Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [noun] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that the ones out the front is it ? |
| 2 | A good idea that the council back the carnival . |
| 3 | Was n't that the time when the Bank of England stepped in to avoid the whole City suffering ? |
| 4 | Is that the reason why the hon. Member for Islington , North will be swept away by the excellent Tory candidate in his constituency ? |
| 5 | A fortiori is this the case where the Treaty obligation arises under one of the Community treaties to which section 2 of the European Communities Act 1972 applies . |
| 6 | In the Debate on the Address when Parliament reassembled , Asquith made clear the reason why the Liberals would turn the government out . |
| 7 | In more than half the cases where the occupations of grandparents are mentioned , this is partly because the father followed a grandfather in his own work . |
| 8 | Ace , Defries and Johannsen could only watch as , almost in slow motion , Daak thrust out a fist to support his weight — and pushed down half the switches on the control panel . |
| 9 | And we could n't get half the books out the library because other courses had taken them , we |
| 10 | Only half a generation later the Dutch had found them in Borneo and more were revealed in 1829 in the Urals as part of the Russian drive to open up the mineral resources of the interior . |
| 11 | Half a minute later the front door was tugged gently open , and there stood the slim nightgowned figure of Molly Hopkins , curlers and all . |
| 12 | Half a minute later the airframe gave one final creak and his stomach fell away as the Hercules lifted off , whining into the night sky . |
| 13 | Less than half a century ago the Midland stood at the pinnacle of the financial system , the largest bank in the world . |
| 14 | But only half a century later the Priory itself was secularised by Henry VIII and the land incorporated into the gardens and park of the house we see today . |
| 15 | Half a century later the top-hatted , side-whiskered Stingy Uncle in Punch was giving the same advice . |
| 16 | Half a century later the 1851 census provided clear evidence that an historic turning point had been reached ; the returns showed that for the first time more people lived in towns than in the countryside . |
| 17 | About half a mile upstream the trough was traversed by the Purton breakwater . |
| 18 | In the final stages of this journey , Ease Gill can be seen half a mile down the slope on the right . |
| 19 | Straggling , catching up with one another , keeping more or less together , they had wandered over half a mile down the fields , always following the course of the brook . |
| 20 | Thirteen and a half seconds after ignition , the booster motor falls away , and half a second later the jet engine starts propelling the missile for the rest of its flight . |
| 21 | For half a lifetime afterwards the same man stayed amongst us , but did little work after . |
| 22 | Half an hour later the Gazelle returns from task , followed shortly afterwards by the Scout . |
| 23 | Half an hour later the Canadian banged on the wall again . |
| 24 | Less than half an hour later the reply was back , telling United to get lost . |
| 25 | Half an hour later the angry sea turned our boat over and we were all in the water . |
| 26 | Half an hour later the door clanged open and Kaas entered . |
| 27 | Half an hour later the charming hypothesis occurred to me that Conchis was a transvestite . |
| 28 | At 4 am the klaxon for reveille sounded , and half an hour later the breakfast gong . |
| 29 | So it was that about half an hour later the telephone rang again at the vicarage . |
| 30 | Half an hour later the sister had her organized at a table in the day room , with writing paper and pen and a cup of sugary tea . |