the - them
- the
- the (Blessed) Virgin (Mary)
- the (common/vulgar) herd
- the (fighting) services
- the (five) senses
- the (glorious) twelfth
- the (human)/our species
- the (long) arm of the law
- the (noble) art of self-defence
- the (Norfolk) Broads
- the (present) writer
- the (Royal) Engineers
- the (same) old story
- the (Spanish) Armada
- the 100 metres dash
- the 11th inst.
- the 12th instant
- the 1967 borders
- the A Team
- the above
- the above mentioned
- the above paragraph
- the above-mentioned/above-said
- the abscess broke
- the abscess burst
- the Absolute
- the accent falls on the last syllable
- the accent is on exotic flowers
- the accident bereaved him of his daughter
- the accident claimed six lives
- the accused
- the acid burnt its way through the cloth
- the acid fretted the metal
- the acting chairman
- the action of a drug on the brain
- the action of a piano
- the action of a runner
- the action of the novel takes place in London
- the actor came across well
- the actors froze up
