Example sentences of "the [noun] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we now have a reasonably good understanding of how interactions at plate boundaries give rise to major morphological features on the continents our knowledge of the tectonic processes operating in plate interiors is by comparision rather poor . |
| 2 | Journalists focused on a wide range of issues from specific aspects of our accounts for 1992/93 to the forms which privatisation may take and associated timing , to our projected future staffing levels . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the forms which nationalism has assumed , and the political regimes that it has brought into existence , are extremely diverse . |
| 4 | Nor , for example , will it follow without being made explicit that only the majority whose decision is sufficient to exercise the power need be the signatories to any expulsion notice or that more than one partner can be expelled at the same time by the same notice . |
| 5 | The fact remains , however , that the challenger whose record is 19 wins and nine defeats has lost four of his last six fights and six of his last eight . |
| 6 | Throughout the rehearsals our choreographer , Geraldine Stephenson , had often pleaded for a larger space than the laundry in which to practise the swooping choreography she had devised . |
| 7 | The ore mixed with waste to such an extent that it could not be improved by hand was mixed with other low grade stuff and barrowed to the buckers whose job it was to reduce it to walnut size for delivery to Cornish roll-crushers and then to the stamps . |
| 8 | I though Tyler was the best writer NME ever had and I 've since found out that him and Ian McDonald were the ones that gave the NME its style in the first place . |
| 9 | She had deliberately recorded on film the link her mind had established between her sister 's death and that of a fellow-student of Morpurgo 's twenty years before . |
| 10 | ‘ The damsel , now in her fourteenth summer , has understandably a great fondness for the prince her husband , and desires to be at his side during these troublous days . |
| 11 | The prince her husband was undesirous of seeing the lady Anne . |
| 12 | But several morrows went by before she received word that the lady Anne might visit the prince her husband in the company of her guardian . |
| 13 | ‘ The prince your husband methinks will be a proud fellow ! ’ |
| 14 | You are welcome at any time , as far as I myself am concerned , to have the prince your husband attend you here — equally , provided you are suitably chaperoned by either myself or one appointed by myself , and provided no obstacles are put in the way , you may visit the prince . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Can you be certain that the letter is indeed from the prince your husband ? ’ she asked doubtfully . |
| 16 | ‘ None wishes harm to the prince your son . |
| 17 | The prince your brother however , being yet of tender years , will join the queen-dowager and her daughters forthwith . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The prince your brother spoke yesterday of the situation , expressing some concern . |
| 19 | ‘ The prince my brother can scarce take his eyes off you ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ When will the prince my brother be joining the others in sanctuary ? ’ he asked . |
| 21 | ‘ The prince my husband is lodged here in the palace ? ’ enquired Joan . |
| 22 | ‘ I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said . |
| 23 | He told her he missed her and his family , and that the prince his brother would shortly be paying him a visit . |
| 24 | ‘ Whatever Maureen thinks , Ron Barron will keep things going in the direction her father pointed them . ’ |
| 25 | I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . |
| 26 | I had problems with tutors trying to encourage me to diversity my work and experiment with other styles , but I was quite happy with the direction my work was heading so I stubbornly stuck to it . |
| 27 | A study of books published in America about public relations will prove very useful to you as you consider the direction your career in public relations might take in the longer term . |
| 28 | English-speakers are in a relatively privileged position — even if we do worry about the direction our language takes . |
| 29 | The first indication of the direction his mind ( or what passed for it ) was moving had come at the beginning of the trial when he called in two other judges to help determine whether the free pardon that Meehan had been granted quashed his conviction . |
| 30 | He feared the direction his son 's life was taking . |