Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun sg] of [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sun had broken through as Erika went to the bus-stop and by the time she had reached school it was quite warm , this pleasing Erika who feared that really severe weather would cause Uncle Karl to cancel the tour of Berlin the next day . |
| 2 | Professor Vo Quy ( profile , page 830 ) and Elizabeth Kemf have been working together to publicise the plight of Vietnam the country since Kemf , an American , made her first visit there in 1985 . |
| 3 | To find a layer of slime the sun |
| 4 | The occupation did nothing except to fuel the sense of outrage the Italians felt about their treatment at the hands of the older powers . |
| 5 | It was almost as small as the circle of names and acquaintances of the average senior civil servant , and was reduced further by the fact that once they had got on to a board , many businessmen rapidly came to resent the amount of time the job demanded . |
| 6 | True , I 'm at the rear , but I enjoy the scenery ; the chats with spectators and I storm in , without hordes around me , to relish the kind of reception the winners get . |
| 7 | For the most part , these marriages served to strengthen the position of Theodoric the Great , the Ostrogothic ruler of Italy , but since Clovis was drawn into this web of matrimonial alliances , it is as well to note their relevance to his career . |
| 8 | At 8 am yesterday , Woosnam resumed play on the 14th green , having refused to hole a putt of 4ft the previous night in case he missed it . |
| 9 | To win a pound of gold the Rand miners had on the average to raise , crush and purify some sixty-seven tons of ore , much of it under extreme temperatures and from great depths . |
| 10 | To make the most of beneficial planetary influences had been a principal object of Marsilio Ficino ( 1433–99 ) , one of the first scholars to give the practice of magic the semblance of respectability . |
| 11 | To mark the start of work the first earth was dug by the client 's retail director , Tim Bonham ( right ) , ably assisted by WCUK area manager Paul Baxter . |
| 12 | If I make a large number of such measurements the theory enables me to calculate the proportion of times the electron will be found " here " and the proportion of times it will be found " there " . |
| 13 | To win affection , she discovered , you had to project the sort of image the other person wanted , and you only did that if the image appealed to you and if the other person was worth the effort . |
| 14 | To encourage LEAs to accelerate the reduction of places the DES issued another circular in 1981 ( DES , 1981 ) which asked the LEAs to inform the DES how they intended reducing the number of places available . |
| 15 | In applying s 57(3) of the 1978 Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act to determine the fairness of dismissals the Tribunal has taken on board in a pluralistic fashion the interests of employees in this situation . |
| 16 | Though jury service was regarded as an important right by many members of the Sri Lankan élite , it was considered an irksome duty by the British planting community , and in order to reduce the burden of service the size of juries was twice reduced during the late nineteenth century . |
| 17 | But in the end , we may have to save the honour of Genoa the Superb by attacking her . ’ |
| 18 | The Lanx may have been made to commemorate the visit of Julian the Apostate to the shrine in 363 AD . |
| 19 | To assess the effect of age the patients were divided into those equal to or under 45 and those over 45 . |
| 20 | In a bid to simulate a cave of ice the set walls were coated in a fibre-glass matte mixture which gave them a shiny , brittle look under the correct lighting . |
| 21 | In order to break the chain of causation the third party act must be independent of the breach of duty . |
| 22 | January 1895 , when it was arranged to have a meeting of members the Friday following , the 25th. inst. each member to contribute a song . |
| 23 | It is designed to suit every type of circumstance and to overcome every type of objection the potential customer might place in the way of the salesperson . |
| 24 | This tends to make the expectation of success the norm for most children and failure as an exceptional event . |
| 25 | She became one of those women reporters whose listening ear and less judgemental approach to people in trouble helped to make the distillation of news the more respected practice it is today . |
| 26 | It may be that the Breton expedition was intended to keep up pressure on the French to make the sort of concessions the English would feel able to accept , but it is equally possible that the confused direction of English policy reflected conflicting influences at court . |
| 27 | Professor Salibi reasons this is because Nebuchanezzar in 586 BC put an end to this Jewish enclave in lands that eventually were to become the heartland of Mohammed the Prophet . |
| 28 | The story of the Sunday School has been recorded elsewhere but it is interesting to note the length of time the Superintendents served . |
| 29 | With Romania seething next door , Mr Luchinsky will have his work cut out to capture the spirit of Stefan the Great from those who present themselves as his heirs . |
| 30 | It 's thought the 92 year old had left the gas on … when she went to make a cup of tea the kitchen went up . |