Example sentences of "mr [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Michael White and John Gribbin have given us Stephen Hawking : a Life in Science , or rather Mr White has given us the life and Mr Gribbin the science ; the latter is awash with black holes , white dwarfs , protons , pulsars , quasars and quarks and is therefore no more comprehensible than Brief History ; also , what is one to make of a writer who speaks at one moment of ‘ tiny black holes ’ and the next of ‘ black holes which could eat solar systems for breakfast ’ ? |
| 2 | I 'm certain forging will have no difficulty copying it and it would give Mr Devlin the photo he wanted . ’ |
| 3 | When Churchill gave his first broadcast , suggesting that the Labour Party might have to resort to ‘ some form of Gestapo , no doubt very humanely directed in the first instance ’ , the electors were bound to regard it as a gross exaggeration ; Attlee , following the next night , could readily ask his audience to distinguish between ‘ Winston Churchill , the great leader in war of a united nation , and Mr Churchill the party leader of the Conservatives ’ . |
| 4 | Mr Flood the butcher had looked at them very strangely as they walked up the street . |
| 5 | I said the bug-eyed monster reminded me of Mr Scruton the headmaster . |
| 6 | Look at the splendid sight , ’ he waved his hand , just as Mr Blackwell the owner appeared , but who almost disappeared again when he saw the vast crowd about to troop up and down his narrow staircase and crowded rooms . |
| 7 | So neither he , nor even that nice Mr Smith could , under the present system , give more to hospitals or Mr O'Malley the builder . |
| 8 | Now the couple enjoy a less hectic lifestyle and for Mr Jefferson the highlight of the day is receiving The Northern Echo . |
| 9 | This business passed into the hands of Mr Spires the butcher , then after the war to Jim Beaney , who maintained this service into the 1950's , combining it with his coach business . |
| 10 | According to Mr Hagger the company has lost many thousands of pounds because it paid for a loan that was not forthcoming . |
| 11 | Has Mr Pasta the right to dismiss Manuel summarily and without notice ? |
| 12 | So far as is known , nobody else has been arrested or charged in connection with the murder of Mr Mxenge The State President , Mr F. W. de Klerk , last week refused to order a judicial commission of inquiry into the death-squad allegations on the ground that it would be faster to use the ‘ tried and respected prosecution mechanisms of the state ’ . |
| 13 | The national Labour defeat , of course , denies Mr Mandelson the government post widely predicted for him as a consequence of his guru status within his party ; the Hartlepool runner-up , radio and PR man Mr Graham Robb , put up the Conservative vote by a thousand but was still 8,782 adrift . |
| 14 | The stoma care nurse carefully measured the size of the stoma and agreed with Mr Reynolds the type of bag he would like to wear . |
| 15 | Mr Eames the butler put up his hand in rebuke . |
| 16 | And next day Mayor John Hughes gave Mr Rees the boot . |
| 17 | Clause 16 reserved to Mr Antoniades the power at any time to go into occupation of the flat jointly with Mr Villiers and Miss Bridger . |
| 18 | Instead of Mr Bun the Baker , there is Master Steamer the football hooligan and Mr Poll the politician ( Edward Heath ) . |
| 19 | Exploring relationships within the family is yet another opportunity for this experience — for example , Mr X is the father of Boy , Boy is the son of Mr X. The doll family can , of course , be extended to include ‘ grandparents ’ , ‘ aunts ’ or ‘ cousins ’ , as thought suitable . |
| 20 | Finally she asked to speak to Mr McGay the teacher who sent her home suffering from shock . |
| 21 | Little more can be offered without handing Mr Hussein the propaganda victory the Americans and Europeans say they insist on denying him . |
| 22 | In doing so they would deny Mr Ashdown the opportunity to take his painful decision . |
| 23 | The three latest surveys — the third , by Audience Selection gave Labour 38 per cent , the Tories 35 and the Liberal Democrats 23 — give Mr Ashdown the support of more than 20 per cent of the electorate and suggest that his party is continuing to take support almost equally from Labour and the Conservatives , writes Anthony King . |
| 24 | Unity Trust , the trades union and co-operative financial institution , has discussed with Mr Hooke the possibility of an employee stake in the new company through a share ownership plan . |
| 25 | Unity Trust , the trades union and co-operative financial institution , has discussed with Mr Hooke the possibility of an employee stake in the new company through an employee share ownership plan . |
| 26 | He would become Mr Yarrow the youth employment officer and bring happiness to thousands . |
| 27 | It denied Mr Yeltsin the right to hold a referendum and accused him of stirring confrontation . |
| 28 | To remove Mr Yeltsin the congress has to have a two-thirds majority . |
| 29 | At one time , Mr Jarvis the coalman paid a pretty penny just to park his waggons there . |
| 30 | Not for Mr Goldin the folly of admitting , even temporarily , as New York 's mayor , Ed Koch , did last year , that , perhaps , in a province with a large pro-British majority , the British are not an occupying army after all . |