Example sentences of "[noun prp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were parts of his life that he did n't want the world to see , Alison least of all . |
| 2 | I can not express to you the charm that hangs about a mountain like Ben Each as the mists swathe its rocky sides ; they rise , they fall , they whirl , they soar as on wings of light , they cast shadows , they give grand mystery , and anon reveal some hidden dell , some great bare precipice , or perhaps display a glowing patch of verdure . |
| 3 | When the others returned , bringing the extra equipment , he took a field radio , stepped outside and began to transmit to the Hercules that was still circling around above them somewhere . |
| 4 | It does occur to Fukuyama that religion might have some sort of unease to express with all this , but he appears to conceive of religion under only two modes . |
| 5 | The Earl of Radnor and Lady Windsor each gave ten guineas ; John Thornton the notorious City speculator and gambler , twenty pounds . |
| 6 | I called him in Aswan that afternoon , I said , " Majesty , do you want me to cone ? " he said , " Come at once . " |
| 7 | I think I 'm right in saying Madam Chairman that y of those first seven we 've still got two schemes in still to come and there was one in erm so I look forward to the progress and er that we 're making on this and all I can say is |
| 8 | The truth is Mr Chairman that community care had as it 's major objective extending choice , give the chance to stay at home to many people for as long as possible , to eliminated the unwanted percentage of residential placements . |
| 9 | So are we saying Mr Chairman that , we er launch ourselves into an adventure like an assessment without actually having an idea of the cost ? |
| 10 | I should thought Mr Chairman that number nine one B that erm they could of found a |
| 11 | However , seeing as I was in Rosslare that day , it amused me to keep an eye out for the car he 'd described . |
| 12 | New Roy defeated Churchill ( Ian Lawton 2 ) 6-2 , Dave Mulrooney and Andy Webb each scoring twice with Marcus Thomas and Karl Skeete also netting . |
| 13 | The US yesterday welcomed a proposal made by the presidents of Colombia , Peru and Bolivia that European nations should participate in a drugs summit with President Bush . |
| 14 | In view of the statement made by the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary that terrorist movements can be destroyed very effectively from within , will the Secretary of State consult his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to ensure that the full weight of the intelligence services is brought to bear on all terrorist movements within the United Kingdom ? |
| 15 | Whereas in Aristotle 's day , and indeed for some two thousand years afterwards , it might have been conceivable that extremes of wealth and poverty , and even slavery , could coexist as part of a single society , by the time of Rousseau that was no longer the case . |
| 16 | ‘ Of all the things I was taught at school , this sticks in my mind more that anything , ’ said Christine Cooper when she wrote to tell us of her reaction to an article in MKM. that was last spring when we published a newsletter from Christine Morey telling of her adventures in Romania . |
| 17 | Transvaal , one of the strongest teams in South Africa proved to everyone at Kingsholm that Springbok rugby is still a force . |
| 18 | Not that he was now smitten with Moray 's sister in any serious fashion , he could assure himself ; but he had been much impressed by her at Doune that time , her looks , her manner and behaviour , her quiet competence — and probably the fact that the young Steward was so evidently captivated , something which might hold its own challenge . |
| 19 | Oops you 've dropped it , no , that way now Dan that way . |
| 20 | Ah that , Dan that |
| 21 | This pleased his Peripatetic opponents who asserted with Aristotle that sinking or floating was merely a matter of shape . |
| 22 | Even if one agrees with Aristotle that true equality consists in treating unequals unequally , this merely raises the apparently insoluble question of how it can be practically achieved . |
| 23 | Jessica that 's really disgusting . |
| 24 | In Baldersdale that process gathered no speed at all and indeed , never even crossed the finishing line . |
| 25 | Before he left for his six weeks stay in Swindon that spring he had first called her ‘ sweet ’ , she recalled four months later , ‘ in the little passage , near the willows , near the farm ’ on Wandsworth Common . |
| 26 | In mid-June that year he lectured in Birmingham several nights running . |
| 27 | The USA proposed in mid-June that 20-30 UN officials should monitor trade through the Jordanian port of Aqaba and on the Jordanian-Iraqi border to counter breaches of sanctions . |
| 28 | It 's Tamara that 's calmed me down . |
| 29 | We agree with CPRE that ‘ opencast mining is one of the most environmentally destructive processes being carried out in the UK ’ . |
| 30 | Anyone who has seen or lived near an opencast coal mining site will understand and agree with a statement which appeared in the First Report of the House of Commons Energy Committee ( 1986–87 ) : ‘ We agree with the CPRE that ‘ opencast mining is one of the most environmentally destructive processes being carried out in the UK ’ . |