Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun prp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked as far as the castle , where the tram tracks jut out towards the far bank of the Daugava River to show where the bridge was torn away from under them . |
| 2 | It is true that the Romans had constructed two or three artificial waterways in this country large enough to be regarded as canals : Car Dike that winds from Peterborough up to Lincoln , the Foss Dike joining the Witham and the Trent , and perhaps the Itchen Dike from Winchester to the Itchen . |
| 3 | As we erected the tent Tony became wistful again . |
| 4 | In the park Curzon replaced the formal rides , canals , and ponds of the 1720s with a series of lakes and a softening of the landscape , for which Adam designed a magnificent bridge and other architectural features . |
| 5 | Thus , in relation to the ordination of women , the question to be asked is : ‘ Is this the opportunity God has deliberately created for this new development in the life of Christ 's Church ? ’ |
| 6 | Within a few years most of its nominal 100 ships of the line were unfit for sea , although by 1770 a new conflict with Spain over the Falkland Islands seemed likely . |
| 7 | THE invasion of the Falkland Islands started on April 2 1982 . |
| 8 | 1982 Argentinian troops on the Falkland Islands surrendered to British forces . |
| 9 | The Falkland Islands do . |
| 10 | A DECADE after the Argentinians invaded , the Falkland Islands face a massive new advance — from an iceberg the size of Buckinghamshire . |
| 11 | Halfway through the rehearsals Arthur started to feel anxious , and after nights of floundering he concluded that he should stop trying to put aside what he knew from music hall . |
| 12 | Even up here in the wood miles away from the class-room Philip felt his face burn at the way he 'd made a fool of himself . |
| 13 | After Lamb had blown the whistle on the Pakistanis Dexter seemed to want to wash his hands of anything Lamb was doing — suggesting that the Northants captain 's forthright comments would not just end with a fine and a suspension from his County bosses . |
| 14 | GIANT-killing basketball stars the Middlesbrough Mohawks walked tall when they met the town 's mayor . |
| 15 | Yet our koinonia ( fellowship ) so often falls short of the unity Christ desires . |
| 16 | The Stirling CWIS came into operation in 1992 and was , we believe , the first operational CWIS in Scotland . |
| 17 | It is sufficiently important , too , the NZ RFU believe , for full caps to be awarded . |
| 18 | SUGAR , whose debut 45 ‘ Changes ’ is currently topping the NME Indie singles chart , release their LP ‘ Copper Blue ’ in two weeks — and have already finished writing a follow-up ! |
| 19 | His complaint is with the attachment VR has to effect rather than content . |
| 20 | And lest there be any misunderstanding as to the intensity of the attachment Lugard had in mind , it may be noted that his thinking revealed itself quite clearly on the subject of loyalty when he wrote of military matters and the secret of command . |
| 21 | February 1811 , the Prince Regent assumed the royal prerogative until his father died in January 1820 and the Prince Regent became King George IV . |
| 22 | the Prince Regent Awakening the Spirit of Brighton . |
| 23 | February 1811 , the Prince Regent assumed the royal prerogative until his father died in January 1820 and the Prince Regent became King George IV . |
| 24 | While his father was still alive , the Prince Regent had married secretly a Roman Catholic widow , Maria Fitzherbert , but as it was without his father 's consent , it was contrary to the Royal Marriage Act of 1772 , so in 1795 , he married his cousin , Caroline of Brunswick , and a daughter was born , Princess Charlotte , but George IV and Caroline grew to loathe one another , so from 1796 they lived apart . |
| 25 | Moreover , one might predict further that had royalty in 1940 continued with the rich pageants of peacetime ( as the Prince Regent had done during the Napoleonic wars ) , the indifference might have turned to explicit criticism . |
| 26 | Pompeo Batoni 's ‘ Frederick North ’ was painted during the future Prime Minister 's stay in Rome , and Sir Thomas Lawrence 's ‘ Sir Charles Stewart ’ ( later Ambassador at Vienna ) may have prompted the Prince Regent to patronise the painter . |
| 27 | After all , that 's exactly what the Prince Regent did . |
| 28 | In addition the Deutscher Kunstverlag has launched a new series on masterpieces in museums with a volume on 120 of the Dresden Old Masters : Harald Marx , Gregor Weber , photos by Jurgen Karpinski Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden ( DM19.80 ) . |
| 29 | The Orangerie des Tuileries has been refurbished ( 1983 ) ; the Musée Picasso created in the hotel Sale ( 1985 ) and other thirty major museums in and around the capital have been modernised and renovated . |
| 30 | So far the Musée Rodin has kept up a pretence of knowing nothing about the case while in reality keeping an extremely close eye on every aspect of it . |