Example sentences of "' [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a Tuxis Boys ' camp the year before we had coined the word MELACHUSETUCK as an ‘ Indian name ’ for the camp . |
| 2 | After six months ' trial the commissioners appointed Mitchell general inspector and superintendent of the Highland roads and bridges , a post he held for almost forty years . |
| 3 | I found Bunny in the girls ' kitchen the next morning trying to find something to eat that was n't raw carrot , muesli or Ryvita and something to drink other than herbal tea . |
| 4 | Roskill J said that B was in breach of an implied duty in : ( a ) not communicating to the plaintiffs ' board the information which he received from the patent agents and in taking no steps to protect the plaintiffs against possible consequences of the existence of the patent ; and ( b ) using information regarding the patent for his own benefit . |
| 5 | Although the specific dictionary out-performs the general dictionary for Banking text , for the Estate Agents ' text the general dictionary out-performs the domain dictionary . |
| 6 | However , in Hopkins ' case the aim of reforming intervention remained the overt regulation of working-class behaviour , especially of working-class women . |
| 7 | So far as more academic scholarship was concerned , the Nag Hammadi Scrolls appeared for the first time in English translation in 1977 , and within two years had inspired Elaine Pagels ' best-seller The Gnostic Gospels . |
| 8 | THE chemistry and comedy between teacher and pupil , played by Patricia Routledge and her young co-star Brendan O'Hea , will be the main attraction of Emlyn Williams ' play The Corn is Green , coming soon to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , Guildford . |
| 9 | In Aristophanes ' play The Clouds Strepsiades is debating with Socrates about the causes of thunder , rain and other meteorological events . |
| 10 | Fourth , the evidence from Aristophanes ' play the Acharnians , performed in 425 ( lines 515ff. ) is overwhelming : an elaborate parody of the Megarian decree is immediately followed by the statement that the Megarians were starving slowly . |
| 11 | As well as being very particular about the horses ' condition the old horsemen were equally concerned about their appearance . |
| 12 | Mrs. Norton , whose husband gave the Henley Ladies ' Club the trophy still known today as the Norton Cup , was to become the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 . |
| 13 | In the ordinary course of a solicitors ' practice the partners will meet at regular intervals to discuss the affairs of the firm ( Clause 17.03 ) . |
| 14 | Should the shareholders of Tyne Tees accept their directors ' recommendation the combined group will become the third largest television company in the UK . |
| 15 | After two weeks ' work the catapult was finally ready . |
| 16 | After three years ' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed . |
| 17 | Because the method depends on Stokes ' Law the dynamic viscosity of the water is important . |
| 18 | Within a few years of Karak Eight Peaks ' fall the Night Goblins had settled permanently in the ruins and split into many tribes based around the adjoining mountains and the tunnels that ran beneath them . |
| 19 | On arrival at the Salters ' Hall the guests , many of whom had travelled by bus from Shropshire especially for the occasion , were greeted by Sir Peter and Lady Gadsden and Mr and Mrs Alan Henn before everyone went in to dinner . |
| 20 | Becky had been admitted to hospital earlier with a stomach upset and died at her parents ' home the night she was discharged . |
| 21 | If picture-books are for young children , then what is one to make of , for example , Charles Keeping 's edition of Alfred Noyes The highwayman or Raymond Briggs ' Fungus the bogeyman ? |
| 22 | In many parts of the Asian elephants ' range the slaughter began with the coming of colonial man , who not only shot for sport but also cleared the forest for rubber and other crops and naturally did not want elephants to undo his good work . |
| 23 | After a frantic few minutes ' chase the skua realises this is n't going to be cost-effective and breaks off to look for something easier . |
| 24 | So my phone call to the Parsons ' household the next day was in the best traditions of the society in which I found myself living . |
| 25 | On the parents ' separation the mother initially left the four children of the marriage with the father in the former matrimonial home but on her subsequently removing one of the children the father applied ex parte for orders , including a residence order , a prohibited steps order and a specific issue order pursuant to section 8 of the Children Act 1989 requiring her to return the child and directing her not to remove any of the children from the father 's care and control . |
| 26 | However , in September when he first saw the chemists ' proposal the ‘ good ’ data did not yet exist , indeed , did not exist until early in the new year . |
| 27 | It was outlined in the Housing Act ( 1980 ) , which gave council tenants with three years ' residence the right to buy their properties at a substantial discount . |
| 28 | If successful , the 100-day trek for multiple sclerosis charities will make Fiennes ' team the first to cross Antarctica via the South Pole without dogs or ground and air support . |
| 29 | This is a fortified church , because during the Hundred Years ' War the walls were raised and a chemin de ronde or covered battlement was added all the way round the building , deducible from outside from the row of arched apertures for the defenders set close together under the roof-line , like large pigeon-holes . |
| 30 | After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud . |