Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adv] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crucifix which used to adorn the portrait of the Protestant patriot Robert Emmet in so many of the simple homes of Ireland symbolised the ennoblement of failure . |
| 2 | We know that lead was mined by the Brigantes because after the battle of Stanwick and the defeat of Venutius in AD 74 by the Ninth Spanish Legion under Petilius Cerialis , many of the defeated warriors were taken as slaves to work the lead-mines at Hurst in Swaledale and Greenhow Hill in Wharfedale , where lead pigs bearing Roman markings , probably stolen by native workers , have been unearthed from their hiding places . |
| 3 | Apart from the battle of Qadesiyah in AD 637 during the original advance of Islam , so frequently invoked by Iraq as a source of inspiration in the more recent conflict with Iran , Persians and the inhabitants of what is today Iraq have been making forays into one another 's territory for centuries . |
| 4 | As a consequence it is possible to extradite Mr Ward on only one of the offences allegedly committed by him — the alleged theft of the £5.2m . |
| 5 | For Swindon it was shooting practice young Marcus Phillips on as sub for the first time nearly got a goal but it was Torquay who tookover towards the end … |
| 6 | Michael Maloney 's appealing , rather elfin Hal finds in Falstaff at least some of the humanity lacking in Patrick Glover 's Victorian father of a king . |
| 7 | Bonus payments tend to make up a larger share of earnings in Japan at about one-quarter of the total giving employers more room to adjust wages in line with changes in levels of economic activity . |
| 8 | The Government and TANU , at the centre , wanted to talk directly to the people and were becoming increasingly aware of the communications gap between the centre ( the capital ) and the periphery or grass roots , given the remoteness from Dar es Salaam of so much of the country . |