Example sentences of "the young " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say she 's the youngest prima ballerina ever to dance at the Coliseum . ’ |
| 2 | By the age of 35 he had become the youngest president of the largest and most prominent synagogue in Canada ; brilliantly engineered the merging of all the philanthropic societies of Montreal ( ‘ With a view to obtaining the greatest efficiency with the least possible expense and labour , ’ — surely his own life-principle next to his religious and familial devotions ) ; and placed himself in the forefront of the social and economic battles of the period . |
| 3 | Even the youngest children , who were three years old , were well aware of the fact that appearance and reality were conflicting , but how did this knowledge reveal itself in their judgements about the distinction ? |
| 4 | They interact with the natural world in complex , ill-understood ways — ecology is the youngest science . |
| 5 | STAFFORD MURRAY , 19 days short of his 14th birthday , became the youngest winner of a senior county closed championship at the Leominster Leisure Centre , Herefordshire , yesterday when he defeated his coach , Peter Ratcliffe , 9-5 , 9-7 , 9-2 in the final . |
| 6 | She said that ‘ vicious adherence to market forces ’ as a way of reducing the fleet would drive out the youngest and the best . |
| 7 | A teacher and mother of six children ( the youngest is now 12 ) , she used to run a playschool and was also a registered childminder . |
| 8 | Sandford , a lawyer before becoming the youngest chief executive in local government , was upset when his name was leaked to the press , and Taylor is incensed to find himself suddenly only a contender for a job to which he was appointed in August . |
| 9 | Sandford , a lawyer before becoming the youngest chief executive in local government , was upset when his name was leaked to the press , and Taylor is incensed to find himself suddenly only a contender for a job to which he was appointed by the League 's president , Bill Fox , in August . |
| 10 | One of the youngest brigadiers in the British Army ; deputy chairman of the Conservative Party ; chairman of a major insurance company ; Warden of Winchester College — these are all solid achievements , but it is safe to guess that until this trial started most people had never heard of him . |
| 11 | She was born in County Cork in 1914 , the youngest of the six children of Major JB Arbuthnot and his wife Olive Blake . |
| 12 | He shared ( with Ken Roberts of Wrexham ) the distinction of being the youngest Football League player when he appeared for Bradford Park Avenue against Millwall 60 years ago aged 15 years , 158 days . |
| 13 | Geldard , a winger , holds the record , with Ken Roberts of Wrexham , for being the youngest player to appear in the League . |
| 14 | Every member of a household down to the youngest child will be eligible for perks , whereas for British Telecom and British Gas they were limited to one set per metered outlet . |
| 15 | SIMON PARKE became the youngest male player to represent England when at the age of 17 years and two months he helped his country to a second 3-0 victory in the World Team Championships here yesterday , this time against the hosts . |
| 16 | Although Linda is not the youngest child to receive a liver , the Addenbrooke 's team carried out a successful transplant on a seven-month-old baby two years ago , her size and the fact that she has received previous surgery for her condition complicated the procedure . |
| 17 | Jose-Maria Olazabal , 23 , and Ronan Rafferty , 25 , the youngest players in the championship , put out Scott Hoch and Mike Reid . |
| 18 | Hillyard , from Dorset , in 1984 , when aged 14 , became the youngest player , to win the world title , after defeating Fisher in the semi-finals — a result which she repeated in 1987 , only to lose 5-1 in the final to the then 15-year-old Farren . |
| 19 | Occasionally he was referred to by those who saw him at services as ‘ the old canon ’ though he was much the youngest of the canons . |
| 20 | The Russian village community belongs to the youngest type in this chain , ’ [ Hobsbawm , 142–3 ] , and in the same letter Marx goes on to refer to an ‘ all American author ’ as one of his authorities for such a statement . |
| 21 | Perhaps the youngest daughter-in-law has cooked the meal . |
| 22 | He was the youngest driver in the field , qualified on the fifth row and was up to sixth place with 10 laps to go as leading British driver in a British car when he crashed at Copse , escaping unhurt . |
| 23 | When he was duly elected , Machin merely remarked to his wife ‘ You 'll be mayoress to the youngest mayor … |
| 24 | The youngest old-fogey in town |
| 25 | But the woman who was born the youngest of seven children in Tiger Bay in Cardiff has always lived life to the full . |
| 26 | At 0900 promptly the youngest and newest recruit had the privilege of pressing the button . |
| 27 | Each rig crew comprises a driver , Who drives the vehicle on land , a pilot , Who operates it when it becomes a ‘ boat ’ on the water , and the youngest member , a crewman , who operates the hydraulic ramp controls and does all the deck jobs . |
| 28 | Guy Krenzer , senior sous chef at the Ritz , has become the youngest chef to be awarded the title of Meilleur Ouvrier de France ( MOF ) . |
| 29 | Mr Mladenov , the youngest member of the politburo at 53 and regarded as its most liberal figure , takes over as General Secretary . |
| 30 | Born in 1912 , Pollock was the youngest of five children of a poorish Irish/Scots Presbyterian family , living mostly in Arizona . |