Example sentences of "the [adj] of [noun] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You addressed a visible problem but bear in mind that awful things can happen in the clearest of ponds if you do not use a test kit on a regular basis . |
| 2 | In a large field he did not have the clearest of runs as he challenged as a result of which he finished fast but too late having to settle for fourth place to the Ebor winner Quick Ransom . |
| 3 | Now the medical profession responded to this state of affairs , and created antibiotics , I can assure you today , that if you die of pneumonia , you can sue your doctor , with the greatest of thought that you 'll get paid . |
| 4 | He is more than the greatest of stroke-players and he was patient enough to take advantage of Robertson 's flagging energy and win 12-15 , 9-15 , 15-5 , 15-12 , 15-8 . |
| 5 | And you 'll be pleased to know that Frank Dobson has agreed to meet us on the fourteenth of June and we will make sure , to the best of our effort , that that policy will be endorsed . |
| 6 | They prepared Cameron for his appearance in the High Court of Justiciary by one final interview , a dry recapitulation of what had been said before , with the slightest of hints that it would go well for him if he divulged something about the United Scotsmen , who evidently still preyed on their minds . |
| 7 | rent 's up the sixteenth of December and there 's |
| 8 | Of the hundreds of meetings that I addressed , the Commissioner of Police had notes on every one . |
| 9 | Out of the hundreds of pictures that my husband Bob Turner and I took , we decided to publish a book by ourselves of 130 images showing the life , culture and people of Calcutta . |
| 10 | And I can also say sir , I think without fear of contradiction , that of the hundreds of enquiries that I have done , this is the only enquiry sir which will have la left a lasting impression . |
| 11 | I have n't seen two sweeties for er , well I have n't seen Jonathan since the the third of Ja erm January is it , or the second of January or whatever and er |
| 12 | We hope we will be able to take new proposals to Potter Street on the second of November if nothing else , we will certainly take them an honest indication of where we 've got to so far and what proposals will be taking place , and what we will be proposing erm for the future . |
| 13 | He was pleasant enough in general , though most people who met him formed the vaguest of ideas that he might be dangerous in some unspecified way . |
| 14 | The quiet period starts on the eighteenth of May and it goes right through until the twenty first of June . |
| 15 | And when did they actually terminate the employment did it take effect from the eighteenth of June or what ? |
| 16 | The Wesleyan mission had been started in 1886 by the old boys of The Leys School as a settlement for the poor of Finsbury and it had the usual assortment of activities such as clubs , bands , and concerts . |
| 17 | And the less of time that it took , the better . |
| 18 | On Tuesday the eighth of February as I understand it that meeting then will report to a Council meeting of the Council , so I would not wish to put forward the suggested resolutions that are on the order paper , er I think I would want to suggest to you ladies and gentlemen for decisions today to whether you wish or not and then I would suggest that the appropriate decision is to await the of the City additional Council and therefore bring this matter forward to our Committee on March the twenty ninth . |
| 19 | It was on the fifteenth of April that they waylaid the lord of Parfois on his own ground , in the thick copse of scrub-oak and brushwood threaded by the narrow path that linked the main approach of the castle with the highway to Shrewsbury . |
| 20 | I just said to my hubby this morning , I said , ‘ The sooner its the Sixth of January and we 've got a they decorations back up the loft and poked all they clogged-up pine needles out the Hoover tube with a Knitting needle and its back to auld claes and parritch the better pleased I 'll be . ’ |
| 21 | It 's on the sixth of July and it 'll cost forty pounds . |
| 22 | The verbal authoris authorisation was given at seven fifty P M on the fourth of December and there was a subsequent tactical , the tactical advisor Sergeant spoke to the Assistant Chief Constable at eight fifteen . |
| 23 | Would you please go to tag L two , six , six to begin with just to lead you into the chronology , you have told us that in August nineteen eighty seven , er there was really no interest in national budgeting , er national advertising budget , we can see this is a memorandum from you Kevin dated the fourth of August and you 're sending out to the regional marketing executives , there 's no national advertising next year which would be eighty eight . |
| 24 | Mrs Thatcher gives Mr Gorbachev the warmest of welcomes as they start their talks at Number Ten . |
| 25 | During the millions of years since they first made their appearance , at least a hundred species of Proboscidea have come and gone . |
| 26 | I did manage to find the address of the company through an advert , but after writing to them I have had no reply and so I am unable to recharge the 2-lb of resin that I have used . |
| 27 | there 's hundreds of French , Germans they 're waiting until the first of July and they 'll be in this country in a flash . |
| 28 | The sword was invented by Jamshed , the first of monarchs and its terror and majesty are greater than those of all other weapons . |
| 29 | John Jones has been told more money will be available from the first of April and he can expect his knee operation in the next year . |
| 30 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |