to emerge from last with his reputation intact , is back in the side today after being absent for two months through injury . |
| 10 | As You Like It does n't even have the cinematic crutches of the few Shakespeare movies that have worked — no Henry V trench-warfare here . |
| 11 | He still has many supporters , though , among the Western press , who considered him to be one of the few UN bureaucrats with a habit of telling the truth . |
| 12 | The best track on the record is ‘ Nanna 's Lied ’ , one of the few Brecht settings Weill composed in the USA , and intended to have piano accompaniment . |
| 13 | Dagenham , which is currently scheduled to produce 1,100 cars a day , is one of the few Ford plants in Europe where output is not planned to increase . |
| 14 | The Parliament of the Cook Islands comprises 24 members ( nine representing the main island of Raratonga , 14 representing constituencies on other islands , and one representing the many Cook Islanders resident in New Zealand ) sitting for up to five years . |
| 15 | The many Harvard dealers who introduced themselves : " This is … from Harvard Securities in the City of London " were perhaps sharing in their company 's wishful thinking . |
| 16 | Patients at the many London hospitals appreciated services brought to them by Electrophone . |
| 17 | Not one of the many East Berliners I spoke to at several crossing points said they meant to stay in the West . |
| 18 | To the many BMJ readers who never submit a paper this may seem to be limited accountability , but the time that editors take to make decisions on publication is critical to authors . |
| 19 | As the many Ontario lines stretched out in the 1870s and 1880s , dozens of new stations were built . |
| 20 | A report on the principal conclusions to be drawn from the appraisals of the many SERC schemes designed to make its sponsored research more relevant to Britain 's economic problems was also completed in 1985 . |
| 21 | After the decision in and which was only reported on the fifth of October of this year in the all England reports . |
| 22 | Maskell — nicknamed the Voice of Wimbledon — illuminated the All England championships for 43 years . |
| 23 | our final fling tonight takes to the sport of judo … this weekend Oxford staged the all England Championships . |
| 24 | Following in the footsteps of their male colleagues , who won the All England championships silver medal at Bedford last week , the Darlington women bowlers collected national bronze medals at Stevenage . |
| 25 | ALLAN CAMPBELL , who takes up his appointment of director of coaching and development with the Scottish Badminton Union on Monday , will have the chance to run his eye over the top players when seven Scots compete in the All England Championships on 15-20 March . |
| 26 | ANNE GIBSON is the sole Scottish flag bearer at the All England Championships which begin at Wembley today . |
| 27 | SLOUGH moved a step closer to achieving a League and Cup double when they qualified for today 's final against Hightown by convincingly beating Blueharts 11–1 in the semi-final of the All England Women 's Hockey Association Cup at Milton Keynes Sports Club yesterday . |
| 28 | The province can expect to see leading Danish players on the European team in Belfast , and the All England men 's doubles victory by Thomas Lund and Jon Holst-Christensen was the first European win for 10 years in that event . |
| 29 | Murray Kidd ( from Auckland ) remains for another season with Garryowen , the All Ireland champions whom he steered to victory last season . |
| 30 | DAN LARKIN is the new captain of Garryowen , the All Ireland champions , from Limerick . |