Example sentences of "the book the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To know with certainty whether one 's life had been considered good or bad would be a comfort , but even more satisfying would be to find there in the book the answers to the little unsolved mysteries of everyday life ; to read what really happened clearly and truly , like a watchmaker who opens the little door in the front of a grandfather clock and looks inside . |
| 2 | In the book The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher , one of the main characters expresses this trepidation well . |
| 3 | In reality the bones were brought here , but in the book the story has a twist . |
| 4 | In the book the generals see themselves as the heroes anxious to save America . |
| 5 | In the remainder of the book the focus is on activities , feelings , and relationships in the present . |
| 6 | Hers of the Book the Triple Crown ? |
| 7 | Even in the reference section at the end of the book the most he offers is to say that by studying the Buddha image we can learn more about Eastern art ‘ than if we read a good many surveys of these fields ’ . |
| 8 | And the more valuable the book the greater the ultimate scandal , for it will probably end up on the shelves of libraries in other parts of the world where the literary culture of England is still prized . |
| 9 | The only German prisoner ever to escape from Britain , described in the book The One that Got Away , made his first attempt from Fetherstone . |
| 10 | Bethe originally wrote his article as a polemic in the Oppenheimer-Teller-Super controversy ; it was a reaction to the book The Hydrogen Bomb ( J. R. Shepley and C. Blair , NY , 1954 ) which took an extreme anti-Oppenheimer position . |
| 11 | In the book the strength of the climax is that his moral attitudes make it necessary for him to reach the girl before she becomes the wife of someone else , which he does . |
| 12 | Denying claims that Diana : Her True Story was to blame for the separation , he said : ‘ While researching the book the volatility and turbulence in the marriage was very apparent to me . |
| 13 | From , the book The Most Intimate Monroe , The Murder and the Cover-up' . |
| 14 | He said he was real glad to meet any friend of the little lady 's , and were n't it a turn-up for the book the gent . |
| 15 | And to that ultimate challenge of the book the herb can not reply , except by realising that he does not know the answer , and that he is glad he does not know . |
| 16 | In the first part of the book the daunting business of perspective and proportion is thoroughly explained , whilst additionally there is good advice on drawing architectural details , curves and ellipses , and making use of shadows and reflections . |
| 17 | At the end of the book the two ‘ heroes ’ are dead but Bentley , who has been obliged to watch the hanging of Jesse Broad on the day of his fifteenth birthday , is left to come to terms with his life and his position . |
| 18 | Inevitably , therefore , the English-speaking reader will find that in some sections of the book the emphasis is on France and on how that country , in particular , reacted to the war . |
| 19 | In the book The Soul of a New Machine , Tracy Kidder quotes a secretary who worked for the Eagle Team under the visionary Tom West . |
| 20 | Some years ago we lent to a colleague a memory-training book with a very attractive title , which implied that after studying the book the reader would have a superb memory for all occasions . |
| 21 | But , well wrapped up in the story , the device certainly worked well enough for the crime reviewers of that year to vote the book the Gold Dagger award . |
| 22 | Let us also celebrate and exploit the opportunities that have been created by new media , and ensure that bookshops are seen as the distribution channel of choice , and that we do all we can to make the book the natural bedfellow of these emerging products . |
| 23 | ‘ What if she uses the book the way Ward was going to ? ’ another voice added with concern . |
| 24 | Next , Joan Oliphant-Fraser the Dame of Champagne and author of the book The Champagne Diet will discuss the benefits of drinking champagne daily to stay happy and healthy . |
| 25 | She has since returned 11 times to continue her research on the long-term environmental effects of the US/Vietnam war , and last year published the book The regreening of Vietnam ( The Women 's Press , £17.95hb ) . |
| 26 | The two men were close friends , and compounded their views in the book The Party System ( 1911 ) , an inflamed attack on the incestuous nature of British politics . |
| 27 | The fact was , he had not felt in the book the impress of Walter Machin 's personality , as he had come to know it — or to think that he knew it . |
| 28 | For those who have read the book the game will be easier but it is not a necessity . |
| 29 | The first step : learning how to hold the book the right way up . |
| 30 | Odd , of course , a bit zany , but the odder the book the better it tends to do nowadays . |