Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [unc] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , the WICBC 's attitude that they could not accept any individual who did not uphold their tradition of sportsmanship prevailed , and Gilchrist played no more Tests . |
| 2 | Initially this satisfied the Marne growers , since they were pleased that the government had not ratified the Aube 's claim that it too was part of Champagne . |
| 3 | It described as exaggerated the FMLN 's claim that it controlled 5,000 sq km of territory — a quarter of the country . |
| 4 | Thus Witold Gombrowicz 's apparently anti-political call for ‘ an elusive man who is a play of contradictions ’ is really a fierce rebuke to the totalitarian preference for deathly form over vital chaos ; and the absurdist satire on display in Yuz Aleshkovsky 's ‘ Kangaroo ’ , whose protagonist eventually comes to believe the KGB 's charge that he sodomised a marsupial in the Moscow Zoo ‘ on a night between July 14th 1789 , and January 9th 1905 ’ ( note the dates ) , is ‘ the only way for a free mind to cope … an abuse of official language that will overpower it and thus defeat it . ’ |
| 5 | He regretted the Ryans ' intractability because he felt it made Eileen unhappy . |
| 6 | Rachel had n't taken a lot of notice of the young SHO — she had been more interested in her own circle of friends at the time — but he had been a frequent visitor at the Stevenses ' home and she knew her parents had liked him and had been pleased at the prospect of him becoming their son-in-law . |
| 7 | The Encomiast 's tale that he was born to another woman and smuggled into Ælfgifu of Northampton 's bed at least implies that he was generally recognised as son of Cnut and Ælfgifu , and Adam calls Gorm the Old Hardecnudth Vurm , which if correct makes it feasible to believe that Cnut named Swegen and Harold from his father and grandfather , and Harthacnut , evidently the third-born , after his great-grandfather . |
| 8 | A second round of talks between the government and the ANC in early August was followed by the ANC 's announcement that it had decided to suspend its armed struggle ; all activities by the ANC 's military wing , Umkhonto we Sizwe , would cease . |
| 9 | ‘ I see no prospect of improvement in the North 's economy and it seems ridiculous to talk about an upturn . |
| 10 | Given the CEGB 's assertion that it might take ‘ decades or even centuries ’ for soils to recover , Robert Jones MP wanted to know , ‘ is that not all the more reason for getting on with it as quickly as possible and on as wide a scale as possible ? , |
| 11 | It also appeared to contradict the SIB 's acceptance that it was , to some degree at least , involved in the regulatory problems highlighted by the Robert Maxwell scandal . |
| 12 | Vinelott J rejected the SFO 's argument that it had an untrammelled right to require the production and use of the evidence in the transcript ; that argument had been advanced and rejected when the liquidators applied for an order to examination ( In re Arrows Ltd [ 1992 ] 2 WLR 923 ) . |
| 13 | But by now Princess Ashraf has asked David Rockefeller to take a much closer interest in the Shah 's predicament and he was discussing it constantly with Henry Kissinger . |
| 14 | In Israel , they have built an exact replica of the Rebbe 's house so he will feel at home when he is proclaimed as Messiah and brought to the Holy Land . |
| 15 | The row grew into one of the most embarrassing in the BBC 's history after it was revealed that Mr Birt had been employed as a freelance to gain tax advantages in his £140,000-a-year job . |
| 16 | But , reflecting the Bundesbank 's concern that it should not have to endanger its own money-supply targets by supporting every sick currency , they say there should be no rigid rules on who has to intervene when . |
| 17 | We shall try to put into perspective these changes in the UK 's trade when we consider their international context in section 1.4 . |
| 18 | This is not really good enough for a supposedly authoritative special publication under the RSC 's banner and I feel that , overall , a more convincing book might have emerged had all the papers been independently refereed . |
| 19 | The sun was still bright as we approached the Quigleys ' house but it did n't seem to have reached their road , which was the same as it ever was : dank and green and desperately quiet . |
| 20 | The DEDNI 's suggestion that it might encourage companies to testdrill on Cavehill , particularly for gold , has led to the formation of the Save the Cavehill Campaign in Belfast , while in west Belfast the Black Mountain Action Committee is trying to save the Mountain from disappearing through quarrying activities — the committee has found local people to be suffering from health problems , particularly of the eyes and throat , related to dust from the quarrying . |
| 21 | He built and endowed almshouses in Barnet for the Leathersellers ' Company when he was its master in 1836–7 . |
| 22 | They stumbled and laughed down the tiny lane to the Littles ' cottage where they parted . |
| 23 | Willi 's strong , stocky body inserted itself under the Direktor 's arm and he supported him out through the theatre door towards the car . |
| 24 | The bolting is clearly against the BMC 's policy and I think it is extremely unlikely that the BMC 's committee of management will accept any kind of amendment to that policy . |
| 25 | He said that what the Faculty was proposing was really none of the IoT 's business and he objected strongly to its interference . |
| 26 | All I have to do is be fully committed to the Lord 's work and He will show me what I can do . |
| 27 | However , most importantly , the group was assured the Lord 's protection as we have regularly met together . |
| 28 | I think Mary was going , we 'll just have our shall we say the Lord 's Prayer before we |
| 29 | Yes , now that kingdom is , is in the Lord 's prayer as we mentioned is gone into the air and |
| 30 | This respect for Eliot and the desire to do something of which he would approve , was further manifested in the Maritains ' wish that I should visit Bergson . |