Example sentences of "of [noun prp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently their influence on the Left of the Labour Party was greatly diminished and for several years after the departure of MacDonald the Labour Left was mainly represented by small groups based on defectors from the ILP and , to a lesser extent , from the Communist Party . |
| 2 | er Abraham Lincoln actually supported a constitutional amendment which would guarantee the right of people to own slaves so the idea of Lincoln the great emancipator and friend of black people , it needs to be corrected slightly . |
| 3 | By the end of March the Iraqi armed forces had suppressed the southern rebellion and had recaptured a number of northern towns from Kurdish guerrillas . |
| 4 | Hassan , all our naughty boys are called Hassan , sorry , I 'll re-phrase that , all Hassan 's in our school are naughty it 's the equivalent of Jason the Pakistani equivalent of Jason |
| 5 | It would be too much , given his limitations , to talk of Nikita the Great , but there was uncommon ability in him for which the world could eventually breathe more easily . |
| 6 | The events of May 1968 inflated still further the Sartrean myth of Nizan the youthful iconoclast . |
| 7 | They 're in Oxford for a preview of Scrooge the musical … what 's been billed at the hottest show outside of London . |
| 8 | BISHOP of Chelmsford the Rt Rev John Waine is to speak on draft legislation for the ordination of women at a meeting of the diocesan synod later this week . |
| 9 | Through his mother , a daughter of William the Silent , Frederick was also a prince of the House of Orange . |
| 10 | Following the death of William the Silent in 1584 a majority of the councillors , with Burghley and Mildmay dissenting , urged direct support for the Dutch rebels . |
| 11 | It was possible , however , for a member of the House of Orange ( the descendants of William the Silent , the leader of the struggle for independence against Spain in the later sixteenth century ) to be elected Stadtholder of all or most of the provinces and thus attain the position of General Stadtholder of the federation . |
| 12 | Other PR people are getting the push — four out of seven for example at the head office of COSTAIN the big international civil engineering and construction company . |
| 13 | Last night , the Archdeacon of Colchester the Very Rev Ernest Stroud was due to visit the family , to put the church 's point of view . |
| 14 | It was commanded by Pieter Lazlo , personal ambassador of Magnus the Pious . |
| 15 | In the Old World , Teclis and his companions arrived at the court of Magnus the Pious , where Teclis 's wise advice and mighty sorcery soon made him an invaluable councillor . |
| 16 | From now until the time of Magnus the Pious there are no Emperors and the lands becomes increasingly divided . |
| 17 | During the time of Magnus the Pious the Imperial court was at Nuln , for example . |
| 18 | The griffon statue was fashioned on the orders of Magnus the Pious after his accession , and is the emblem of his dynasty . |
| 19 | But then the clutch of girls with grease smeared lips , the frag hags , stumbled past in a burst of squeals at the sight of Gharr the golden . |
| 20 | Robert Asshe was in full flood , his very beard vibrant with rage , his eyes flashing , a mixture of Tamburlaine the Great , Lear at his most unreasonable and , above all , a Victorian father who was much displeased . |
| 21 | Peck in his satirical pamphlet on bull-running says , ‘ I am sometimes inclined to believe the Stamfordians and Spaniards are more closely related than most people imagine ’ and Frederick Hackwood in an account of the Tutbury bull-running says it might have originated ‘ in an imitation of Spanish bull-fighting , introduced by John of Gaunt to please his wife Constance , a daughter of Pedro the Cruel of Castile ’ . |
| 22 | Election Focus : Labour Boyo Tactics James Langton watches the remarkable transformation of Neil the Wild Man of the Valleys into Kinnock the Man You Can Trust , a figure of international standing who expects the key to Number 10 |
| 23 | With the defeat of Napoleon the German states reversed emancipation of the Jews . |
| 24 | But one also sees in the adoption of Havard the vivid contrast which existed between the clubbable Lewis liked by his friends and the figure he presented on the domestic scene . |
| 25 | The throne of Ivan the Terrible , the great mechanical clock known as the ‘ Temple of Marvels ’ and Peter the Great 's crown are among the objects loaned for the event . |
| 26 | from the reign of Ivan the Terrible ( 1547–84 ) to the present day , Russia 's northern empire east of the Urals has played an often crucial — sometimes direct , sometimes indirect — though frequently unacknowledged , role in the development of the Russian state and society . |
| 27 | His real name was Ahmad Osman but he looked exactly like the mummy of Ramses the Great in the Cairo Museum . |
| 28 | From a wizened dried up body which was buried in the sand some 5000 years ago to the amazing unwrapped mummy of Ramses the Great , one of the most famous Egyptian pharaohs , Mummies and Magic has recreated and brought together for the first time in one exhibition , some of the most important Royal Mummies and funerary treasures . |
| 29 | After the murder of Gaveston the baronial opposition disintegrated and Edward was able to prepare for a campaign against the Scots , but when this ended in the humiliating defeat of his forces at Bannockburn in June 1314 the earl of Lancaster again united the hopes of the disillusioned baronage . |
| 30 | From the time of Bede the Christian era became established for the dating of charters , but at first only in England . |