Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He opened the rear door and folded Goldman on to the seat ; his legs trailed into the road and Elliott tucked them up on the seat . |
| 32 | it made its last appearance at Watkins Glen — a reluctant Andretti again at the wheel — and failed to shine even in the wet conditions of practice . |
| 33 | With bungees holding the tiller arm , he heaved the heavy BMW inboard on the davits and manhandled it across the cockpit and into the saloon , lashing it to the mast support . |
| 34 | Lofoten is a small group of islands sticking out off Arctic Norway rather like the Outer Hebrides do off Scotland . |
| 35 | Hare-raising : Ian Carmichael lets Loose Alice out of the trap on a training run amid controversy over the future of the greyhound racing business |
| 36 | Most Christians had a strong reserve towards that polytheism that pervaded society , which is not to say that there were not quiet compromisers , like the Christians of southern Spain early in the fourth century who held official cultic positions in the worship of Jupiter , or the bishop of Troy who could painlessly apostatize under Julian because he had never ceased to pray to the sun-god . |
| 37 | Doodlebugs and Rockets ( Froglets Publications , 208pp , illus , hbk , £16.95 ) by Bob Ogley highlights the rocket campaign waged over southern England just after the D-Day landings . |
| 38 | After that you 'd think that Cov would man-mark Wallace out of the game and throw forward a few players . |
| 39 | Another part of southern Europe continually at the forefront of the golfer 's mind is the Costa del Sol . |
| 40 | ( a ) the student has been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding 1 September , 1 January or 1 April closest to the beginning of the first term of his/her course ; AND |
| 41 | ( i ) the student has been ordinarily resident in the EC throughout the three-year period preceding 1 September , 1 January or 1 April closest to the beginning of the first term of his/her course ; AND |
| 42 | ( d ) certain recently-arrived immigrants who are formally settled ( in terms of the Immigration Act 1971 , as amended ) in the UK by 1 September , 1 January or 1 April closest to the beginning of the first term of their course ; and certain refugees or persons of similar status . |
| 43 | ( a ) the student has been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding 1 September , 1 January or 1 April closest to the beginning of the first term of his/her course ; and |
| 44 | i. the student has been ordinarily resident in the EC throughout the three-year period preceding 1 September , 1 January or 1 April closest to the beginning of the first term of his/her course ; and |
| 45 | d ) certain recently-arrived immigrants who are formally ‘ settled ’ ( in terms of the Immigration Act 1971 , as amended ) in the UK by 1 September , 1 January or 1 April closest to the beginning of the first term of their course ; and certain refugees or persons of similar status . |
| 46 | A few , like the river Wye which flows from Plynlimon in mid Wales down to the Severn , are designated ‘ Sites of Special Scientific Interest ’ and support salmonoid fish such as trout , otters , a wide range of invertebrates such as crayfish and dragonflies , along with many plants that are sensitive to high nitrate levels and which have disappeared over much of the country in recent years . |
| 47 | The Commonwealth Immigrants Act came into force in 1962 ; hence from that time onward , the proportion of British-born Caribbeans out of the total Caribbean population of Britain began to rise considerably . |
| 48 | I told Big Ben all about the hijackers , Danny being in the refrigeration unit and how Jean and I were following them . |
| 49 | All that was necessary to bring it on in more or less its full force was the sight of the Bible , its cover or open page , or its mere name , or the sight of a church , or the sound of any bell ringing solemnly , from Big Ben down to the bell of the Sunday muffin men . |
| 50 | Prussian canal-building projects meant that by 1914 Danzig was linked to a network of waterways that allowed inland trade with the Rhine , Bordeaux , Le Havre , Brussels , Antwerpen , and northern Germany up to the Danish border . |
| 51 | With market-leading picture quality , ease-of use and operation speed , the VR422 has the fastest performance of any VCR currently on the market . |
| 52 | She dropped a sulky David off at the Grand Hotel . |
| 53 | He had given it up for his very inferior car when he started courting Big Brenda out of the Biology lab — Biological Brenda , as Preston called her , who gave them lessons on sex , and no doubt Sam as well . |
| 54 | Never fully attuned to the intricate histories of football , the New York team sided a former Argentinian international , and instructed him to mark the mercurial Johnson out of the game . |
| 55 | Yelling a warning , which would have been far too late anyway , she watched in astonishment as Leo pivoted on one foot , and with a movement too fast for her to follow pinned Ryan up against the wall by his throat . |
| 56 | Macaulay , like Baptist Noel earlier in the meeting , consciously took upon himself the mantle of a new generation ‘ who , although they have not contributed to your past success , are ambitious to participate in your future labours … the good cause shall not therefore want fresh champions , nor , if it must be so , fresh martyrs ’ . |
| 57 | Then we moved to Sawori and after that Damole up in the north west |
| 58 | did it so well the other Friday when in the |
| 59 | The President , freshly shaved , his Sabbath suit replaced by his High Festival suit , was wearing his special spats , and on his head was a new Homburg instead of the white yarmulkah he usually sported in the synagogue . |
| 60 | Mr Masters was quite clear that he had first seen the blue BMW late on the Saturday evening , ten days before , pointing out that , while you could n't exactly complain , it had made access to his own forecourt space a little difficult , or at least when there was already another car on the forecourt , which there mostly was , that being Mrs Masters 's runabout . |