Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Influential Western figures encouraged a revival of plans to neutralise Afghanistan in the mid 1980s . |
| 2 | A collection of prints depicting Whitby at the turn of the century have been stolen by thieves . |
| 3 | Her mother has been told that she can not be cured in this country , so with family and friends she 's launched an appeal to try to raise thousands of pounds to take Natalie to the Hoxey Clinic in Mexico City for specialist herbal treatment . |
| 4 | Two of the small number of Liberals representing Quebec in the federal parliament resigned from the party in response to Chrétien 's election . |
| 5 | That was clear as a succession of batsmen joined Gooch in the ignominy of having their stumps knocked over . |