Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rome emerged as the greatest power in Italy when the Latins , for fear of the Celts , had to give up their independence about 350 B.C. The new kingdom of Macedonia under the firm hand of Antigonus Gonatas was the direct outcome of the Celtic invasion of Macedonia and Greece . |
| 2 | It looks to my lay eye extremely impressive yet the eerie fact remains that it engages missiles when they are only 2 or 3 seconds away from hitting a ship . |
| 3 | More or less in the same years about 300 B.C. the greatest pupil of Aristotle , Theophrastus , became interested in Jewish customs within the context of his comparative researches on Piety . |
| 4 | The most serious attacks occurred in the decade after 998 when the Norsemen set up winter quarters in what was to become their favourite location , the Isle of Wight , and ‘ lived off the land ’ by repeatedly plundering the south coast . |
| 5 | However , the evidence of the fireman who was on the footplate of the engine that was hauling the express disproved the allegations of the railway company , for he had seen them together on the train after it had arrived at Birmingham New Street Station around 2.30 when the children had waved at him . |
| 6 | The bed that Boy climbed into that morning , knowing that he would n't sleep , but wanting just to lie there a while , was on the twentieth floor of a council block right close by the river on the east side of the city . |
| 7 | More widely within society , it is argued , competitive individualism challenges collectivism ; the provision of services through the state is abandoned in favour of privatization so expanding again the sphere of potential profit-making . |
| 8 | However , there seems little reason for limiting the offence to cases involving children under 14 when the general age of consent to sexual activity stands at 16 . |
| 9 | A genuine improvement rather than the cosmetic change of renaming took place in Pocklington during the century after 1780 when the old timber , mud and thatch buildings were gradually replaced by newer homes , shops and public buildings that were constructed of brick and roofed with pantiles or slates . |
| 10 | The Interpretive Gardens and Centre at Whitland have been created as a tribute to Hywel Dda , who established a legal code following a great assembly at Whitland around 940 A.D. The new unified code has continued to influence modern day legal systems . |
| 11 | COOK 'S NOTE : Do not serve the dip too cold otherwise the flavours will be lost . |