Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun prp] [vb -s] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of its large distance from the Sun Jupiter moves around its orbit rather slowly , and therefore the intervals between oppositions as seen from the Earth ( the synodic orbital period ) are only about a month longer than a year . |
| 2 | For a moment I thought of getting on my joke transport and heading back to the East Oxford slums where I belonged . |
| 3 | In the notes at the back of the book Gordon explains how he waited for hours for that one photo . |
| 4 | I dial his number and on the other side of the airwell Kyle picks up his phone . |
| 5 | One album that is sure to bridge the generation gap and be near the top of the charts by the time Santa hitches up his sleigh to Rudolph and friends is 25 Years — The Chain ( WEA ) , an anthology covering the career of Fleetwood Mac . |
| 6 | Her theology is in effect a cosmology : through the Logos all was created ; on the cross Christ gathers up our brokenness ; his resurrection is proleptic ( a making present through a prefiguration of what lies in the future ) of the fact that alienation will in the end be overcome . |