Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be overseeing the installation of a small-scale hydro-electric generating scheme bringing heating and lighting to the village of Mango in the foothills of the Karakoram range . |
| 2 | I poured a slug of whisky into the glass . |
| 3 | The curse was only employed twice — once against the magistrate who fined my father £100 and took away his publican 's licence for receiving a stolen lorry load of whisky during the war . |
| 4 | He had an electric kettle , some lemons , a pot of honey and a bottle of whisky beside the bed , to make himself soothing drinks . |
| 5 | Hence the glass of whisky at the dispatch box rather than mineral water : A premature celebration ? |
| 6 | David Perry , 35 , of Buttermere Avenue , Orford , Gary Toony , 25 , of Kendal Avenue , Orford , and Steven Lea , 27 , of St David 's Drive , Callands , all Warrington , admitted the theft of cases of whisky at the town 's Crown Court . |
| 7 | An elderly man sat at a table beside an open fire , a large pint of beer and a small glass of whisky on the table , an alsatian stretched out asleep at his feet . |
| 8 | That is the equivalent of weighing a fully-laden oil supertanker so accurately that a contraband bottle of whisky in the captain 's cabin would register on the scales . |
| 9 | The hammer lock kept my head down , but I could see he was carrying a bottle of whisky by the neck . |
| 10 | The man sitting at the other end of the bench took a quarter-bottle of whisky from the pocket of his torn donkey-jacket , twisted off the gold tin top and took a swig . |
| 11 | That was a case in which the defendant took two bottles of whisky from the shelves and put them in her shopping bag . |
| 12 | ‘ Ah , yes , performance , ’ he murmured , taking another great gulp of whisky from the glass in his left hand , still holding her tightly with his right . |
| 13 | Black let out a sigh then produced a bottle of whisky from the bottom drawer of his desk . |
| 14 | He took the bottle of whisky from the dresser and poured himself a drink . |
| 15 | She picked up a barely touched bottle of whisky from the dining-room table , frowning faintly as she studied its label . |
| 16 | A major centre of Diktynna-worship in the classical period was the Diktynnaion , a great temple on a peninsula to the west of Kydonia . |
| 17 | The archbishop of Besançon was summoned through the bishop of Langres ( an intentional slight ) for allowing papal messengers to be captured ; the bishop of Speyer on the same grounds and also for sending one messenger to the gallows ; the archbishop of Tarentaise for crowning Philip ; and the bishop of Passau , who had probably been the draughtsman of the Staufen protest , had a long series of charges brought against him — he had not delivered two million marks to the king of Hungary , he had not paid back the money given him by Richard I for his release — indeed , his crimes were so great , the letter said , that he could have been punished without trial . |
| 18 | The animals are packed with sufficient food and a source of moisture for the complete journey allowing for possible delays . |
| 19 | One means suggested for transfer of moisture into the interior of Pangaea has been monsoonal circulation created by the Permian continental configuration . |
| 20 | Rory grinned , stirring his finger through a little patch of moisture on the side of his glass . |
| 21 | His hair was untidy , as though it had been blown by the wind , and there were tiny flecks of moisture on the rough Harris tweed material of his jacket . |
| 22 | As he came closer , Dougal saw that there was a drop of moisture on the pink tip of his nose . |
| 23 | On covered surfaces soil and vegetation maintains a continuous presence of moisture on the rock surface while organic decay increases the quantity of organic acids and the abundance of carbon dioxide ; both increase the aggressiveness of the water percolating on to the rock surface . |
| 24 | Since few living rooms have a naturally humid atmosphere , unless you happen to have a humidifier installed for your own comfort , it 's necessary to create localised humidity for those plants that need plenty of moisture in the air . |
| 25 | A rainbow is formed from the interaction of pure white sunlight with molecules of moisture in the atmosphere acting as prisms that break up the light into the respective colours perceived through our senses . |
| 26 | HUNDREDS of animals were treated by St Tiggywinkle 's hospital for dehydration due to the lack of moisture in the soil this year . |
| 27 | Constant wetting makes nails soft and opaque , and chemical detergents and varnish removers decrease levels of moisture in the nail . |
| 28 | Crop mark sites are mainly caused by differences in the amount of moisture in the soil . |
| 29 | Apart from the discomfort of rain , cold , wind or excessive heat , the amount of moisture in the soil affects the visibility of the layers that are being excavated . |
| 30 | Where trees such as large poplars exist on the site , they absorb copious amounts of moisture from the soil , which may affect the water table locally . |