Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that was how I came to have a new dress and boots and a real ribbon for my hair instead of the usual string . |
| 2 | If I wanted to , I could change my name regardless of the fact that I had not committed any crime . |
| 3 | I thought , if he 'd been the one arriving in my world instead of the other way around , he 'd have thought I was just as stupid ! |
| 4 | Since the screen is translucent , not transparent ( otherwise the camera would simply photograph the projector on the other side and its beam instead of the image ) , the light loss could be a problem . |
| 5 | SCO claims 28% of all Unixes sold on all platforms against SunSoft 's 25% , though Open Desktop sales remain stuck at around 35% of its business instead of the 60% it envisaged at the launch of Open Desktop 2.0 this time last year . |
| 6 | They are among five members of the 166-strong current Dail to signal their retirement ahead of the approaching election . |
| 7 | But they are not in a position to do anything about it unless they obey their conscience instead of the whip . |
| 8 | Ironic , he thought , that Müller had plunged the knife in to her back instead of the other way round . |
| 9 | her expression really of the psychological in |
| 10 | The shadow foreign secretary , Jack Cunningham , said what had happened was the work of ‘ a scurrilous Government without principle , which will use any expedient to sustain its view regardless of the opinions of the Commons ’ . |
| 11 | It is remarkable for his description there of the way in which his own original composition had been done . |
| 12 | It had to be performed a second time , after the British Consul had taken the couple 's oaths on his diary instead of the Bible . |
| 13 | And Laughton is keen to add 30-year-old Davies to his squad ahead of the January 11 Silk Cut Challenge Cup deadline . |
| 14 | Unknown to the print unions , Murdoch had also embarked on recruiting electricians to work in his plant instead of the traditional printers . |
| 15 | I 've put the white & green curtains in your room instead of the beige ones — a great improvement . |
| 16 | Shows whether you will be penalised if you cash in your mortgage ahead of the term . |
| 17 | The aim will be to broaden our understanding both of the suffrage movement in Britain and of modern Scottish history . |
| 18 | Erm I hope that we will be only supporting our report there of the report of the Liberal Democrats resolutions , otherwise we . |
| 19 | If you own anything jointly with another person , including a house or flat , bank accounts or personal possessions , your share of that property may pass directly to the other joint owner on your death regardless of the terms of your will , or the intestacy rules . |